Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado on Saturday said she plans to return to Venezuela before the end of 2026 and run for president again. Speaking at a gathering of fellow Venezuelan opposition leaders in Panama, Machado said the opposition remains committed to a
A Florida judge on Tuesday blocked an effort to temporarily halt the use of a new Republican-favored House map in the Sunshine State, delivering another blow to Democrats after another judge denied a separate bid to halt a new GOP-friendly map in Tennessee. Florida circuit
Retiring Rep. Chip Roy is competing against state Sen. Mayes Middleton in Tuesday's GOP runoff to succeed state Attorney General Ken Paxton. On the other side of the aisle, Democrats Joe Jaworski, the former Galveston mayor and Nathan Johnson, a state senator, are seeking
Voters in Texas are weighing in a handful of House primary runoffs Tuesday. Former Rep. Colin Allred will face off against Rep. Julie Johnson in the 33rd Congressional District’s Democratic primary. Johnson succeeded Allred last cycle after the former lawmaker vacated his seat
The heated Texas Senate GOP contest will come to a head Tuesday as voters head to the polls in the runoff race. Sen. John Cornyn (R) and state Attorney General Ken Paxton have duked it out for months, with the latter securing President Trump's endorsement just last week. The
Construction on the ring for the “UFC Freedom 250” mixed martial arts event on June 14 at the White House has begun. Pieces of the blue and white ring could be seen dwarfing the building Tuesday. The structure , according to what President Trump told reporters last month, will
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Monday restored international internet access after a near 90-day blackout. "The decree aimed at restoring internet access to its pre-January state was communicated to the Ministry of Communications by the president," the Iranian state
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez (D) is encouraging victims of Jeffrey Epstein to come forward amid his office’s probe into a ranch previously owned by the convicted sex offender. In a letter to survivors he sent last week and shared to social media Tuesday, Torrez said
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) is expected to introduce two new pieces of legislation targeting payouts from the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) new $1.776 billion "anti-weaponization" fund. One piece of legislation would block the DOJ from issuing payouts from the fund to President
Sens. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) are pressing top intelligence officials to focus their efforts on assessing China’s AI capabilities in the face of new advancements in the technology. In a letter shared first with The Hill, the pair wrote to Director of National
The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) advisory committee on vaccines this week will consider whether to change the COVID-19 vaccine to target the XFG subvariant for the upcoming 2026-2027 respiratory viral season. The FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory
The “Broadview Six,” the anti-ICE protesters whom the federal government tried to slap with felony conspiracy charges carrying a maximum sentence of six years in prison, had their case thrown out last week after District Judge April Perry determined top federal prosecutor
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is facing fire from his own people. The U.S. health secretary has angered anti-vax activists by extending liability protections to drugmakers working on a hantavirus vaccine. Kennedy signed a Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness, or PREP, Act
It's only May, but some lawmakers are already thinking about having to change the clocks.
Vice President Vance on Tuesday said that Pope Leo XIV’s warnings on the risks of AI were “profound.” The Vatican published the pontiff’s first encyclical, titled “Magnifica Humanitas,” on Monday. In the 42,000-word letter, the first American pope urged policymakers to address
A federal judge rejected a challenge to temporarily block a new set of GOP-favored congressional lines in Tennessee on Tuesday, delivering a blow to Democrats who are all but expected to appeal the ruling as they look to undo new GOP redistricting. U.S. Chief District Judge
President Trump said Tuesday that Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) should “call for help” after an 18-year-old allegedly struck five police officers with a car over Memorial Day weekend. “Teen takeover in Chicago. Five officers badly hurt.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has been embroiled in a yearlong lawsuit with two former clients who have accused him of malpractice and forgery. Vanity Fair reported that twin brothers Adam and Daniel Kaplan, both New York financial advisers, sought Blanche’s services
A group of nine Democrats urged President Trump to commute the sentences of people serving time for nonviolent marijuana offenses, following his decision to reclassify the drug last month. “The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is plagued by capacity issues, both overcrowded and
The National Mall in Washington, D.C., will serve as a “fan zone” this summer during the FIFA World Cup tournament, organizers announced on Tuesday. This fan zone is part of a host of scheduled events to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary organized by the White House
The Hill presents one and a half hours of live, real-time primary night coverage, diving deep into the 2026 Texas runoff elections Tuesday from 8-9:30 p.m. EDT. The Hill's coverage will be anchored by "Sunrise on The Hill’s" Cory Smith, joined by The Hill Sunday host and
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday warned Secretary of State Marco Rubio to urge U.S. nationals to leave Kyiv ahead of the Kremlin’s forthcoming strikes in the next stage of the four-year war against Ukraine. Lavrov spoke with Rubio over the phone and, according
The Department of Homeland Security is directing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to craft new policies to crack down on immigration attorneys if they aid in filing fraudulent asylum claims. The move is the Trump administration’s latest effort to target asylum,
Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt on Tuesday accused incumbent Mayor Karen Bass (D) of violating city election laws by appearing near voting centers on her campaign social media accounts. A lawyer for Pratt, a former reality star from "The Hills" on MTV, filed a
Massachusetts Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D) on Tuesday doubled down on his opposition to the Democratic front-runner in the Maine Senate race, a day after he said candidate Graham Platner’s tattoo resembling a Nazi symbol was “disqualifying.” “As I said months ago, I find Platner's
Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chair of the Security Council of Russia and the country’s former president, threatened European Union diplomats in Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv. “The EU has said it will maintain its diplomatic presence in Kiev unchanged, despite Russia's warnings.
