Former Trump adviser Stephen Miller said Sunday that he is not "celebrating" Congress avoiding a shutdown and funding it for the next 45 days. "Well, I, for one, am not celebrating the fact that we have extended government funding without making any change at all in the direction of this corrupt government," he said on...
Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) is stepping down from his Democratic leadership role as he mulls a primary challenge to President Biden. A spokesperson from Phillips’s office confirmed with The Hill that the congressman will be stepping down from his position as co-chairman of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee. “My convictions relative to the 2024...
As our nation grapples with the fast-paced evolution of artificial intelligence (AI), it is crucial to strike the right balance between preventing AI's potential risks and fostering innovation. Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Hawley’s (R-Mo.) bipartisan AI framework, despite its laudable intentions—such as protecting children and promoting transparency—threatens to stifle AI innovation by regulating AI development...
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Penn.) said Sunday he supported Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-S.C.) proposal for a Ukraine and border funding bill, after the bipartisan continuing resolution (CR) that passed Saturday night failed to include either measure. In a joint interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” Fitzpatrick and his Democratic co-chairman of the Problem Solvers Caucus,...
CNN anchor Jake Tapper on Sunday accused Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) of seeking clicks and press attention with his dramatic moves leading up to the government shutdown. In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Tapper pushed Gaetz on his motivation to deny a stopgap measure and on some of his demands that are...
Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin played in his first regular season game since suffering a cardiac arrest episode during a regular season game last season. Hamlin took part in the Bills’ special teams unit in their Week 4 contest against AFC East divisional rival the Miami Dolphins Sunday, according to the Associated Press. The 25-year-old...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, New York Democrat, said in a Sunday interview that she would "absolutely" vote to oust House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, calling him a "weak speaker."
Attorneys for New College of Florida, the traditionally progressive public liberal arts college that was taken over by allies of Gov. Ron DeSantis as part of his "war on woke," last week threatened to sue a group of former faculty members and students who have formed an alternative online institute named "Alt New College" after departing the school following the takeover.
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley defended her past praise of fellow White House hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy, arguing the things the biotech entrepreneur is saying on the campaign trail are "very different" than in the past. The comment comes as the pair continue to clash in heated debates on issues including foreign policy, TikTok and Ramaswamy's...
Californians are bracing for Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) impending signoff on a seminal slate of rules that would require large companies to disclose both their greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related financial risk. “Any company located in California is well aware that it's a first mover on climate, it's a first mover on the minimum wage,”...