PITTSBURGH — Republican state Rep. Rob Mercuri said Tuesday he would seek the Republican nomination for the U.S. House seat held by freshman Democrat Chris Deluzio in what is projected to be one of the nation's most competitive congressional races in the country next year.

TRUMP INDICTMENT FOUR: TOO MUCH. The MSNBC coverage of Trump Indictment Four, running late Monday night into early Tuesday morning, had an odd undertone. The network's stars had gathered for the Big Event, but something seemed just a little wrong. They seemed like children who had gotten much more than they asked for for Christmas: a little overwhelmed and confused. They were happy, of course, but worried it might be too much.

The most impressive thing about Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) is how his policies and rhetoric contradict each other at almost every available opportunity.

For better or for worse, the latest indictment levied against President Donald Trump and his 18 alleged co-conspirators in Georgia constitutes the last and most lethal shot of the progressive legal movement's war against the former president. Luckily for Trump, it is as much a trial against the potentially criminal incompetence of his legal team as it is against him.

The indictment unveiled in Georgia late Monday night charged former President Trump with 13 crimes. But unlike the other three indictments Trump faces, Georgia’s case sees a plethora of aides, lawyers and supporters charged, as well. In addition to Trump, 18 people have been indicted as a result of the probe spearheaded by Fulton County, Ga.,...

{beacon} Evening Report Tuesday, August 15   © Jeff Swensen/Getty Images Trump begins broad defense in Georgia case Former President Trump is preparing for a pitched battle to defend himself following his latest indictment, which lays out wide-ranging allegations surrounding efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia. Shortly after Fulton County...

Former Trump lawyer Alan Dershowitz said Tuesday he predicts “there will be some convictions,” in former President Trump’s four criminal cases, which he expects will all take place before the 2024 presidential election. “I predict there’ll be some convictions,” Dershowitz said during an appearance on "Bannon's War Room," a podcast hosted by former White House...

Last week, a Black woman in Detroit filed suit in federal court because the Detroit Police Department arrested her for a crime she did not commit. Police alleged that the woman, then eight months pregnant, had been involved in a carjacking. The New York Times reported that her arrest was more than a case of...

Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Biden admin asks Supreme Court to overturn Texas law The White House asked the court to overturn a lower court’s decision to uphold a controversial Texas social media law. © AP Photo/Mark Lennihan Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar wrote a brief Monday saying conflicting decisions from circuit...

A small city in southeast Minnesota is without a police force after its chief and officers resigned over low pay. Goodhue — population 1,250, according to the 2020 census — accepted the resignation of its police chief, only full-time officer, and five part-time officers at a Monday city council meeting that was originally intended to...