Former President Trump said Sunday night that he will make a voluntary appearance in court Monday morning in the civil case brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) over alleged fraud in his business dealings. In a series of posts on his Truth Social platform, Trump railed against James and the judge presiding...
Neither the federal government nor the American people are prepared for the many direct and knock-on impacts of global warming — the “storm” is already upon us.
Laphonza Butler, a former adviser to Vice President Harris who currently serves as president of EMILY’s List, was named to fill the vacant U.S. Senate seat in California that was held by the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), who died at the age of 90 on Friday. California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) made the announcement...
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) announced over the weekend that he will force a vote on ousting Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) from his post this week, following through on threats Gaetz has levied in recent weeks and answering a dare McCarthy himself made recently. Gaetz announced his plans to bring a motion to vacate against McCarthy...
Editor’s note: The Hill’s Morning Report is our daily newsletter that dives deep into Washington’s agenda. To subscribe, click here or fill out the box below. To Washington’s surprise, Congress narrowly averted a government shutdown this weekend when the House and Senate cleared a “clean” stopgap spending bill with just hours to spare. A shutdown seemed inevitable until Saturday morning,...
The government did not shut down Sunday, surprising just about everyone. Instead, lawmakers rallied around a 47-day “clean” stopgap measure that did nothing to support Ukraine or deal with the border crisis. The result is that the House and Senate will have to figure out a way to keep the government open again in a...