Republican Matt Van Epps (R) won a special election on Tuesday in Tennessee in what was seen as a likely bellwether for next year’s midterms. Van Epps defeated state Rep. Aftyn Behn (D) for a Nashville-area House seat that went for President Trump by over 20 points last year.
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced Tuesday it is placing a hold on all pending asylum applications and will pause all benefit requests by foreign nationals from 19 countries deemed “high risk” by the Trump administration. The policy memo instructs
President Trump lashed out at Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) during his Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, calling the congresswoman “garbage” and saying he doesn’t want Somali immigrants in the country. In a conversation about immigration policy, the president unleashed a pointed attack
Progressive Jersey City Councilman James Solomon is projected to beat former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey (D) in Jersey City’s mayoral election, according to Decision Desk HQ. Solomon on Tuesday defeated McGreevey, who resigned from his post as governor in 2004 after revealing
Republican Matt Van Epps won after both parties spent significant effort in a district Trump won by more than 20 points.
Republican Matt Van Epps narrowly beat Democrat Aftyn Behn in a special election Tuesday night to represent Tennessee 7th congressional district. Van Epps was leading Behn 53.5 percent to 45.5 percent, with 75 percent of votes counted, when NBC News declared Van Epps’s victory.
Republican Matt Van Epps is projected to defeat Democrat Aftyn Behn in a special election in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ, in a race that was seen as a key bellwether for Democratic voter enthusiasm ahead of 2026. Van Epps, a former
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Tuesday sharply criticized Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for defending a second military strike on survivors of an initial attack on an alleged drug boat in September, after the secretary first dismissed the bombshell report as “fake news.” In
The New York Republican took remarkable public shots at the speaker Tuesday.
A new cellphone could have unintended, dangerous consequences for some children, a new study suggests.
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Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Democrats aim to de-politicize ACIP A group of Senate Democrats is introducing a bill aiming to protect the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices from politicization and ensure
House and Senate Republicans need to build consensus around a health care proposal by the end of next week if they want to compete with a Democratic plan.
Gene Simmons, the lead singer of KISS, will testify before a Senate panel next week on legislation to require radio corporations to pay performers for playing their music, the musicFIRST Coalition announced on Tuesday. Simmons will testify on the American Music Fairness Act
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security The Big Story Navy admiral taking fall for Trump administration boat strikes, Dems say Top House Democrats are accusing the Trump administration of scapegoating a Navy admiral to deflect
Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday pushed for “dialogue” between the United States and Venezuela amid recent tension between the two countries. “The signals coming from the United States change, and so we must see. … On the one hand, it seems there has been a telephone conversation
{beacon} Technology The Big Story Deep divides plague kids safety push in House A push by House lawmakers to advance kids online safety legislation is facing partisan divisions and pushback from key advocates that could spell trouble for the effort, which has struggled to
Ninety former House members signed a letter calling on Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) to pass legislation prohibiting members of Congress and their families from owning or trading individual stocks. In a letter, published
Top House Democrats are accusing the Trump administration of scapegoating a Navy admiral to deflect blame for potential war crimes. The Democrats contend the White House decision to single out Adm. Frank Bradley as the person who ordered a “double-tap” strike against suspected
President Trump’s threats to crack down on immigration are leaving migrants bracing as the administration said it will close the door on many legal pathways to the U.S. following a shooting that killed a National Guard member. Since the Wednesday shooting killed 20-year-old
Sorry, JD Vance—while ridiculing a former vice presidential candidate Tuesday, President Donald Trump seemed to accidentally admit to having an “incompetent” number two. After barely being able to keep his eyes open during an hours-long Cabinet meeting, Trump appeared to perk
Multiple top officials in the Trump administration are coming under mounting scrutiny over personal and policy decisions, putting members of a Cabinet that Tuesday displayed a united front on shakier footing. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is in hot water, this time over
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) said Tuesday that Republican leaders are “looking at other places” to include a measure that would block state AI laws after running into difficulties adding the provision into an annual defense bill. The push to include AI
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) filed a discharge petition on Tuesday in an attempt to bypass House Republican leadership to force a vote on a bill to prohibit stock trading for members of Congress and their immediate family members. Luna had long warned that she would file
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Trump: Supreme Court should limit Roundup liability The Trump administration is backing Monsanto in its effort to convince the Supreme Court to shield the company from liability over cancer claims related to
