This past week saw two publicly reported incidents of violence or invitations to violence on Capitol Hill. A NPR reporter witnessed former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) shoving Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) in a hallway, leading to a chase and what likely will be euphemistically described as a heated discussion. In the upper chamber, Sen. Markwayne...
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas will endorse former President Donald Trump for their party's 2024 nomination when the two team-up Sunday near the U.S.-Mexico border, sources say.
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) escalated his attacks on 2024 GOP presidential rival former Gov. Nikki Haley (R-S.C.) with the launch of the “The Real Nikki Haley” website. “Nikki Haley is not the conservative she pretends to be, so the Ron DeSantis for President campaign is launching a new microsite today shining a light on the...
White House adviser Brett McGurk in a speech Saturday said the hostages taken by Hamas must be free before a “significant pause” can happen in the war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group. “It’s also reasonable to pause the fighting, release the hostages, the women, the children, the toddlers, the babies, all of them...
Kari Lake is looking to hit the reset button with Republicans she isolated during her gubernatorial bid last cycle as she vies for Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s (I-Ariz.) seat next fall. Lake sought to strike a more conciliatory tone with Republicans during a phone interview with The Hill on Tuesday, saying she had been “meeting with...
According to the Federal Trade Commission’s Consumer Sentinel report for 2022, older Americans reported more than $1.6 billion in losses to frauds and scams. This number is undoubtedly lower than the actual figure because many seniors, for a variety of reasons, including embarrassment, shame or naivete, fail to report the scams perpetrated against them. FTC...
Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D-Ill.) said he’s “deeply concerned” about former President Trump’s recent retaliatory rhetoric. “I don't know where it's going, with Donald Trump, what I can tell you is, the things that he talks about, are frightening to those of us who know the history of Europe in the 1930s and 40s,” Pritzker told...
The ongoing war between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza will likely remain as the main topic for the Sunday news shows this weekend, as the Israeli military steps up its ground invasion in the region for a second week. The Israeli military expanded its evacuation orders to parts of southern Gaza on Thursday in...
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) called the Pentagon failing its annual audit “unacceptable” in a post online. “Government agencies need to be held to the same standard as any business in America,” Emmer posted on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. “This is unacceptable.” According to the Department of Defense (DOD) chief financial...