The House and Senate return to Washington for the last week before the long holiday recess, and the expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies will take center stage once again. The House is expected to vote on the Republicans' health care proposal, as well as an ObamaCare
Social media platforms are being used to inject toxic nonsense into American political discourse, and foreign governments are engaging in daily U.S. influencing efforts to amp political division, making it difficult to have an honest election in 2026 or 2028.
Erika Kirk, widow of the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk, said she plans to meet with right-wing podcast host Candance Owens on Monday. “Candace Owens and I are meeting for a private, in-person discussion on Monday, December 15,” Kirk wrote on the social platform X late
The son of Representative Ilhan Omar was caught up in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota. In an interview with local TV station WCCO on Sunday, Omar said that federal agents pulled over her son on Saturday and demanded proof of citizenship.
Trump is sending a dangerous message to Beijing: trade with China comes before anything else, including America’s security commitments to its allies.
Kash Patel celebrated too early again. On Sunday, the FBI director made a lengthy post boasting about the bureau’s efforts to detain a person of interest in the Brown University shooting on Saturday night that killed two and wounded nine. “Early this morning, FBI Boston’s Safe
Trump figures to close the year with a steady erosion in his poll numbers, many of which are now at the lowest point in either of his terms.
It is time — actually, well past time — for members of Congress to hitch up their Big Boy and Girl pants, red as well as blue, to do something about this.
Leading Democrats mourned the loss of acclaimed actor and director Rob Reiner, a longtime advocate for liberal causes, who was found dead alongside his wife Michele in their home in Los Angeles on Sunday. The national figures noted Reiner’s lifelong contributions to film but
The American Dream of ever-rising prospects for the next generation is in grave danger.
"It felt like there was a ghost," Manns said of returning to his dorm room Sunday.
Rob Reiner, the director behind some of the most beloved classics of the 20th century, was found dead along with his wife inside their Brentwood, California, home on Sunday -- both the apparent victims of a homicide, according to police.
The son of Texas A&M University's campus rabbi is among those critically wounded in a mass shooting Sunday at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, Australia.
T he following is a lightly edited transcript of the December 15 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here . Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic , produced and presented by the DSR Network. I’m your host, Greg Sargent. President Donald Trump
We live in a world where awards named after our most famous journalists are given to actual clowns.
Morning Report is The Hill’s a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today’s issue: President Trump responded to several incidents of violence that took place in the U.S. and around the world over the weekend and lamented the lives lost. The instances are unrelated but spurred
Florida will be hit harder than any other state if ObamaCare subsidies expire at the end of the year, which is looking increasingly likely as Republicans in Congress struggle to unite behind a plan to extend the tax credits. More than 1.5 million Floridians could lose
Republicans are staring down a major health care challenge as Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies are set to expire at the end of the month. With a two-week recess beginning Dec. 22, they only have this week to get the issue resolved. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is aiming to
Glenn Beck wants you to know that the “ final chapter ” of his career involves interviewing a cartoon George Washington. Last weekend, Beck dropped a preview of “George AI,” an AI chatbot he’s been building as part of a new platform called The Torch, launching January 5. The
A string of scandals involving illegal gambling and alleged game rigging in pro sports is getting the attention of lawmakers on Capitol Hill, with some arguing Congress should have a greater role in shoring up the integrity of games and regulating sports betting. The Senate
Senators in both parties are bracing for another government shutdown next year after Republicans blocked a proposal to extend expiring health insurance subsidies, the issue that triggered the 43-day closure that consumed much of the fall calendar. Liberal Democrats in the
A growing number of Muslim candidates are seeking office following Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s stunning success in New York City last month. Last week, an Arab and Muslim American co-founder of the “Uncommitted” movement, which urged Democrats to cast 2024 protest votes over
Stephen Miller’s ancestors first arrived in the United States in 1903. That’s when a man named Wolf Laib Glosser disembarked at Ellis Island after leaving behind his hometown in Antopol , a small town in the part of the czarist Russian empire that is now Belarus. Wolf Laib, who
Brandon Scott knew from a young age that he wanted to be mayor of his hometown. Raised in a rough area of Northwestern Baltimore that hosts the Preakness Stakes—the second leg of the Triple Crown thoroughbred racing series—Scott would see the potential of his neighborhood on
House Democrats say they’re lining up to support a bipartisan extension of enhanced ObamaCare subsidies — if they get a green light from party leaders. Supporters of two bipartisan proposals to extend the Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits, which are set to expire on Dec.
