Elon Musk may have broken the law when he got involved in the 2025 Wisconsin Supreme Court election. The Wisconsin Elections Commission referred two complaints to the Brown County district attorney’s office last week, saying that Musk’s promise to hand out $1 million checks to
"I’m prohibited from meeting directly with them" said the acting attorney general.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday morning unveiled a new $1 commemorative gold coin featuring President Trump to commemorate the nation’s 250th anniversary. “As America commemorates 250 years of independence, the @usmint will begin striking this new $1 gold coin to
Her support for an amendment poised for a vote Wednesday breaks with Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
The nominee for attorney general defended the Trump Justice Department, while the chair and ranking member of the Judiciary Committee offered party-line opening remarks.
The U.S. Treasury Department has unveiled a new $1 gold coin with President Trump’s face on it. “As America commemorates 250 years of independence, the US Mint will begin striking this new $1 gold coin to honor the enduring legacy of liberty and a lasting symbol of patriotism,”
Donald Trump announced his intent to commit acts tantamount to war crimes in Iran in a Fox News interview that aired Tuesday evening. Asked whether recent U.S. strikes against Iran will “expand,” Trump said , “Ultimately, we’ll hit energy targets.” He vowed to hit Iran “very
The U.S. military conducted another round of strikes against Iran on Wednesday morning, targeting the country’s island near the Strait of Hormuz after President Trump threatened wider strikes. The U.S. forces fired precision munitions against coastal defense systems and cruise
Hundreds of federal prosecutors are begging the Senate not to confirm Todd Blanche, arguing that the acting attorney general has increasingly placed his loyalty to Donald Trump over his duties to the country. Mimi Rocah and Perry A. Carbone, two prosecutors that worked with
The tragic sudden death of Sen. Lindsey Graham over the weekend deprives Ukraine of one of its most vocal and most important supporters in the U.S. government.
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought will testify before the House Financial Services Committee Wednesday morning on the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau's (CFPB) semi-annual report. Vought, since taking the reins of CFPB, has quickly sought to crack
Jay Clayton, President Trump's pick to replace Tulsi Gabbard at the helm of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), will testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday morning. Clayton, who previously chaired the Securities and Exchange
House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a budget framework for a roughly $95 billion reconciliation package that would provide funding for defense, farm aid and state efforts to implement voter ID requirements in elections. The resolution marks the opening salvo in Republicans’
A critical question still needs to be answered by those advocating for it: Why would we possibly expect this to succeed now?
President Trump on Tuesday suggested pipelines in Texas and Alaska could serve as alternatives to the Strait of Hormuz, which Trump said is “open if people want to go through it” despite Iranian officials blocking maritime shipping through the region. In an interview with Fox
President Trump took to Truth Social to tell Immigrations and Customs Enforcement to continue doing traffic stops after the third person was killed in an immigration enforcement operation in the past week. “The men and women of ICE are doing a GREAT job, one that has to be
After Paramount Skydance secured its multibillion-dollar merger with Skydance Media, it gave Federal Communications Commission officials who approved the deal some very pricey gifts. ProPublica reports that the company gave away expensive tickets to the Kennedy Center honors
The U.S. military launched a new round of daytime strikes against Iran, seeking to further disable its capabilities to attack ships in the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. reimposed a blockade of the waterway on Tuesday. President Trump reportedly held on Tuesday a Situation Room
Advancing the measure is the first step to unlocking a third shot at skirting the filibuster this Congress.
For a Democratic Party that has grown so alienated from its labor roots, the link between thriving workers and a thriving democracy is the most important story that the growing field of 2028 presidential hopefuls can tell.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday morning after President Trump nominated him to serve permanently as the nation's top prosecutor Blanche, who took on the acting role after former Attorney General Pam Bondi was
"Motherhood" and "fatherhood" are not interchangeable social constructs — they are rooted in immutable biology and evolutionary science.
The Venezuelan interim government seeks closer ties with Israel out of convenience rather than conviction.
President Trump on Wednesday said Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) should continue utilizing traffic stops, calling the tactic one of the agency's "most important and effective" enforcement tools. "The men and women of ICE are doing a GREAT job, one that has to be
Two Supreme Court justices appeared before Congress on Tuesday to testify on the high court’s annual budget request, a showing that was rare for several reasons. Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett, a liberal and conservative appointed by presidents of different
House GOP leaders and senior White House officials have a raft of issues to resolve to get party factions on board with a new reconciliation plan.
