Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he is “confident” that former President Trump will pick a good vice president. Pompeo, a Fox News contributor, joined Fox News’s Sandra Smith to discuss Trump’s highly anticipated announcement for his running mate, President Biden’s
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), who is running to head up a potential GOP majority in 2025, knocked Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) Friday, saying former President Trump is going to need new leadership to help support his agenda for a possible second term. “We have
Presented by Sikorsky, A Lockheed Martin Company — The bill is accompanied by various culture war amendments. {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story House GOP approves mammoth annual defense bill The House approved its version of the
On Friday, Lara Trump made what she probably thought was an impassioned statement against committing election fraud and cheating at Turning Point Action’s convention in Detroit. In reality, Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law showed that she doesn’t understand the meaning of irony.
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Sanders drops subpoena threat against Novo Nordisk Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate HELP Committee, is no longer threatening to subpoena a top executive from Novo Nordisk
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story DOJ loses foreign agent case against casino mogul A federal appeals court just threw out the Department of Justice’s foreign agent case against Steve Wynn, former
Former President Trump is leading President Biden by 7 points in Arizona, a new poll found. The survey, conducted by Rasmussen Reports, found that 47 percent of the state’s likely voters said if the election were held today, they would vote for Trump. About 40 percent said they
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Friday dropped his pursuit of a subpoena for a top pharmaceutical executive after the company's CEO agreed to testify before the Senate later this year. Sanders announced earlier this week that he would hold a vote to subpoena Doug Langa, the
NASA announced Friday that Boeing’s Starliner capsule, which launched last week after several delays, will stay longer at the International Space Station to undergo additional testing. Boeing and NASA had originally planned for the Calypso capsule to be in space for roughly
Rep. Garret Graves (R-La.) announced Friday he will not run for reelection in November, capping off months of speculation over whether he would run for another term after redistricting impacted his House seat. Graves — who has served in the House since 2015, was a key ally of
The only thing Rick Scott is better at than bad timing is hypocrisy. The Republican senator and Earthworm Jim lookalike released a campaign ad touting his support for in vitro fertilization on Friday—less than 24 hours after voting against the Right to IVF Act. The caption for
Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Gas prices may not be terrible this summer U.S. gas prices started the summer driving season lower than usual, with experts pointing to mild demand and
Lindsey Graham still is a Donald Trump sycophant through and through, as evidenced by his birthday message to the former president and convicted felon. The message posted on X (formerly Twitter) seemed over-the-top, especially since Graham praised Trump’s golf game. But a quick
The Democratic chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said he wants to work with Republicans to hold back the International Criminal Court (ICC) from issuing arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his defense minister over allegations of war
Euro 2024, Europe’s quadrennial soccer tournament, begins on Friday in Germany in a climate of profound political uncertainty. The far right made massive gains in the European Parliament elections on June 9. In the coming weeks, France and England will both hold elections that
Former President Trump is making a special 78th birthday appearance for fans in his “Club 47” group at a venue near his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Fla. Congressional Republicans feted the party’s presumptive presidential nominee on Thursday during Trump’s first
The Biden administration on Friday issued sanctions against what it describes as a violent, extremist Israeli group that has been blocking, harassing and damaging humanitarian aid convoys bound for the Gaza Strip. The sanctions target individuals with the group Tzav 9.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning those who take medication for ADHD, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, could face a disruption in accessing care after two executives were arrested for a $100 million fraud scheme. The CDC issued a health
Florida Democrats secured a candidate in every House and Senate district race in the state by the end of the electoral qualifying deadline Friday, a rare feat for any party but even rarer for one whose efforts in the Sunshine State were deemed to be a lost cause , following an
Editor’s Note (June 20, 2024): This article originally appeared on the Breaking News vertical. Though there remains considerable dispute over the role of antisemitism when discussed in the context of anti-Zionism, we understand that many fair-minded people believe that the
Ursula von der Leyen has a good chance of using the turmoil caused by the political success of the French far-right and the subsequent French snap elections to her advantage. This could help keep a key European ally of the U.S. in place
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy will speak Friday evening at The People’s Convention in Detroit, organized by the conservative activist group Turning Point Action. The convention’s headliner, former President Trump,
Republican Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (Wash.), chair of the Energy and Commerce Committee, unveiled a set of proposals aimed at reforming the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in order to help the U.S. "maintain its innovative edge" against adversarial countries. The
New York Mayor Eric Adams is advocating for a ban on wearing masks on public transit in New York City, jumping on the bandwagon of New York State’s Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul. Hochul argued Thursday that face masks, once touted as lifesaving tools by the government, are
President Biden is supportive of the wording in the Group of Seven (G7) communique about reproductive rights, according to officials, despite controversy over whether world leaders would include abortion in their statement at this year’s summit in Italy. “He stands fully behind
A federal judge in Texas has ruled to liquidate Alex Jones's personal assets, including his firearms and ranch home, to pay a nearly $1.5 billion fine to the families of victims of the Sandy Hook massacre.
Six years ago, a man opened the outer window of his Las Vegas hotel room, pointed a semiautomatic rifle at a nearby concert, and opened fire. In the roughly 10 minutes that followed, he sprayed more than one thousand rounds down at concertgoers. Sixty people died in the ensuing
Former White House communications director Alyssa Farah Griffin said she thinks “rage and retribution” would be a governing principle for former President Trump if he wins a second term. Farah Griffin joined Mediaite’s Aidan McLaughlin to discuss her time in the Trump
Former President Trump met Thursday with Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) to run through policy and other topics that might come up at the first presidential debate later this month, multiple sources confirmed to The Hill. Trump had what was described as a
The Supreme Court’s decision invalidating the nationwide bump stock ban ignited a firestorm among Democrats and gun control groups that have long maligned the device used to perpetrate the nation’s deadliest mass shooting. The groups expressed worry about not only the impacts