Rep. Bob Good (R) declared that he will pursue a recount and a “full investigation” in his Virginia House election in Thursday comments. Good, the chair of the House Freedom Caucus, is facing a close election against his primary challenger, state Sen. John McGuire. McGuire
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) predicted Thursday that former President Trump will “win big” in the upcoming presidential election. “I still think this is his race, he has clearly been the front-runner since the day he announced. And he has not lost that status,
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Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Trump win could trigger higher inflation, analysts warn Inflation could reaccelerate if former President Trump wins the White House and Republicans win control of
Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Scorching heat wave may portend climate future As the nation bakes under a heat dome, experts say the extreme temperatures could be a sign of what's to
Donald Trump’s media company stock has been steadily slipping in value following his conviction on 34 felony charges, and on Thursday, it dropped back down near its all-time low. Since the verdict in Trump’s hush-money case was decided last month, shares of Trump Media &
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President Biden and former President Trump will clash on a debate stage Thursday in what will be a pivotal moment in the race for the White House. Despite low voter enthusiasm, lawmakers and experts are predicting that Americans will tune into Thursday’s debate in droves.
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Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story NY sends Congress message with new kids' online safety laws New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed two laws Thursday that aim to mitigate the impact of social media on kids’ and teens’
🔷 Plus: Good news for Dems running down ballot from Biden {beacon} Evening Report © Greg Nash, The Hill; and Seth Wenig, Associated Press Trump holds narrow lead over Biden in swing states as debate takes shape Former President Trump holds a narrow lead over President Biden
Amtrak service was suspended between New Haven, Conn., and Philadelphia on Thursday afternoon, the railroad corporation said. Power has since been restored but delays will occur. In a series of posts on social platform X, Amtrak Northeast said there was an overhead power
A secretly recorded conversation with Roger Stone suggests that the Donald Trump adviser and confidant is implying that the judge in Trump’s classified documents case, Aileen Cannon, could be in the convicted felon and former president’s pocket. Liberal filmmaker Lauren Windsor
Democrats in the House and Senate introduced legislation Thursday to overhaul a long-dormant law that they worry could be used by a future Trump administration to severely limit abortion or effectively ban it completely. Led by Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.), the legislation would
George Latimer made a bizarre comment to denigrate incumbent Representative Jamaal Bowman, whose seat he’s working to oust, claiming Bowman has an “ethnic benefit” against him. The comment is just the latest in a string of race-baiting comments Latimer has made against Bowman
Israel will send a delegation of about 85 athletes to the Olympic Games in Paris in July. Protesters opposed to the war in Gaza have called for limited participation by the Israelis, and a post on Threads falsely claimed Israel is "out" of the Games. The International Olympic
State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller momentarily interrupted a press briefing Thursday afternoon when he noticed a cockroach crawling on the wall near a reporter’s head. “I hate to interrupt, there’s a big cockroach on the wall, over your head there. We’ll defer that
The IRS is getting blasted with bogus claims for the employee retention tax credit (ERC) and is asking Congress for help. IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel also said Thursday that the IRS had completed an internal review of the ERC claim process and will use information from the
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. didn’t qualify for CNN’s upcoming presidential debate, and he is not taking it well. The debate, which will take place on June 27, is set to be a showdown between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, the
Advocates for the expansion of federal benefits to Americans exposed to radiation by the federal government expressed disappointment after a meeting with staffers for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) this week, saying they believe the Speaker hopes to wait them out and deliver a
Former Trump administration official Alyssa Farah Griffin said Thursday she was among those who encouraged former President Trump to wear a mask during the worst of the COVID pandemic by telling him he “looked cool.” Griffin, a host of “The View,” sat down with former White
The Biden administration is proposing new protections for old-growth forests, but stopping short of blocking all logging of the carbon-storing plants. The Forest Service on Thursday proposed to limit the culling of these mature trees in national forests, stoking ire from some
Welcome to The Hill's Campaign newsletter {beacon} Campaign Report Campaign Report The Big Story Trump, Biden gear up for critical debate President Biden and former President Trump are hitting the debate stage next Thursday in a rematch of their bitter 2020 battle. From
During the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, when U.S. health officials were trying to get the public to adopt safety measures, White House staffer Alyssa Farah Griffin tried to appeal to Donald Trump’s vanity in order to get him to wear a mask. The co-host of ABC’s The View was
Many children are sent to these facilities not because it is in their best interest, but because it is profitable.
Global fossil fuel consumption and energy emissions hit an all-time high in 2023, according to research compiled by the Energy Institute, a U.K.-based nonprofit group. The group's Statistical Review of World Energy report found global energy consumption was at a “record
TikTok argued in a legal brief filed Thursday that the new law potentially banning the application from the United States is unconstitutional and should be overturned. TikTok and its Chinese-based parent company, ByteDance, filed the lawsuit last month against the U.S.
Donald Sutherland, the prolific actor who starred in such films as “M*A*S*H,” “Ordinary People” and “The Hunger Games,” has died at the age of 88, son Kiefer Sutherland revealed Thursday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was willing to "suffer personal attacks" if the U.S. sends weapons after the Biden administration criticized him for a video earlier this week that expressed misgivings about Washington's arms support for his country. "I am
Steve Dettelbach, director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and a Drug Enforcement Administration official are slated to deliver remarks Thursday on public safety issues at the U.S. Conference of Mayors's annual meeting in Kansas City, Mo. The event
Melinda French Gates said Thursday she is endorsing President Biden in his reelection bid, the first time she has done so in an election. “I’ve never endorsed a presidential candidate before,” the philanthropist said in a post Thursday on social platform X. “But this year’s
Two different judges urged Judge Aileen Cannon to hand off the Mar-a-Lago documents case against former President Trump when it was assigned to her last year, according to reporting from The New York Times. The entreaties were made after Cannon’s initial handling of Trump’s
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed two laws Thursday that aim to mitigate the impact of social media on kids’ and teens’ mental health by regulating how social media companies provide addictive features for children and how they collect and use data of minors. Social media
Loose Cannon alert: Judge Aileen Cannon was reportedly urged by senior federal judges to hand off Trump’s classified documents case when it was handed to her last year, according to sources who spoke to The New York Times. The new details add to what’s already a lengthy series
Attorneys for former President Trump demanded Thursday that the judge who oversaw his civil fraud trial recuse himself from the case over allegations he improperly discussed it with an outside party. "Allegations have surfaced revealing this Court may have engaged in actions
Longtime Democratic strategist James Carville ripped into a new Louisiana law that requires public schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom, calling it the "dumbest waste of time." "I think given the storm season is coming up, we don't need the Ten
Two days after Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed a new defense agreement, Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) introduced a bill to declare Russia a state sponsor of terror. Holding up a photo of Kim and Putin
Warmer temperatures may be catalyzing a climb in vaporized chemical contaminants across Los Angeles, a new study has found. Even though the California city, like so many other U.S. urban hotspots, boasts meaningful declines in transportation-related emissions, residents are
Nearly half of New York voters approved of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s (D) decision to pause the state’s congestion pricing plan, according to a new survey. The new Siena College poll found that 45 percent of registered voters in New York support Hochul delaying the congestion pricing
Around 80 percent of same-sex married couples are concerned about no longer having marriage equality, according to a new report. The report, from the Williams Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles, found 79.3 percent of same-sex married couples said they were
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) has introduced legislation aimed at preventing "bad-apple gun dealers" from being involved in federal contracts. The gun safety bill, titled the Clean Firearm Procurement Act, would require the attorney general to identify and make public a list of the