Senate Democrats returned to Washington on Monday voicing concerns about President Biden's future as the Democratic presidential nominee, setting up high-stakes talks in the coming days about a path forward for the party. While no Senate Democrat has gone as far as at least
Republican strategist Karl Rove suggested former President Trump and his team are celebrating as President Biden doubles down on his intent to remain in the race. "There's cheering in Mar-a-Lago for that sentiment,” he said Monday on Fox News’s “The Story” when asked about
Model and rapper Amber Rose says she'll be among the speakers at next week's Republican National Convention. "It's True! I'm speaking at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee," the "How to Be a Bad Bitch" author, who was born Amber Rose Levonchuck, wrote to her 3.5
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story US troops withdraw from first base in Niger U.S. troops formally withdrew from an air base in Niger on Monday, the first of two bases to be
Diagnoses of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) jumped up in recent years, especially among older Americans, according to new data. The data from FairHealth found a 4.8 percent increase in patients with STD diagnoses from 2020 to 2023. The 65 and older age group saw the
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Anti-abortion groups reconcile with RNC stance After months of warning the national party and Trump campaign against watering down the official GOP stance on abortion, anti-abortion groups
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President Biden will meet virtually Monday night with members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) amid growing calls from Democrats for the party’s presumptive nominee to step aside. On the call with CBC members, Biden will “discuss the stakes of the 2024 election and their
During an appearance at conservative think-tank Hudson Institute on Monday, House Speaker Mike Johnson endorsed Trump’s nightmarish desire to deport 15 to 20 million undocumented immigrants from the U.S., saying it’s “needed.” Mike Johnson says Trump plans to round up millions
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), who had tried to convene a meeting of Democratic senators Monday to discuss President Biden’s viability as the party's nominee for president, urged his fellow Democrats to “have conversations about the strongest path forward” heading into the November
Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Senate panel to discuss AI, privacy concerns The Senate Commerce Committee will hold a hearing Thursday centered on privacy-related concerns stemming from the rise of artificial
Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.) revealed Monday he has been diagnosed with blood cancer and started treatment for it. Garamendi, 79, said in a statement he has early-stage multiple myeloma, which he described as a “treatable” form of blood cancer. He said he began
President Biden is getting aggressive and going on offense as he seeks to beat back calls that he leave the top of the Democratic ticket after a party uproar over his poor debate performance against former President Trump. Biden's new take-no-prisoners strategy is a
6️⃣ Plus: Sixth House Democrat calls for Biden to step aside {beacon} Evening Report © AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta Defiant Biden tells Democratic 'elites' to put up or shut up President Biden struck a defiant tone Monday as he lashed out against the Democratic Party
While Tropical Storm Beryl made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane on Monday on the Texas coast, knocking out power to at least two million homes and killing at least two people, Governor Greg Abbott was enjoying a trip to East Asia . Abbott left for South Korea, Taiwan, and
House Speaker Mike Johnson promised Monday to slash government spending, so that he can bulk up America’s already massive military budget. During a speech at an event hosted by the Hudson Institute, the Louisiana Republican outlined the Republican Party’s vision to strengthen
Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} View Online Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Biden briefed on Hurricane Beryl after Texas landfall President Biden is receiving “regular updates” about Hurricane Beryl after it made
The Republican National Committee’s policy panel overwhelmingly approved a Trump-crafted platform proposal on Monday ahead of a formal vote later this week, cementing Trump’s particular brand of politics as the official platform of the Republican Party. As part of the 20-point
The first original GOP party platform since 2016 establishes closing the U.S.-Mexico border to migrants and conducting mass deportations as Republicans' top two priorities. The document, released Monday, mirrors former President Trump’s rhetoric and style, from the nature of
Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) on Monday called on President Biden to end his reelection bid, becoming the most senior Democratic lawmaker to publicly do so. "Well, look, I think he should step aside. I think it's become clear that he's not the best person to carry the Democratic
