Democrats are seizing on a GOP-backed push for steeper cuts in government funding to argue Republicans are putting Americans in danger with the threat of a shutdown that could cut off various federal services by next week. Administration officials, the White House and members of Congress have laid out a litany of problems that will...

Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) is fighting for his political life amid rising calls to resign from Democratic colleagues in the wake of a federal indictment on bribery charges. Menendez on Monday said he's not going anywhere during a defiant appearance before the press, insisting he'd be exonerated. But by 5 p.m., a second Senate Democratic...

Senior U.S. officials arrived in Armenia on Monday after neighboring Azerbaijan launched a full-scale military assault last week in the mountainous Nagorno-Karabakh region and forced the evacuation of thousands of ethnic Armenians. Samantha Power, the administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is in Armenia along with State Department acting assistant secretary for...

Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Americans attributing extreme weather to climate change jumped 10 points this summer Nearly 9 in 10 Americans say they have experienced extreme weather, and the percentage of people attributing it to climate change has increased to...

Eight people were hospitalized Monday after being injured during rough skies on a flight to Florida.

Presented by Southern Company — The embattled veteran Democrat doesn't plan to go quietly {beacon} Evening Report   © Annabelle Gordon Menendez settles in for legal, political battles Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) on Monday batted away calls from fellow Democrats for him to resign while acknowledging the multi-faceted challenges he faces after being indicted on federal...

A group of Haitian-American elected officials is calling on President Biden to withdraw support for a Kenya-led peacekeeping mission in Haiti, which they say will bolster acting President Ariel Henry's grip on power. The National Haitian-American Elected Officials Network (NHAEON) and Family Action Network Movement (FANM) on Friday wrote Biden and Secretary of State Antony...

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) on Monday became the second Senate Democrat to call on Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) to resign after he was indicted on federal bribery charges late last week. “Senator Menendez has broken the public trust and should resign from the U.S. Senate," Brown said in a statement. Menendez, along with his wife, Nadine,...

President Biden on Monday bashed House Republicans for heading towards a government shutdown, saying that they shouldn’t be elected if they can’t do their job to fund the government. “Funding the government is one of the most basic, fundamental responsibilities of the Congress and if Republicans in the House don’t start doing their job, we...

Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., was blasted on social media Monday after he claimed that the nearly $500,000 in cash found at his home was from his personal bank account.