The SCORE Act, a landmark piece of legislation that would have paved the way for new standards in college sports on matters including revenue sharing and athlete compensation, will not be brought to the House floor for a vote this week, according to a House GOP staffer who
California's "jungle primary" system, which allows candidates of all parties to run against each other on the same ballot, is a chaotic and confusing system that does not help either major party and is being criticized for its lack of order and potential for unknown candidates
Recently, a Brooklyn jury delivered a $3.1 million award against National Grid for denying continued telework to two dispatchers with medical conditions.
The U.S. Treasury’s highest ranking lawyer quit just hours after President Trump announced his Anti-Weaponization Fund —a brazen attempt to dole out $1.8 billion of taxpayer money to his allies, supporters, and himself. Treasury General Counsel Brian Morrissey resigned shortly
Vice President JD Vance will host the White House press briefing on Tuesday following Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s debut at the podium earlier this month. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is on maternity leave and a number of administration officials are slated
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche leads a long line of Cabinet secretaries and administration officials testifying on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. He's bound to face quick questions on the $1.776 billion fund announced Monday to compensate allies of President Trump who claim to
The Department of Justice (DOJ) could soon provide access to a $1.776 billion compensation fund to allies of President Trump who claim they were wrongfully targeted by the Biden administration. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Monday announced the creation of an
As we enter peak home-buying season, you may notice your neighborhood suddenly covered with "for sale" signs. Depending on where you live, some of those homes may be "overpriced."
The clash between ABC and the Trump administration could lead to a protracted, high-stakes legal battle over free expression.
The Hill presents three hours of live, real-time primary night coverage, diving deep into the 2026 Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Oregon and Pennsylvania primaries on Tuesday May 19, 2026, from 7:00 p.m. EDT to 10:00 p.m. EDT. The Hill's coverage will be anchored by Sunrise
A railway safety bill that was championed by Vice President Vance is highlighting populist versus free-market tensions, offering a test for Republican lawmakers who are set to mark up a major transportation bill this week as ideological factions fight for the future of the
Forget shouting matches and partisan sniping, John Kasich says he's ready to tell political leaders to "knock it off, settle down and get things fixed." Ohio's former Republican governor is getting that chance with the launch of his new SiriusXM program, "The John Kasich Show."
Massie would be the ultimate trophy in Trump’s payback crusade.
Like weather forecasters, “futurists” and other so-called experts, economists don’t really know what’s going to happen. Why? Because economic forecasts are structurally flawed.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, who took over after former Justice Department (DOJ) Secretary Pam Bondi was ousted, will testify Tuesday morning before a Senate Appropriations Committee panel on President Trump's fiscal 2027 budget request. The White House is seeking
A report from Space Daily says the moon is receding from Earth at 3.8 centimetres per year.
Probably best known as the voice of Professor Utonium on "The Powerpuff Girls," Kane had a career as a voice actor that spanned decades.
Forecasters are predicting an 82% chance El Nino will emerge between May and July of 2026.
A growing number of Americans no longer experience political disagreement as disagreement. They experience it as psychological harm. Ordinary conflict is now routinely described using the language once reserved for trauma, abuse, and crisis. People don’t simply disagree with
Psychiatry is at an inflection point — and the stakes are high. Mental illness costs the U.S. economy more than $280 billion annually, drives veteran suicide rates, and places mounting strain on everything from emergency rooms to the workforce. Yet many of today’s medicines
When gas prices jump and supplies tighten, utilities reach for coal because it is available and familiar.
