The Hill presents one and a half hours of live, real-time primary night coverage, diving deep into the 2026 Texas runoff elections Tuesday from 8-9:30 p.m. EDT. The Hill's coverage will be anchored by "Sunrise on The Hill’s" Cory Smith, joined by The Hill Sunday host and
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday warned Secretary of State Marco Rubio to urge U.S. nationals to leave Kyiv ahead of the Kremlin’s forthcoming strikes in the next stage of the four-year war against Ukraine. Lavrov spoke with Rubio over the phone and, according
The Department of Homeland Security is directing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to craft new policies to crack down on immigration attorneys if they aid in filing fraudulent asylum claims. The move is the Trump administration’s latest effort to target asylum,
Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt on Tuesday accused incumbent Mayor Karen Bass (D) of violating city election laws by appearing near voting centers on her campaign social media accounts. A lawyer for Pratt, a former reality star from "The Hills" on MTV, filed a
Massachusetts Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D) on Tuesday doubled down on his opposition to the Democratic front-runner in the Maine Senate race, a day after he said candidate Graham Platner’s tattoo resembling a Nazi symbol was “disqualifying.” “As I said months ago, I find Platner's
Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chair of the Security Council of Russia and the country’s former president, threatened European Union diplomats in Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv. “The EU has said it will maintain its diplomatic presence in Kiev unchanged, despite Russia's warnings.
White House staffers are losing their minds over media coverage pointing out that the president often falls asleep on camera. The Trump administration’s Rapid Response 47 X account spent much of Tuesday attacking CNN with photos and short videos of the network’s hosts blinking
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s (R) estranged wife, state Sen. Angela Paxton (R), on Tuesday shared her endorsements for various candidates in state races but remained neutral in the Republican Senate primary. Angela Paxton urged Texan voters on election day to join her in
South Carolina has decided not to get involved in President Donald Trump’s redistricting war. The state Senate voted 24–20 Tuesday to leave their House districts alone for the upcoming midterm elections. Twelve Republicans broke ranks and joined every Democrat state senator in
President Trump on Tuesday formally raised the refugee cap to allow the admittance of another 10,000 individuals, slots he said must be given to white Afrikaners in South Africa. In doing so, Trump declared an emergency over a matter the South African government has long denied
South Carolina state senators voted Tuesday against a plan to advance a new congressional map, putting a pin in the state's GOP-led redistricting push amid the national back-and-forth ahead of the midterms. “I can no longer support the passage of this bill for one simple
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said energy prices are going to fall “like nothing you’ve ever seen before” once Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz. “Well, you know, I can't really talk about the ongoing negotiations and the strikes, but what I can say is that
Multiple people were injured in a “major” chemical incident in Washington state, according to a local fire department. Posts Tuesday morning from Washington’s Longview Fire Department indicated that it was responding following “an implosion involving a vat of chemical treatment
Vice President Vance will speak with a group of state attorneys general Tuesday afternoon as part of a roundtable focused on the Trump administration's anti-fraud efforts. President Trump said last month that Vance's new role as "fraud czar" will mainly focus on Democratic-run
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pushed back on criticism from some "Make America Healthy Again" activists after he extended liability protections for drugmakers working to develop treatments for the Andes hantavirus strain. The HHS late last
UFC President and CEO Dana White says he does not consider taking his sport to the South Lawn of the White House a political decision but a patriotic one instead. "You can make anything political if you want to,” White said as part of a wide-ranging interview with Time
The criminal trial of former FBI director James Comey over allegedly threatening to kill President Trump in a social media post that consisted of a photo of seashells spelling out "86 47" is set to begin in October. U.S. District Judge Louise Wood Flanagan on Tuesday granted
Construction began this week on a temporary octagon on the White House grounds in preparation to host several UFC fights on Flag Day, which is also President Trump’s 80th birthday. Photos taken by The Associated Press showed workers building pieces of the red and blue UFC
Despite years of revelations involving some of the world’s most powerful men, nothing has come from the latest wave of Epstein-related disclosures.
The Los Angeles mayoral race is heating up, with insurgent candidate Spencer Pratt surging on social media thanks to some very savvy advertising that correctly highlights what has gone wrong during the reign of incumbent Mayor Karen Bass. Even the mainstream media has to
President Trump wants federal workers to sign nondisclosure agreements , a move that would place even more constraints on a disgruntled workforce that has been targeted by this administration. The Office of Personnel Management released a draft NDA Tuesday that could be used by
Either Donald Trump himself wrote the Justice Department’s latest court filing, or whoever did is a big fan of his writing style. MeidasTouch correspondent Scott MacFarlane flagged the strange similarities between Trump’s syntax and a Sunday filing submitted to a Washington,
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) on Tuesday said the city will hold watch parties for the New York Knicks’ first trip to the NBA Finals this century. “We’re going to have watch parties across this city. We’re incredibly excited about those watch parties,” Mamdani told
Los Angeles mayoral challenger Spencer Pratt on Friday blasted incumbent Mayor Karen Bass's approach to addressing homeless people in the city while also suggesting that Seattle would "welcome them." Pratt, a former reality TV star from MTV's "The Hills," claimed in an
President Trump may soon have his name on the busiest train station in the country. Newly released design renderings of a renovation project for New York’s Penn Station, first reported by Gothamist, show a large presidential seal with Trump’s name, along with gold railings,
The Congressional Black Caucus is urging some of the nation’s largest corporations to publicly oppose redistricting efforts by red states in the South that would axe majority-Black congressional districts ahead of the midterms. In a letter sent Tuesday to more than 250
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) defended his MAGA bona fides in a final-hour pitch to Texas primary voters on Tuesday, portraying himself as an “ally” of President Trump who has consistently supported the administration’s agenda. "I’m proud of the fact that we confirmed hundreds of
Tick activity in the U.S. has reached levels we haven't seen in nearly 10 years, and data suggest some states are worse off than others.