White House staffers are losing their minds over media coverage pointing out that the president often falls asleep on camera. The Trump administration’s Rapid Response 47 X account spent much of Tuesday attacking CNN with photos and short videos of the network’s hosts blinking
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s (R) estranged wife, state Sen. Angela Paxton (R), on Tuesday shared her endorsements for various candidates in state races but remained neutral in the Republican Senate primary. Angela Paxton urged Texan voters on election day to join her in
South Carolina has decided not to get involved in President Donald Trump’s redistricting war. The state Senate voted 24–20 Tuesday to leave their House districts alone for the upcoming midterm elections. Twelve Republicans broke ranks to join all Democrat state senators in the
President Trump on Tuesday formally raised the refugee cap to allow the admittance of another 10,000 individuals — slots he said must be given to white Afrikaners in South Africa. In doing so, Trump declared an emergency over a matter the South African government has long
South Carolina state senators voted Tuesday against a plan to advance a new congressional map, putting a pin in the state's GOP-led redistricting push amid the national back-and-forth ahead of the midterms. “I can no longer support the passage of this bill for one simple
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said energy prices are going to fall “like nothing you’ve ever seen before” once Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz. “Well, you know, I can't really talk about the ongoing negotiations and the strikes, but what I can say is that
Multiple people were injured in a “major” chemical incident in Washington state, according to a local fire department. Posts Tuesday morning from Washington’s Longview Fire Department indicated that it was responding following “an implosion involving a vat of chemical treatment
Vice President Vance will speak with a group of state attorneys general Tuesday afternoon as part of a roundtable focused on the Trump administration's anti-fraud efforts. President Trump said last month that Vance's new role as "fraud czar" will mainly focus on Democratic-run
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pushed back on criticism from some "Make America Healthy Again" activists after he extended liability protections for drugmakers working to develop treatments for the Andes hantavirus strain. The HHS late last
UFC President and CEO Dana White says he does not consider taking his sport to the South Lawn of the White House a political decision but a patriotic one instead. "You can make anything political if you want to,” White said as part of a wide-ranging interview with Time
The criminal trial of former FBI director James Comey over allegedly threatening to kill President Trump in a social media post that consisted of a photo of seashells spelling out "86 47" is set to begin in October. U.S. District Judge Louise Wood Flanagan on Tuesday granted
Construction began this week on a temporary octagon on the White House grounds in preparation to host several UFC fights on Flag Day, which is also President Trump’s 80th birthday. Photos taken by The Associated Press showed workers building pieces of the red and blue UFC
Despite years of revelations involving some of the world’s most powerful men, nothing has come from the latest wave of Epstein-related disclosures.
The Los Angeles mayoral race is heating up, with insurgent candidate Spencer Pratt surging on social media thanks to some very savvy advertising that correctly highlights what has gone wrong during the reign of incumbent Mayor Karen Bass. Even the mainstream media has to
President Trump wants federal workers to sign nondisclosure agreements , a move that would place even more constraints on a disgruntled workforce that has been targeted by this administration. The Office of Personnel Management released a draft NDA Tuesday that could be used by
Either Donald Trump himself wrote the Justice Department’s latest court filing, or whoever did is a big fan of his writing style. MeidasTouch correspondent Scott MacFarlane flagged the strange similarities between Trump’s syntax and a Sunday filing submitted to a Washington,
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) on Tuesday said the city will hold watch parties for the New York Knicks’ first trip to the NBA Finals this century. “We’re going to have watch parties across this city. We’re incredibly excited about those watch parties,” Mamdani told
Los Angeles mayoral challenger Spencer Pratt on Friday blasted incumbent Mayor Karen Bass's approach to addressing homeless people in the city while also suggesting that Seattle would "welcome them." Pratt, a former reality TV star from MTV's "The Hills," claimed in an
President Trump may soon have his name on the busiest train station in the country. Newly released design renderings of a renovation project for New York’s Penn Station, first reported by Gothamist, show a large presidential seal with Trump’s name, along with gold railings,
The Congressional Black Caucus is urging some of the nation’s largest corporations to publicly oppose redistricting efforts by red states in the South that would axe majority-Black congressional districts ahead of the midterms. In a letter sent Tuesday to more than 250
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) defended his MAGA bona fides in a final-hour pitch to Texas primary voters on Tuesday, portraying himself as an “ally” of President Trump who has consistently supported the administration’s agenda. "I’m proud of the fact that we confirmed hundreds of
Tick activity in the U.S. has reached levels we haven't seen in nearly 10 years, and data suggest some states are worse off than others.
It’s Tuesday. Pull out those white pants and white shoes because we have made it to the unofficial start of summer! Though, tbh, that’s a dumb ~rule~. In today’s issue: ⚖️ News today A big setback for Republicans in Alabama: A court blocked Alabama Republicans’