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) brushed off a question over the viability of President Biden’s campaign during a Monday event for Brown's reelection. Brown, who is running in what is expected to be one of the closest Senate races in the country, said he won’t wade into discussions
Project 2025, the short name for the 180-page ultraconservative plan for a second Donald Trump presidency, has some frightening minds developing its schemes to oust civil servants and severely roll back civil rights, among other authoritarian plots. Behind the expansive
More than 150 Republican lawmakers are calling on the Biden administration to rescind a rule that’s expected to make more of the nation’s truck fleet electric. In a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the House and Senate Republicans wrote that the rule will
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced Monday that he and other Senate Democrats will work to advance legislation to strip former President Trump of the immunity he was granted under a recent Supreme Court ruling protecting a president’s official acts from
Greg Lopez, the newly elected Republican representative from Colorado, will be sworn into the U.S. House on Monday night, filling the seat vacated by former Rep. Ken Buck (R), who retired this year. Lopez, a former mayor of Parker, Colo., won the special election two weeks ago
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's office on Monday certified the Sentinel nuclear missile program can continue after determining the effort is a major national security priority with no alternatives, despite its ballooning costs attracting increased scrutiny from Democrats on
The White House on Monday tangled with reporters during heated exchanges over whether the administration had been forthcoming about President Biden’s health in the wake of a disastrous debate performance that has sparked calls from some Democrats for Biden to end his reelection
Anti-abortion groups are backing the GOP’s official 2024 platform after previously warning former President Trump's campaign against watering down language on abortion. The groups lauded some of the specific language regarding the 14th Amendment approved Monday by a Republican
Tropical Storm Beryl is making a slow, ruinous passage out of Houston, where it is flooding highways and knocking out power lines. As of 3 p.m. local time Monday, as the eye of the storm moved over the western Houston suburbs, more than 2.7 million Texans were without power,
Target will no longer accept personal checks starting next week, the retail giant confirmed to The Hill on Monday. "Due to extremely low volumes, we'll no longer accept personal checks starting July 15. We have taken several measures to notify guests in advance to aid an easy
Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (Ill.), the No. 2-ranking member of the Senate Democratic leadership, said Monday that President Biden’s debate performance “raised a lot of questions” about his strength as a general election candidate, but he added he would withhold judgment
President Biden joined a call with donors Monday as part of his ramped up efforts to ease concerns over whether he’s fit to serve and able to beat former President Trump in November. Biden told donors he is staying in the presidential race and thanked them for their support to
One of the founders of LinkedIn, billionaire Reid Hoffman, is backing a voting technology company that is suing Fox News and Newsmax for defamation. The Washington Post reports that Hoffman has invested millions of dollars into the company partly to help it finance the
Democratic strategist James Carville is arguing that former Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama should play roles in selecting choices to replace President Biden as the party’s nominee if the incumbent ends his reelection bid. Carville said in an op-ed in The New York
Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) Chair Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) said she is “listening carefully” to members’ concerns about President Biden amid growing calls for him to drop out of the presidential race. In a lengthy statement, Jayapal acknowledged that some Democrats
Television actor Jay Johnston, who had roles in "Bob's Burgers" and "Arrested Development," pleaded guilty Monday to interfering with police officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection. Johnston, of Los Angeles, pleaded guilty to a felony charge of civil disorder
Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Monday criticized House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) for his approach to the growing number of Democrats calling for President Biden to step aside as the party’s presumptive nominee for president. McCarthy, in an interview
The Senate Commerce Committee will hold a hearing Thursday centered on privacy-related concerns stemming from the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), the committee announced Monday. The hearing will examine how AI has “accelerated the need for a federal comprehensive
California must retire existing heavy-duty trucks to meet the state’s 2045 carbon neutrality goals, in addition to promoting the purchase of zero-emissions vehicles (ZEVs), a new study has found. Stricter policies that cover both the rollout of zero-emissions trucks and the