Republican politicians like to pretend they care a whole lot about the politicization of the Pentagon, taxpayer dollars paying for abortion, and fighting the White House’s agenda. When fighting these battles bothers the Pentagon too much, they’ll turn on the ones doing the fighting.
Former President Obama said the current conflict in the Middle East is a “moral reckoning for all of us” Thursday. “[A]ll of this is taking place against the backdrop of decades of failure to achieve a durable peace for both Israelis and Palestinians,” the former president said at the Obama Foundation's “Democracy Forum” Friday. “One...
Special Counsel Jack Smith is pushing to disallow cameras in former President Trump’s election interference trial. In a Friday filing, Smith asked the court to deny applications by a group of media organizations, which he refers to as "Media Coalition," and NBCUniversal to “record and telecast” Trump’s federal 2020 election interference trial. Smith argued federal...
Top Democratic campaign officials are laying out the stakes of the 2024 election in a joint statement to mark one year until Election Day. The statement, first provided exclusively to The Hill, comes from Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chair Sen. Gary Peters (Mich.), Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair Rep....
Jewish Democrats are raging at Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) over legislation providing aid to Israel, accusing the newly installed leader of choosing a partisan tack that will only delay emergency assistance to America’s closest Middle Eastern ally. All but 12 House Democrats voted against Johnson’s $14.3 billion aid proposal Thursday night, with most citing the...
With the world’s attention shifting to the Israel-Hamas war, Ukraine fears it is being left behind as it continues a costly struggle against Russian forces and anxiously waits on Congress to pass another aid package before the winter sets in. Ukraine was already concerned before the Gaza war broke out, after Congress failed to include...