Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is suggesting he wants to move on from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.)'s effort to oust him from his position. "I don't hold grudges. I've got to work with everybody. I told her last night before she left the floor, let's move on, Marjorie,"
Senior Democratic strategist David Axelrod hit President Biden over his economic messaging on Wednesday following a campaign event in Milwaukee, saying the president’s “pride” could be his undoing in November. Biden has consistently framed struggles with the economy in the past
Virginia Sens. Tim Kaine (D) and Mark Warner (D) say they won’t agree to fast track a one-week extension of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act unless colleagues commit to holding a vote on their amendment to eliminate a provision to add five new
Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) reflected on the end of his Speakership on Thursday while taking a dig at Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), saying he “couldn’t live” with himself if he cut a deal with Democrats to keep his job. McCarthy was ousted from the Speakership in
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said he hopes President Biden was having a “senior moment” when he threatened to withhold weapons from Israel if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proceeded with an invasion into Rafah in southern Gaza. Johnson, in a wide-ranging interview with
This ceasefire will have many winners if it can happen.
The Nebraska Republican was convicted of lying to the FBI two years ago, but an appeals court ruled the charges should’ve been brought in a different venue.
U.S. immigration courts are moving toward more child-appropriate procedures, but funding could determine whether those procedures will effectively protect minors in immigration proceedings. A group of 18 senators led by Sens. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Catherine Cortez Masto
Former President Trump pinned the blame on President Biden for the college graduations that have been canceled amid the ongoing pro-Palestinian protests, describing the president as "too weak to demand law and order." "Crooked Joe Biden is 100% responsible for these weak
A trio of progressive senators are demanding to know the reason behind the Chamber of Commerce launching a coalition earlier this year to oppose a proposed rule from the White House that would allow it to use march-in rights to lower drug costs. Democratic Sens. Elizabeth
A new precedent has been set in this Congress for more frequent voting by speakers. It will likely be followed in future congresses, regardless of which party is in control.
The main reason there is no sign of an energy transition is the same reason for the progress in the 1920s — economics.
The U.S. is an outlier among major radio markets in that broadcasters pay royalties to songwriters but not to recording artists for public performance through terrestrial broadcast.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-La.) on Thursday hit back at the critics of her effort to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), arguing the forecasted "scary bad things" did not happen after the vote. "All the scary bad things they all told you would happen if I called the
Former President Trump attacked former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, arguing the Republican should be removed from the board of Fox Corp. "Rupert Murdoch should fire pathetic RINO Paul Ryan from the Board of Fox," Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social website early
Former President Trump chastised President Biden early Thursday morning for threatening to withhold certain offensive weapons from Israel if Israeli forces invade Rafah, a city in southern Gaza. "Crooked Joe Biden, whether he knows it or not, just said he will withhold weapons
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) ripped into Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's attempts to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), accusing her of going "off the deep end." "Moscow Marjorie has clearly gone off the deep end, maybe the result of a space laser," Lawler told reporters
The cross-examination of the woman at the center of former President Trump’s hush money trial has resumed on Thursday, with an expectation of continued testy exchanges between her and the defense team. Stormy Daniels spent hours on the stand Tuesday recounting vivid and
The Volunteer State’s new law is quite simple: The Tennessee Department of Education must disclose all federal guidance it receives to state lawmakers.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Wednesday that he is concerned President Biden's handling of the ongoing war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas could cost him the election. When asked by CNN's Kaitlan Collins if Biden could lose in November, especially with young, progressive
For dually eligible Americans, bureaucratic nightmares are their daily realities.
The American Cancer Society recently shared a bleak figure – for the first time, new cases of cancer in the United States are expected to cross the 2-million mark. While advancements in care have led to a steady decline in cancer deaths over the last 30 years, rising cases for
If the international community were to propose removing some Chinese banks from SWIFT due to their involvement with Russian banks, it would send a clear message to all Chinese organizations.
Barron Trump, former President Trump's youngest son, was named a Florida delegate for this year's Republican National Convention, marking the 18-year old's debut into politics. Barron will serve as one of the 41 at-large GOP delegates to represent Florida at the July
Has the U.S. government secretly retrieved exotic craft of “non-human” origin? Newly declassified documents, along with extraordinary legislation, illustrate how two successive Democratic Senate majority leaders appear to have believed so. Notably, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.)
With their public feuding and over-the-top allegations of pervasive British racism, Harry and Meghan are self-centeredly and unwittingly helping advance Russia and China's anti-democratic agenda in sub-Saharan Africa.
President Biden defended his economic record Wednesday, citing a recent consumer sentiment report that he said backs him up. His green-eyeshade defense using a university report was not the sort of sales pitch many Democratic candidates preferred from Biden, who visited Racine,
Across the Eastern U.S., trillions of flying, buzzing cicadas are struggling out of the ground and heading for the trees — part of the biggest congregation of the insects to emerge since 1803. This historic emergence is happening from the Gulf Coast to Virginia, and from
It was just past 1 p.m. on the first Friday in May, and a two-day festival of “dangerous ideas” was about to begin in a glassy warehouse on the Brooklyn waterfront. Winston Marshall, former lead guitarist of the once enormously popular folk rock band Mumford & Sons and the
The dominant headline on The Wall Street Journal ’s home page at midday Wednesday was “Chaos on Campus, in Gaza, Threatens Biden’s Campaign.” The article is emblematic of a theme that will grow omnipresent as we move closer to the mid-August Democratic convention in Chicago.
Advocates of a bipartisan bill to extend and expand compensation for Americans exposed to nuclear radiation by the government are now grappling with a new wrinkle they fear could impede their efforts. While the bill's sponsors pressure Speaker Mike Johnson (R.-La.) to give it a
Judge Aileen Cannon’s indefinite delay of Donald Trump’s documents trial is among the latest roadblocks to the former president seeing trial in several of the outstanding cases against him ahead of the election. Cannon on Tuesday granted one of the earliest asks from Trump’s
Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks and Rep. David Trone (D-Md.) are locked in a dead heat in the Maryland Democratic Senate primary, according to a new poll. An Emerson College Polling/The Hill/DC News Now survey released on Thursday showed Alsobrooks at 42
“I hope — I believe he's off-script,” the speaker said about the decision to withhold weapons.
A tie in the Electoral College in November is a very real possibility — and it could even end with a new President Trump and a new Vice President Harris sharing power. The odds are unprecedented in modern history, but the setup of the country’s electoral system and the fact
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has become the subject of much bemusement among his Senate GOP colleagues as he has taken a detour from his role as a conservative rabble-rouser to playing the lead on reauthorizing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The Texas senator,
Nearly two years since the Dobbs decision, it’s clear that the end of Roe didn’t end abortion; rather, it has turned the decisions we make about our intimate relationships, sex, and pregnancy into opportunities for policing and punishment. Anti-abortion activists and lawmakers
Senate Democrats are venting their fury over Florida Judge Aileen Cannon's decision to cancel the start date of former President Trump’s trial for mishandling classified documents, accusing the Trump appointee of “deliberately slow-walking” the case. Cannon, who serves on the
What do howler monkeys and toucans have in common? Both were recently confiscated at the southern border.
An independent investigation has now confirmed allegations raised last November by a Wall Street Journal report that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation—the government regulator that insures bank deposits—is (as the Journal put it) “a toxic work environment” and