In today's issue: ▪ Key primary races in Georgia, Kentucky ▪ Trump’s poll numbers hit new low ▪ Trump says Iran strikes planned, delayed ▪ Evidence in Mangione case permitted A pair of contests for state Supreme Court in Georgia on Tuesday will serve as key bellwethers as both
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the May 19 episode of The Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here . Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic , produced and presented by the DSR Network. I’m your host, Greg Sargent. As you may have heard by now,
The resounding defeat of Sen. Bill Cassidy (R) in Saturday's Louisiana primary has sent shockwaves through the Senate Republican Conference, underscoring how Republicans who look to distance themselves from President Trump and his low approval ratings will have to think twice
President Trump is ramping up pressure on GOP leaders to attach the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act to must-pass legislation, a move that would complicate an already difficult stretch on Capitol Hill. Republicans in both chambers are racing to get a
When the memory-holing of Joe Biden’s successes gets too stupid, I consult the October 19, 2024, issue of The Economist . That’s the cover that declared Biden’s post-pandemic economic turnaround “the envy of the world.” The American economy, the richly-detailed article went on,
Six states are set to conclude primary voting Tuesday, with the spotlight on Rep. Thomas Massie’s (R) ugly primary battle in Kentucky and the highly competitive Senate and gubernatorial contests in Georgia. The Kentucky House primary marks the latest front in President Trump’s
In mid-May, around two weeks before the Texas Republicans’ Senate primary runoff election, state Attorney General Ken Paxton dropped yet another ad smearing his opponent, incumbent John Cornyn, for having “turned his back on President Trump.” Accompanied by a cinematic score,
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) will be the latest Republican to face his fate against a Trump-backed primary challenger on Tuesday. Retired Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein is Massie’s official opponent. But the real threat comes from the White House, where President Trump has repeatedly
There have been few writers as prolifically désengagé as Georges Simenon, the author of nearly two hundred absorbing, intensely readable thrillers and detective novels under his own name and many dozens more not-so-readable novels and short stories under a variety of
One afternoon in March 2023, Jackie Noyola and Amy Carpenter were sitting in their favorite Houston bar, having a glass of wine, when their phones lit up with notifications of an identical email. It was from a law firm in Washington, D.C., and it was offering to represent them
In nearly every state, residents are angry about data centers and fighting efforts to build them near their towns. In Memphis, where xAI’s energy-guzzling , pollution-spewing supercomputing center popped up seemingly overnight, residents are protesting its operations, albeit
Republicans on Capitol Hill are seeking to shift the blame for the redistricting war onto Democrats, downplaying President Trump’s leading role in a gerrymandering frenzy that’s unpopular with voters of all stripes. Trump instigated the rare, mid-decade redistricting fight
Republicans see President Trump's sagging approval ratings as a major problem heading into the midterms. Their fears are underscored by a New York Times/Siena College poll released on Monday showing Trump’s approval ratings hitting new second term lows as voters expressed
The growing popularity of prediction markets has caught the attention of kids online safety advocates in Congress and gambling researchers, putting pressure on the industry to explain what they are doing to prevent minors and those younger than 21 from using their platforms.
Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) will propose amendments to immigration policy on Tuesday as part of reconciliation legislation to fund federal immigration enforcement agencies. Gallego, the son of a Colombian mother and a Mexican father, will file three amendments during the
The looming loss of Black House districts across the South has raised the stakes in an open-seat primary in Philadelphia.
Donald Trump has reached a “settlement” with his Justice Department in a $10 billion lawsuit he brought against the IRS. Under it, DOJ will create a new $1.8 billion fund, controlled by Trump, that will dole out payments to allies who have supposedly been victimized by
The Louisiana Republican could wreak some havoc on the president’s agenda if he chooses.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) on Monday opened an investigation into the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) over its alleged funding of extremist groups it claimed to oppose. Last month, a federal grand jury in Montgomery, Ala., indicted the SPLC on six counts of wire
The SCORE Act was a casualty of internal GOP doubts and a prominent Democratic group's new opposition.
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) is urging his Senate Republican colleagues to delay action on a budget reconciliation package to fund immigration enforcement operations through 2029, in part because he said a proposal to spend $1 billion on the White House ballroom is “a major policy
Democrat Roy Cooper has an 11-point lead over Republican Michael Whatley in the Senate race in North Carolina, according to a new poll from The Carolina Journal/Harper Polling. The survey, released last week, found that nearly half of 600 likely voters in North Carolina said
The White House and the architects of the Senate bill have pushed back against the House-amended housing affordability package.
The winner of the GOP runoff in the Texas Senate race between Sen. John Cornyn and state Attorney General Ken Paxton faces a closely contested matchup against Democratic nominee James Talarico, according to a new poll from the Barbara Jordan Public Policy Research and Survey
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), fresh off of his loss in the Louisiana Senate Republican primary, is calling out the Trump administration’s creation of a $1.8 billion fund to compensate people who claim they were targeted by the Biden Justice Department, saying it raises the specter
Retiring Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Monday endorsed San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan (D) in the race to succeed her in California’s 11th Congressional District. “I know and love this district, I know the Congress and I know Connie,” Pelosi said, with Chan sitting next
President Trump on Monday announced the addition of more than 600 generic drugs to his drug coupon platform TrumpRx, with billionaire investor Mark Cuban joining President Trump to endorse the website. "I'm thrilled to announce that we're increasing the number of drugs
The U.S. is sanctioning 11 people it claims are “Cuban regime-aligned actors,” including top officials, as tensions heat up between the two countries. In a fact sheet released Monday, the State Department said it was “sanctioning 11 Cuban regime-aligned actors and three