The Hill Nation Summit returns to Washington on Wednesday, July 15 for the second annual event. In the true bipartisan spirit of its host partners, The Hill and NewsNation, this is a summit where both sides come to be reasonable, in a series of back-to-back news making
A country that supplies its allies' energy and demands they fund their own defense is not begging for a seat at the table. It is the table.
In today's issue: ▪ Hill Nation Summit brings the heat ▪ Senators to grill Blanche, Clayton ▪ House GOP breaks logjam ▪ Michigan Senate primary tests Democrats Key members of President Trump’s administration and some of the most prominent lawmakers on Capitol Hill will be
Patients aren't making the final call and neither are their doctors.
President Trump is opening a new chapter in his years-long feud against The New York Times with the Department of Justice's (DOJ) recent move to subpoena journalists at the outlet over its reporting on security concerns surrounding the Qatari-gifted jet for Air Force One. The
In March, I reported on a tour conducted by the General Services Administration, the executive branch’s real estate arm, of the remarkable New Deal murals and sculptures in Washington’s Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building, which the Trump administration had designated for “
President Trump is returning to war in an effort to break Iran's hold over the Strait of Hormuz, restarting an escalatory cycle that failed to extract major concessions from Tehran the last time around. Experts told The Hill there's little reason to expect a different outcome
In early 2021, during the depths of the pandemic, a slim, provocatively titled book became a surprising hit. How to Blow Up a Pipeline by Swedish scholar Andreas Malm made the case for a more radical form of environmental activism that, he argued, matched the severity of the
A legislative amendment that would block U.S. security aid to Israel has split Democrats in Congress to such an extent that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has decided not to urge his party to oppose it. Instead, he told Democrats to vote their conscience, setting up an
Senators in both parties say the odds are rising of another government shutdown in September after President Trump demanded that GOP leaders abolish the filibuster or face a spending showdown and another shutdown. Trump blindsided GOP leaders on Monday when he warned there
Tensions over Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are back in the spotlight of the Maine Senate race after a man was shot and killed on Monday by a federal immigration officer in the state. The incident is set to put Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) on the defensive as
Republican leaders are scrambling to try to tee up a third party-line budget bill by the end of the week, aiming to deliver on a framework before the midterm campaign season gets into full swing but facing internal divisions that complicate the path for the bill. President
Democrats increasingly see Michigan’s Senate race as the first major test in the party's fight over its identity as it looks beyond the midterms to the presidential race in 2028. The primary battle between Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) and Abdul El-Sayed (D), who is backed by
Democrats are in position to win the House this fall while the Senate is on track to hold a 50-50 partisan split, according to a new forecast from Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ) that paints a highly competitive picture of the midterm fight for control of Congress. Just more than
The first phase of Donald Trump’s war on Iran ended in defeat and humiliation. Iran emerged battered but stronger, with two new weapons: control of the Strait of Hormuz and a demonstrated drone and missile force that can cripple the economies of its Persian Gulf neighbors and
“He doesn't want to put his thumb on the scale,” said a strategist. “Anyone he wants would be toxic.”
Growing disillusionment with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence could lead to fiery debate at Jay Clayton's confirmation hearing this morning.
Epic Games and Google have just jointly withdrawn their attempt to retroactively settle the lawsuit that's changing how Android app stores work in the United States - and that means Google will be forced to carry rival app stores inside of its own. In fact, Google tells the
U.S. Central Command (Centcom) announced on Tuesday night that it completed an additional round of strikes on "dozens" of military targets near the Strait of Hormuz and Iran's coastal region at 10 p.m. EDT. The strikes came after the U.S. resumed a naval blockade at 4 p.m. EDT,
President Trump on Tuesday warned Iran that the U.S. is "going to hit them very hard" after the fourth day of U.S. strikes on the Islamic regime. Trump spoke with Fox News's Trey Yingst about the conflict, saying that the U.S. will gradually expand its strikes across Iran's
Trump's nominee for attorney general could face tough questions from members of both parties.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday will hold the Economic Diplomacy Action Group's (EDAG) first meeting, two years after it was established during the Biden administration. The committee, made up of federal agency leaders, will "shape the contours and focus of U.S.
The European Union (EU) is considering banning social media for children, following similar efforts seen in the United Kingdom and Australia to restrict children's access to social media platforms. On Monday, a 156-page report given to European Commission President Ursula von
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