Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday that she will retire from Congress after the end of 2026, concluding 20 terms in office.

Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani's stunning win in New York's mayoral race blew up the internal fight that threatens to break apart the Democratic Party ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) pegged Tuesday's GOP election losses as a sign of voters discontent with the economy, as reflected in exit polls.  “I will give the president some credit that inflation has been holding around 2.5 percent, but people in my district are really struggling,” Greene said in an interview published Wednesday by...

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is declaring that Tuesday’s elections in New York, New Jersey, Virginia and other states were a total “disaster” for Republicans and “terrible for America.” “Look, last night was a disaster. It was an electoral blowout. The results in New Jersey were disastrous, the results in Virginia were terrible,” Cruz told Fox...

Closing them would not shrink the government so much as liberate it.

A group of Virginia Democrats from both chambers is pressing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to reinstall the federal workers who monitor the agency's immigrant detention centers. The lawmakers say the employees of the Office of Detention Oversight (ODO), who have been furloughed during the weeks-long government shutdown, are critical to ensuring that detainees held by...

Many of the largest airports across the country will see a noticeable reduction in flight offerings starting Friday, as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) implements new steps to maintain air safety amid the ongoing government shutdown. The preliminary list of 40 airports operating at reduced capacity, obtained by The Hill's sister network NewsNation, is subject...

While President Trump opted not to attend Wednesday's Supreme Court arguments as part of a legal challenge to his sweeping tariffs policy, there was another notable — and surprising — public figure there: comedian John Mulaney. The former "Saturday Night Live" writer was among the high-profile attendees — including Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Treasury Secretary...

If Democratic powerbrokers are looking for a more reasoned, commonsense, politically attractive “center-left” voice to represent their party in the presidential election three years from now, they saw it in action behind podiums in New Jersey and Virginia this past election night.