Congressional offices were inundated with tens of thousands of phone calls on Thursday from panicked young adults who had received a notification from TikTok warning that the app could be shut down by the federal government. “Congress is planning a total ban of TikTok,” the notification said, urging users to call their lawmakers and tell […]
The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed legislation on Wednesday to fund the federal government through the end of the fiscal year, but in doing so, engaged in one of the sleaziest lawmaking traditions: earmarks. The bill that passed the House with broad bipartisan support contained more than 6,000 earmarks totaling $12 billion in pet projects […]
A federal judge on Thursday rejected former President Trump’s request to delay the $83.3 million judgment in advice columnist E. Jean Carroll’s defamation lawsuit, refusing to give Trump more time to post a bond with the deadline only a few days away. The former president and near-certain GOP nominee has mounted efforts to postpone the...
Special counsel Jack Smith’s team slammed a series of arguments from former President Trump seeking to toss his case involving mishandled classified records at his Florida estate, rebuffing claims he is immune from prosecution and that the documents were his personal property. The prosecution’s five briefs come after Trump last month fired off as many motions seeking to topple the case,...
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) on Thursday quipped the “single most important factor” of President Biden’s State of the Union speech will likely be his ability to keep his energy up for the entire address. “Biden has two huge challenges. The first is a performance challenge. He’ll gain a little bit if he gives...
A new Republican group is planning to spend $1 million this election cycle supporting primary challengers to incumbent state legislators over the issue of immigration, according to plans first shared with The Hill. The group, Stand for Us PAC, is spending that figure to help unseat incumbents in state legislatures over two contentious issues. The...
Concern about the health threat posed by COVID-19 has reached a record low across the political spectrum, according to a recent survey by the Pew Research Center. Twenty percent of all Americans in the survey said they think the virus is a “major threat” to “[t]he health of the U.S. population as a whole.” Twelve...