Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said Tuesday that he did not think recently high gas prices amid the Iran war will have an impact on November's midterms. “I don't think national security decisions should be done based on short-term political considerations," He told CNBC's "Squawk
A divorce trial between Texas Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton and his estranged wife will no longer proceed after a state district judge canceled the public proceedings on Tuesday. Collins County judge Lindsey Wynne canceled the trial following a tumultuous few months
Jill Biden says that had he stayed in the 2024 White House race, then-President Biden would've defeated President Trump. "I believe he would have beat Donald Trump in that election," the former first lady said of her husband during a Tuesday interview on MS Now's "Morning Joe."
House Oversight Democrats are pushing to subpoena Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel, noting that former Attorney General Pam Bondi repeatedly cited both of their involvement in decisionmaking about the Epstein files. Ranking member Robert Garcia
Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel is expressing concern about the future of late-night TV after CBS canceled “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” a move that fueled speculation about political pressure on outspoken hosts in the Trump era. In a profile published Monday by Vulture,
The nearly 10-month presence of National Guard troops in Washington, D.C. has not helped reduce violent crime in the nation’s capital, according to a new study from the Niskanen Center, a Washington policy shop. While the Guard’s presence in Washington did help drive down some
The White House Correspondents Association (WHCA) has announced it is planning a second dinner this summer after the annual event was canceled following an assassination attempt against President Trump, who was in attendance at the initial event in April. Weijia Jiang, CBS News
Plus: MAGA ‘slush fund’ plans fizzle, clearing GOP holdup {beacon} It’s Tuesday. I can’t believe how close my informal Diet Coke vs. Coke Zero poll is. It’s literally tied! I guess The Wall Street Journal is right about its reporting. Oh, and who else is excited about
Six blue states have sued in an effort to block a Trump administration deal to pay a French company to invest in fossil fuels in exchange for the cancellation of its rights to build offshore wind farms. New York, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and
Rep. Kevin Kiley of California has signed a discharge petition to force a House floor vote on the Ukraine Support Act, which would impose tougher sanctions on Russia, authorize up to $8 billion in Foreign Military Financing loans for Ukraine, and reaffirm U.S. support for both
Los Angeles County election officials on Sunday warned against election interference after several mail-in ballots were burned and a voting center was vandalized, two days before voters cast their ballots in the California primary. A staffer with the Los Angeles County
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has chosen a former Navy intelligence officer as his running mate in his bid for governor of Minnesota. Lindell, during a Monday appearance on Steve Bannon’s War Room show, announced retired Navy Lt. Cmdr. Phillip Parish as his lieutenant governor
Secretary of State Marco Rubio had a major meltdown Tuesday after he was called out for the United States’ disastrous dealmaking with Iran. Speaking during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, Senator Cory Booker pressed Rubio over allowing Iran to get rich off of the
Even the Trump administration doesn’t trust Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to handle public health policy. State Secretary Marco Rubio hung the health secretary out to dry Tuesday, revealing to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that he was planning to take the reins on vaccine
Lawmakers who claim to champion women refused to support a bill that would have created the American Women's History Museum, which would have honored the biological women who achieved extraordinary things despite the obstacles they faced.
On the Friday before Memorial Day, on the eve of a long weekend, the Trump administration announced that it was further gutting legal immigration. The Department of Homeland Security didn't use this language. "This policy allows our immigration system to function as the law
Democratic lawmakers are airing their frustration Tuesday, after President Trump appointed Bill Pulte to serve as acting head of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). Trump named Pulte, the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency )FHFA), to replace
Republican senators are still unconvinced that President Trump is dropping his $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” slush fund—and want assurance that Trump won’t use taxpayer funds to pay off his allies. Without it, their own immigration reconciliation bill may also be in
President Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order directing federal agencies to shore up their defenses against more advanced AI models and develop a voluntary testing framework. The new order appears to be a scaled-back version of the order Trump initially intended to sign
A federal judge on Monday temporarily halted a Trump administration effort to target a climate and weather research lab in Colorado. Judge R. Brooke Jackson, an Obama appointee, blocked the administration from taking away a supercomputer from the National Center for Atmospheric
The mayor of Newark, New Jersey, said Tuesday that if the Delaney Hall ICE detention center isn’t closed soon, the city may file a lawsuit. Ras Baraka pointed to reports of the center’s poor conditions, with detainees suffering from serious health conditions. He said that in
These courses reflect how the university has lost sight of its purpose.
Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), will lead the White House press briefing on Tuesday afternoon. Oz's turn at the podium comes a day after the Trump administration issued a final rule requiring most Medicaid beneficiaries ages
A bipartisan special committee of New Mexico lawmakers, which was created to probe the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch near Santa Fe, announced Monday that it will send out its first round of subpoenas. The New Mexico Truth Commission is slated to send
Democratic strategist David Axelrod said Monday night that President Trump's reported outburst at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a phone call earlier in the day was justified. Trump reportedly slammed Netanyahu over the prime minister’s plan to attack Hezbollah
Elected officials and their employees should be unequivocally clear, through binding legislation, that prediction markets cannot continue as they are and have no place in politics.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told reporters “we don’t need a weaponized” director of national intelligence when asked about President Trump’s appointment of Bill Pulte, the homebuilder and director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), to serve as acting
Senate Majority Leader John Thune is pleading with the White House to nix Donald Trump’s so-called “anti-weaponization” slush fund in order to pass Congress’s behemoth budget reconciliation bill. Thune called the White House Monday to ask it to abandon plans for a $1.8 billion
Republicans are slinging mud at the wall trying to counter Graham Platner’s popularity in Maine. Lacking any competitive, ideological alternative, Kellyanne Conway suggested Monday night that Democrats should be forced to step away from Platner, who has been polling with a
Every dollar Congress appropriates for Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda sets in motion systems that will be much harder to dismantle in the future.
The FAA failed to act on prior safety recommendations, leading to a tragic helicopter collision with an American Airlines flight that killed 67 people, and the FAA must now commit to implementing all of the National Transportation Safety Board's recommendations to prevent
Representative Tom Kean Jr. just earned the president’s endorsement—despite the fact that the New Jersey Republican hasn’t been seen in three months. Kean has been missing in action since March 5, has so far missed 104 House votes , and hasn’t been seen in Washington for more
President Trump on Monday endorsed Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-N.J.), who has been missing from Capitol Hill and the campaign trail for months. Ahead of Tuesday’s GOP primary in the Garden State’s 7th Congressional District — in which Kean is running unopposed — the president called
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday defended its decision to settle with billionaire Elon Musk over the delayed disclosure of his stake in Twitter, now known as X, after the judge raised questions about the settlement. The SEC said in May that it had reached
MAGA isn’t happy with Michael Flynn after discovering he’s a registered foreign agent. Far-right blogger Scott McMahan posted a Foreign Agents Registration Act form Monday that was dated October 2025, and stated that Donald Trump’s former national security adviser was now
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said he still has a “plan to initiate” the removal of customs officers from international airports, even as he said there is currently “no need” to do so in Newark, N.J. Mullin’s remarks, made at a Monday press conference in Dallas,
President Trump seems determined to break U.S.-China and U.S.-Taiwan relations in as many historic ways as possible, but he persists in retaining the one policy most likely to result in cross-strait, regional and potentially global war. Within days of his first election in
Jon Stewart is mocking President Trump for failing to negotiate a peace deal with Iran, saying Americans "were under the mistaken notion" that he was "some kind of dealmaker in chief." "Looks like we're going to finally put an end to the U.S.-Iran kerfuffle," Stewart said
Political commentator Bill O’Reilly said Monday that the protests at an immigration detention facility in Newark, N.J., likely will not have “any effect” on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). “It's different in the sense that it's better organized than Minneapolis,
Lawmakers want to hear from NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell about the league's media rights dealings, a subject that has faced increasing scrutiny from fans and members of Congress as the cost of viewing games continues to skyrocket. In a letter to Goodell sent this week, Rep.
She used a Republican attack on Black voting power as her personal staircase to a safer seat.
President Trump has appointed Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence following Tulsi Gabbard’s resignation last week. Trump announced the move in a Truth Social post Tuesday morning, and said Pulte would keep his existing jobs as chairman of Fannie Mae and
President Trump on Monday adjusted tariffs on some aluminum, copper and steel imports. In a proclamation, the president lowered tariffs on some aluminum and steel derivative products, including agricultural equipment and certain heating, air conditioning and ventilation
President Trump named William Pulte, the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, to serve as the acting head of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. In tapping Pulte, Trump turns to an ally who has been behind referring several of his foes for prosecution
Join The Hill's Amie Parnes, Ian Swanson and special guest, Democratic strategist Steve Schale, for The Fight for 2028. The discussion will include the growing controversy surrounding Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner and the backlash to former first lady Jill
For a Congress fixated on productivity and deficits, the real story is that remote work has quietly become critical economic infrastructure.
President Trump went on a long Truth Social rant at 1 a.m. Tuesday morning after Michael Cohen—Trump’s former lawyer, who went to jail for his role in a hush-money payment to adult actress Stormy Daniels—said he was coerced into testifying against Trump on Michael Smerconish’s
President Trump on Tuesday morning announced he would appoint Bill Pulte to replace outgoing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. Pulte moves from his role as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. The move drew skeptics on Capitol Hill, including Senate
Republican Representative Ashley Hinson was caught on tape last week saying that President Trump’s Iran war will be a “political liability” if it continues any longer. Politico reports that Hinson, who will be the likely Republican nominee in Iowa’s Senate race after Tuesday’s
Former national security adviser John Bolton suggested Monday that Iran is relying on fluctuating oil prices as leverage in its ceasefire negotiations with the U.S., hoping the domestic political pressure will push President Trump into concessions. “I think the regime in Iran