President Donald Trump keeps ranting furiously that “affordability” is a Democratic scam. But suddenly he’s now promoting video of himself talking about how devoted he is — really, truly — to doing something about prices (while angrily blaming Democrats for it). And that admits
Republicans are confronting old divisions as members clash over expiring insurance subsidies used by millions of Americans.
Director Rob Reiner and his spouse on Sunday were discovered to be deceased at their home in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Brentwood, according to local outlet KTLA. KTLA reported that Sunday afternoon local time, Los Angeles Fire Department medical personnel got a call and
A person of interest has been identified following a shooting Saturday at Brown University that least two dead and nine others wounded, according to officials. The shooting has drawn sympathies from prominent figures, including President Trump, Vice President Vance and Senate
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) called on Congress to pass legislation addressing expiring subsidies offered under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), regardless of who gets the credit. “Good policy is good politics,” Cassidy told host Chris Stirewalt on NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday.”
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Sunday that “sickening events have become far too normal” following recent shootings, including at Brown University in Rhode Island and in Sydney, Australia. “The Jewish people have been collectively demonized — increasingly so
Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio), the former chair of the House Intelligence Committee, said Sunday that the Trump administration has not communicated its goals regarding Venezuela to Congress. “The president has not been clear, and he has not certainly been communicating with
President Trump’s approval rating has dropped slightly, according to a poll released Sunday. In the NBC News Decision Desk poll, 42 percent of respondents said they either “strongly approve” or “somewhat approve” when it comes to “the way Donald Trump is handling his job as
Olha Stefanishyna, Ukraine’s ambassador to the U.S., called for ironclad security guarantees for her country as part of a deal to end its war against Russia. “It should be legally binding in every form, which would not allow its reversal in anytime of the history. And I'm sure
You can see the new designs now before the coins are released to circulation.
At a White House Christmas reception on Sunday, President Donald Trump made clear what he wants from Santa this year. “We’re building an arc, like the Arc de Triomphe,” he said during a rambling speech , after spending 10 minutes talking about golf. “And we’re building it by
Some Republicans are hoping to pursue another partisan legislative package to boost the party ahead of the midterm elections, but President Trump and GOP leaders are signaling that nothing will come close to the scope of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Trump said last week that
Energy Secretary Chris Wright expressed optimism that electricity prices will eventually come down. “Very soon, you'll see a stop of the rise of electricity prices. And with the continuation of [the Trump administration’s] policies of energy addition, you will see declines in
White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett, who’s on the shortlist to chair the Federal Reserve, said President Trump would not get a say in interest rate decisions at the Fed if he were selected to lead the independent agency. In an interview on CBS News’s
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said Sunday that nationwide redistricting might result in “more violence in this country” amid a redistricting battle that has roiled multiple states. “Do you support Republicans trying to redraw maps mid-decade?” NBC News’s Kristen Welker asked Paul on
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday intended to stop states from regulating AI—an idea that had received a lot of pushback from members of his base. The order didn’t emerge out of a vacuum , of course. MAGA Republicans and Silicon Valley leaders have been
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) is unsure about what President Trump’s endgame is in Venezuela, but he certainly does not want troops on the ground. “I do not know what this president's goal vis-a-vis Venezuela is,” Warner told host Martha Raddatz on ABC News’s “This Week.” Warner, a
Alex Ryvchin, the co-CEO of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, called the mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday a “logical conclusion” to the rising antisemitism in his country. “Look, in a way, this was the logical conclusion to
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) predicted in a recent interview that the United States will have its first female president “within this next generation.” “Democrats have nominated two women for president, and they both lost to Donald Trump. What's the lesson of
President Donald Trump’s support is starting to waver, even among his staunchest supporters, a new poll shows . Don’t get it twisted—Trump’s approval rating among adults has been in the red for months, and is still falling, with now close to 60 percent of Americans saying they
Sen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) vowed to support President Trump’s efforts to fight ISIS, a day after two U.S. service members and one civilian were killed in Syria by a gunman allegedly tied to the terror group. “Donald Trump rooted out and took out the ISIS caliphate in his first