Former President Trump weighed in on two tight GOP House primaries in Alaska and Utah on Monday, making endorsements as primary season gets into full swing. In Alaska, Trump backed Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom over Nick Begich III. The contested primary has carried echoes of the
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin (D) unsealed a 13-count indictment against South Jersey political heavyweight George Norcross III for using his power and influence to craft legislation that would benefit Norcross’s development project in Camden. According to
Senate Democrats are making a push this week to ban bump stocks after the Supreme Court overturned a Trump-era federal rule that banned the device, which allows semiautomatic weapons to fire off hundreds of rounds per minute. The effort will come to a head Tuesday when
A U.S. Secret Service member was robbed at gunpoint in Tustin, Calif., last Saturday while President Biden was in the state for a Los Angeles fundraiser, according to authorities. The Secret Service member was returning from a work assignment late Saturday when an armed robbery
A Texas man who threatened Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) has been sentenced to nearly three years in federal prison. U.S. District Judge Gary Klausner sentenced Brian Michael Gaherty, a 62-year-old living in Houston, to 33 months after he pleaded guilty to one count of
President Biden’s campaign is leaning into former President Trump’s conviction, suggesting it believes that reminding voters often enough that the presumptive GOP nominee for the White House is a felon will pay off at the polls in November. The emerging strategy is crystalized
Entrepreneur Mark Cuban clashed with television host Piers Morgan and billionaire Bill Ackman on social media Monday after the two posted a viral clip of President Biden that some claimed showed him freeze up at a recent fundraiser. The interaction on the social platform X
Multiple wildfires gained momentum this weekend across California in an early-season appetizer of what might be in store later this summer. "This is not a peak-season fire situation," Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles, said at a
Story at a glance Remote work has become the norm for millions of white-collar workers in the United States after the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered offices four years ago. But employers have begun asking workers to return to physical offices amid fears that remote and hybrid
Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Senate set to send nuclear power boost to Biden’s desk The Senate is poised to send a major energy bill to President Biden’s desk this week, which could
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Warren knocks Obama, Democrats in tax fight Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) took aim at Democrats this week for kowtowing to past Republican tax cuts in an effort
The nation's debt is growing and the Trump tax cuts of 2017 are set to expire at the end of next year, setting up a series of tough decisions after the elections for the new Congress. Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-Texas.), the chair of the House Budget Committee, and Rep. Brandon
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order Monday to create a task force focused on reparations for the city's Black residents. As part of the executive order, the task force will conduct a study and examination of policies that impacted Black Chicago residents
Presented by Guardant Health — He's urging Congress to require tobacco-style warning labels for social media {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Surgeon General calls for tobacco-style warning labels for social media Surgeon General Vivek Murthy is calling on
President Joe Biden will announce a new executive order Tuesday that will shield the hundreds of thousands of immigrants married to U.S. citizens from being deported—and Stephen Miller , the ghoul behind some of Donald Trump’s harshest immigration policies, just can’t handle
Many across the country may feel a bit like they're trapped in an oven.
President Biden on Monday welcomed as good news the announcement that 23 countries in the 32-member NATO alliance are on track to spend 2 percent of their gross domestic product (GDP) on military defense this year, an important benchmark established in 2014. “We have a very
Presented by Sikorsky, A Lockheed Martin Company — Protests have surged in the country {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Israel dissolves war cabinet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formally dissolved the war cabinet after
Donald Trump’s campaign announced the creation of a new conservative coalition over the weekend: Black Americans for Trump. But he failed to mention that at least three of his new endorsers are on the Trump family payroll. Dozens of prominent Black Americans appeared on the
The MAGA civil war surrounding House Freedom Caucus Chair Bob Good’s (R-Va.) primary in Virginia’s 5th Congressional District is coming to a head, pitting usual bedfellows against each other. The intraparty battle has positioned former President Trump against some of his key
Fox News has promoted Peter Doocy and Jacqui Heinrich to senior White House correspondent, the network announced on Monday. As part of their elevated roles, Doocy and Heinrich will "continue to provide coverage of the President of the United States’ domestic and international
Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Surgeon general calls for safety labels on social media Surgeon General Vivek Murthy is pushing for a warning label on social media platforms that would advise users of mental health
Former President Donald Trump has made illegal immigration and its impact on the U.S. a focus of his campaign – but several of his talking points are wrong or misleading. Here's what we found among his immigration claims at recent events in the electoral swing states of Arizona
Russia’s use of chemical weapons in Ukraine marks a major escalation. Other dictators now know they can use chemical weapons and the UN, media and the U.S. will look the other way.
On June 12, an estimated 60 people were abruptly laid off by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Conservatives and extremists who’ve been profiled by the SPLC quickly cheered on the news. In a hell of a self-report, Sean Davis, founder and CEO of conservative website The
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was dangerously slow to respond to multiple complaints about conditions at an Abbott Nutrition facility that contributed to a nationwide infant formula shortage in 2022, according to a government watchdog report. FDA did not have adequate
🌽 Plus: Iowa survey finds surprising strength for Trump {beacon} Evening Report © Greg Nash Dems, GOP grapple with internal divisions Intra-party divisions among Republicans and Democrats are spilling into the open this week as both sides feel the heat of an election that
Vice President Harris is slated to deliver remarks Monday on conflict related sexual violence issues. The event is scheduled to begin at 4:35 p.m. EDT. Watch the video above.
Workers at an electric vehicle battery plant ratified a deal between the United Auto Workers union and Ultium Cells to make batteries for General Motors’ electric vehicles. On Sunday, Ultium — a joint venture between GM and LG — announced that 1,600 of its hourly employees
Judge Aileen Cannon appears to be sick and tired of nonparties attempting to intervene in Donald Trump’s classified documents trial—even though she’s the one who allowed them to do so in the first place. The Trump-appointed judge issued a paperless order Monday, rejecting
Rudy Giuliani’s creditors attempted to persuade a bankruptcy judge to appoint a trustee to take control of the former New York City mayor’s finances Monday. Following more than two hours of arguments, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane made no ruling on the creditors’ request but
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Monday took action to set up a vote on the Reproductive Freedom for Women Act, which would reestablish a national right to an abortion before the third trimester of pregnancy by enshrining the protections of Roe v. Wade. The
The White House on Monday blasted a string of altered videos that purported to show President Biden wandering or standing in a state of confusion, calling the footage “bad faith” and a sign of desperation from Biden’s critics. Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked about
Ted Cruz wouldn’t be a conservative if he wasn’t adept at historical revisionism. On Monday, he shared an absurd piece by right-wing tabloid New York Post attempting to align pro-Palestine protests with Ku Klux Klan grand wizard and melting racist gremlin David Duke. Cruz wrote
Gray markets are where goods are sold legally but outside of the manufacturer’s authorized trading channels.
A megachurch pastor, whom Donald Trump once lauded as a “ spiritual adviser ,” has admitted to “inappropriate sexual behavior with a young lady,” following new allegations that he’d sexually abused a 12 year-old. Cindy Clemishire shared her account of sexual abuse by Robert
