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Congress races to pass key bills before five-week recess: live coverage

Congress is racing to complete work on several must-pass bills before lawmakers leave for a five-week recess. A vote on the annual defense policy bill could come in the Senate late tonight and the full House is set to take its first vote on a fiscal year 2024 spending bill. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell...

How simply knowing transgender Americans can impact public policy

We found that the impact of having a close personal relationship with someone who is transgender colors peoples’ attitudes toward the policies at the heart of the transgender political drama happening in some state legislatures.

Raskin calls on Comer to ‘publicly reprimand’ Greene over explicit Hunter Biden photos

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) is calling on House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) to "publicly reprimand" Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) after the congresswoman during a hearing showed explicit photos of Hunter Biden engaged in sex acts — a display that was sharply rebuked by Democrats. In a letter to Comer on Wednesday, Raskin — the...

Teen who stormed Capitol on Jan. 6, sat in Pence chair sentenced to prison

A Georgia man who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, assaulted an officer and sat in former Vice President Mike Pence’s chair was sentenced Wednesday to one year in prison. Bruno Joseph Cua, who was 18 at the time of the riot, was sentenced to a year and a day followed by three years...

3 Marines found dead in car died of carbon monoxide poisoning, police say

The three Marines who were found dead inside a car at a North Carolina gas station died of carbon monoxide poisoning, according to police. The Pender County Sheriff's Office said in a news release sent to The Hill that autopsies confirmed the Marines had passed away from carbon monoxide poisoning, but police did not release...

Half in new poll see China as biggest threat

Half of Americans named China as the largest threat to the U.S. both economically and for national security, according to a Pew Research Center survey released Thursday. In the open-ended question, only two nations surpassed 5 percent of responses: China at 50 percent and Russia with 17 percent. The survey signals an increase in negative...

Trump adviser hits at DeSantis: 2024 ‘is dead for him’

Jason Miller, an adviser to the presidential campaign of former President Donald Trump, attacked Ron DeSantis Wednesday amid the Florida governor's campaign shakeup.

Supreme Court reinstates major gas pipeline in blow to environmental groups

The Supreme Court blocked a lower court decision that paused construction of a massive 303-mile natural gas pipeline project fast-tracked under the recent debt limit bill.

DeSantis aides battle Byron Donalds over Florida education policy: ‘Did Kamala write this?’

DeSantis 2024 campaign aides went after Rep. Byron Donalds for his criticism of an aspect of Florida's Black history curriculum.

Trump lawyers meet with special counsel ahead of possible indictment out of Jan. 6 probe

Lawyers for former President Trump are meeting with Special Counsel Jack Smith and his team in Washington D.C. Thursday in anticipation of a possible federal indictment.

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