A 54-year-old man was arrested on Monday after he threw Molotov cocktails at officers guarding a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office building in Los Angeles while shouting derogatory remarks against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Department of
President Trump said Tuesday that first lady Melania Trump isn’t happy about the ballroom construction process on the White House grounds where the East Wing once stood. “I wouldn't say my wife is thrilled. She hears pile drivers in the background, all day, all night,” the
House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday afternoon hosted the annual Christmas Tree lighting ceremony at the Capitol — a day after the White House unveiled its decorations for the holiday season. This year's tree is a 53-foot red fir from the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest in
Donald Trump’s presidential powers are practically supernatural—at least, according to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who thanked Trump during a Cabinet meeting Tuesday for his apparent ability to ward off hurricanes over the last year. “Sir, you made it through
A handful of members in the House Freedom Caucus on Tuesday delayed action in the House in protest of a bill that regulates compensation college athletes receive based on their name, image and likeness. Republican Reps. Byron Donalds (Fla.), Scott Perry (Pa.) and Chip Roy
Democrats fell short of a major upset in a deep-red House district in Tennessee on Tuesday night, though the Republican's relatively narrow margin of victory is likely to put further wind in their sails heading into the midterms. The special election in the 7th Congressional
Democratic strategist James Carville suggested Tuesday that President Trump's low approval rating can only continue to go south, less than a week after Gallup released its lowest polling for Trump since the end of his first term. Gallup's latest polling shows Trump with a 36
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth absolutely lost it Tuesday as he scrambled to shirk responsibility for reportedly murdering the survivors of a September 2 drone strike on an alleged drug trafficking vessel in the Caribbean. Sitting beside a drowsy Donald Trump during a lengthy
Donald Trump is openly threatening Minnesota’s Somali American community and making racist attacks against them. After the president’s Cabinet meeting Tuesday, Trump told reporters that he heard “Somalians ripped off that state for billions of dollars. Billions. Every year,
The effort to punish Donald Trump for his attempts to overturn the 2020 election ended last week with a whimper. While most Americans were focusing on Thanksgiving with their families, Trump’s political allies were completing the greatest escape from criminal justice in the
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday that he did not “stick around” to see the second U.S. military strike in early September against an alleged drug-trafficking boat that killed two survivors in the Caribbean. “I watched that first strike live. As you can imagine,
A new book by journalist Olivia Nuzzi is receiving harsh reviews from outlets including The New York Times and The Washington Post as the author attempts a comeback tour following revelations of a romantic relationship she says she had with Health and Human Services Secretary
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said in an interview published Monday he’s planning to call the state Legislature back to the Capitol for a special session next spring on redistricting. “Yeah, yeah, so we’re going to redistrict,” DeSantis told The Floridian in an interview,
The American Economic Association on Tuesday imposed a lifetime ban on former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, citing his correspondence and close relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Summers voluntarily resigned as a member of the organization after the
White House border czar Tom Homan on Monday taunted Democrats who have said they want to prosecute him over immigration raids conducted across the country. “Well, they’ve already said they’re going to,” Homan told Fox News's Jesse Watters. “So come get some." Watters said
Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), a member of the progressive “squad,” said Tuesday that she’s passing on a Senate bid for Sen. Ed Markey’s (D-Mass.) seat and will instead run for reelection in Massachusetts's 7th Congressional District. “Hearing from so many people from
President Trump used the last few minutes of his hours-long Cabinet meeting Tuesday to launch a particularly nasty attack on Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar and the entire country of Somalia. Trump’s rant was spurred by a leading question about Minnesota governor and
ESPN's Paul Finebaum says he will not run to replace Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R) in the upper chamber, ending months of speculation the sports media personality could make a foray into politics. “I have been deeply moved by so many people in Alabama who have reached out
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Pope Leo has implored Donald Trump not to use military force to force out Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The first American leader of the Catholic Church told reporters Tuesday that it would be “ better ” to “find another way” to apply pressure, such as hosting a dialogue
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Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said President Trump’s controversial decision to pardon former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, who was serving a 45-year sentence for conspiring to import cocaine, sends a “horrible message.” Tillis, a member of the Senate Judiciary