It’s Tuesday. Pull out those white pants and white shoes because we have made it to the unofficial start of summer! Though, tbh, that’s a dumb ~rule~. In today’s issue: ⚖️ News today A big setback for Republicans in Alabama: A court blocked Alabama Republicans’
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) slammed the Democratic Party's strategy surrounding the conflict between Israel and Palestine, claiming they “need to face a hard truth.” “While Republicans’ approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has failed, so has ours," Van Hollen wrote
Donald Trump is preparing to meet several key administration officials at Camp David on Wednesday as Iranian peace talks fall apart. The impromptu presidential retreat will include every Cabinet member, including outgoing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, the New
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing that federal workers sign non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) to protect confidential government information, citing recent leaks as justification.
The Pentagon is bashing the Democratic National Committee (DNC) as “classless” over a Memorial Day post on social media honoring service members killed during the Trump administration’s Iran war. The DNC on Monday posted to the social platform X what appears to be a
Former “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Lisa Rinna said she won’t support reality TV star Spencer Pratt in the Los Angeles mayoral race, saying voters should steer clear of electing another reality star into public office. “I’m a reality person. You wouldn’t want to
New Jersey GOP Representative Tom Kean—who has been missing from Congress and his own neighborhood for nearly three months—is still finding time to make money trading stocks. NOTUS reported on Tuesday that Kean submitted an electronic signature on Friday disclosing that he’d
The Iran war continues to divide Donald Trump’s social media cultists. After reports that the Trump administration was finally getting around to ending its incredibly expensive and pointless military campaign, Republican Senator Ted Cruz criticized the peacemaking on X. “I am
Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) on Monday expressed confusion over President Trump’s push for other countries to join the Abraham Accords as he seeks a deal with Iran to end the war. Earlier in the day, Trump called for Persian Gulf allies to join the Abraham Accords amid talks
North Carolina GOP Senate candidate Michael Whatley said Tuesday morning the more moderate faction of the Democratic Party has eroded ahead of the midterm elections. “There really are no centrist Democrats anymore because they’re being driven out of the party,” Whatley, the
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), the campaign arm of House Democrats, is accusing Republicans of “committing political malpractice” by pushing a bill that would fund federal immigration agencies through the reconciliation process. The DCCC predicted in an
The U.S. embargo against Cuba has been a disaster for both countries, and the answer to the problem is ending the embargo and letting capitalism grow in Cuba, rather than military intervention.
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) on Monday said President Trump's withdrawal from former President Obama's nuclear deal with Iran left the country "weeks from nuclear breakout." Wasserman Schultz blasted the reported memorandum of understanding between the U.S. and Iran,
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that the Iranian government is alone in pushing for itself to control passage through the Strait of Hormuz via a tolling system. “The Russians are not in favor of a tolling system, the Chinese are not in favor of a tolling system,”
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is doubling as a reptile wrangler, sharing a video showing him grabbing hold of a pair of mating snakes with his bare hands. The Health and Human Services secretary is seen trying to capture the slithering duo in a video posted on his X account Tuesday.
President Trump is set to make a rare appearance at Camp David on Wednesday to conduct a Cabinet meeting, just hours after U.S. strikes on Iran left a peace deal hanging in the balance. Every member of the Cabinet will be in attendance, including Director of National
Donald Trump and his partner in crime, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, have constructed what may be the most brazen heads-I-win-tails-you-lose arrangement in the history of American government. And to be clear about who is on the short end of both sticks: It’s the
Republican Representative Thomas Massie has vowed to go scorched earth on the Trump administration—by unveiling previously unmentioned names related to the Epstein files. The rogue Kentucky lawmaker pointed fingers at Donald and Melania Trump during an interview with NBC News’s
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The Republican primary runoff election in Texas saw a 103% increase in early voting turnout compared to 2020, likely due to the battle between Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who received an endorsement from President Trump.
A federal court in Alabama has struck down Republicans’ attempt to redraw the state’s congressional map, on the grounds that it intentionally discriminates against Black voters. On Tuesday, a three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court ruled that the state could not switch to
