Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) said “something needs to be done” on the issue of affordability in America or Republicans will be imperiled in the upcoming midterm elections. “Fiscal conservatism has not been talked about at all during this administration,” Haley
The House on Wednesday advanced a Republican-backed voting requirements bill and three other measures, rebounding from a mini-GOP revolt that had derailed the passage of a procedural rule a day earlier. The lower chamber voted 216-215 to pass the rule, which tees up debate and
The Federal Aviation Administration’s overnight closure of the airspace over El Paso International Airport and subsequent decision to lift the restrictions roughly eight hours later caused “chaos and confusion" in Texas's sixth-largest city, the city’s mayor said Wednesday. El
A pair of Senate Democrats on Wednesday warned that the Justice Department’s attempt to indict six members of Congress who reminded active duty military members they are able to refuse unlawful orders represents a “master alarm flashing for our democracy.” Sen. Mark Kelly
Bad Bunny's Super Bowl performance was a celebration of America's cultural diversity, which was a defeat for Team MAGA in the culture wars, as evidenced by the failure of the Melania Trump documentary and the controversy surrounding Kid Rock's lyrics.
Rep. Mark Alford (R-Texas) is suggesting the Federal Communications Commission investigate pop star Bad Bunny over his halftime performance during Super Bowl LX on Sunday. "On the Bad Bunny bad performance at the Super Bowl ... we're still investigating this. There's a lot of
12:30 Report is The Hill's midday newsletter. Subscribe here. 🔎 Plus: New movement in Nancy Guthrie search {beacon} It’s Wednesday. Who else has the Olympics streaming while they work? 🙋♀️ In today's issue: Authorities question man in Nancy Guthrie case Bondi on Capitol Hill
Over half of people in a new poll said they disapprove of how President Trump is handling one of his central campaign promises: immigration enforcement. The NBC News poll found that 60 percent of respondents said they disapprove — either “strongly” or “somewhat” — of the way
Representative Ted Lieu accused Attorney General Pam Bondi of lying under oath Wednesday, catching the Trump official in a bind after she claimed no evidence existed of young girls at parties attended by the president. The California lawmaker highlighted that, under Bondi’s
TMZ founder Harvey Levin said Wednesday that he received a letter claiming to know the identity of Nancy Guthrie’s kidnapper. “So, an hour and a half ago, we got kind of a bizarre letter, an email from somebody who says they know who the kidnapper is and that they have tried
Implementing a 10 percent cap on credit card interest rates would result in a significant reduction in credit availability, leading to an affordability crisis, reduced small business demand, and a potential economic recession.
Two co-founders of Elon Musk’s xAI resigned with little explanation, leaving the AI company with half of its original dozen co-founders. Tony Wu announced early Tuesday that he had resigned from xAI, saying it was "time for my next chapter” and thanking Musk “for believing in
President Trump is considering sending a second aircraft carrier to the Middle East to beef up U.S. military presence in the region as he threatens to authorize strikes on Iran if diplomacy falters. "We have an armada that is heading there and another one might be going," the
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Tuesday questioned President Trump's latest evaluation on the state of the economy, saying that if the president's assessment is true, "God help us." "You wonder whether Trump is completely crazy and delusional or just a pathological liar,"
The FBI raid of a Fulton County, Ga., election office late last month was based on widely unsubstantiated claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election, according to an affidavit unsealed Tuesday. The affidavit, signed by FBI Special Agent Hugh Raymond Evans, cited
Attorney General Pam Bondi crashed out during a hearing with the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday, and began ranting about how great the stock market is doing in order to try and deflect questions over whether she was investigating any of convicted sex offender Jeffrey
Everything Trump does should be framed as Republican policy (because it is) and much less about his personal pathologies
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.) on Wednesday applauded a grand jury’s rejection of an effort by federal prosecutors to indict six Democratic lawmakers who last year circulated a video urging members of the military to refuse illegal orders. The grand jury convened in the
Last month, cases of flu reached their highest levels in the United States in 25 years. Many hospitals were unprepared for the surge; as emergency wards filled with flu patients, health care workers were left to weather the impacts. As of February 6, there have been at least 22
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was discharged from the hospital on Tuesday after experiencing flu-like symptoms early last week and will remain away from the Capitol for the rest of the week. The longtime GOP leader missed votes earlier last week, with those absences continuing
It’s official: the jobless boom of Donald Trump’s first year back in office was even worse than we originally thought. A jobs report published Wednesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics contained significant downward revisions for the already weak job growth numbers in 2025.
“Mr. Nobody Against Putin” provides a unique window into the mindset that Vladimir Putin’s Russia has generated.
The parents of the man killed by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis last month are speaking out. In their first sit-down interview with The New York Times, Michael and Susan Pretti reflected on the life and legacy of their son, Alex Pretti. The 37-year-old ICU nurse
Attorney General Pam Bondi rebuffed a request from Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) to turn around and address victims of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein who were in the audience of a House Judiciary Committee hearing, resulting in a shouting match during which the attorney general
Sens. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) will give remarks Wednesday afternoon after a grand jury failed to indict the duo and four other lawmakers in connection to a video released last year urging service members and intelligence officials to defy illegal
Attorney General Pam Bondi refused Wednesday to face the victims of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking empire after her department inappropriately revealed several of their identities in the latest document release. Seated before members of the House Judiciary Committee, Bondi
FBI Director Kash Patel has once again prematurely announced a major update in a criminal investigation, only to have to walk it back hours later. Police detained and questioned a person of interest on Tuesday night regarding the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie, mother of Today
J.P. Cooney, a former top deputy to ex-special counsel Jack Smith, launched a campaign on Wednesday as a Democrat for Congress in Virginia. “I’m running for Congress because never before in the history of our country has a president of the United States posed a graver threat
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) celebrated Wednesday after a grand jury failed to indict six Democratic lawmakers in connection to a controversial video urging service members and intelligence officials to defy illegal orders. "Yesterday, a Grand Jury of everyday
Whether it is purchasing a home, buying food or paying doctors’ bills, everything seems more expensive. And the fact is, everything is more expensive.
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) on Tuesday ripped Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick over his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after the Trump administration official admitted to having lunch with his family on the disgraced financier’s private island in 2012. “I’m glad
Gregory Bovino praised the agent who shot Chicago resident and U.S. citizen Marimar Martinez five times in an October email newly released by federal prosecutors Tuesday. Bovino, who was leading Border Patrol at the time, wrote, “In light of your excellent service in Chicago,
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) on Tuesday became the first Republican senator to speak out against a House GOP-drafted bill to require people to show documented proof of citizenship before registering to vote and to show ID to cast a ballot, a top priority of the Trump
Russia on Wednesday promised to observe the limits of the nuclear arms control treaty with the United States that expired last week, but only if Washington does the same, according to Moscow’s top diplomat. The Kremlin will adhere to the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will provide an update Wednesday morning on the Trump administration's implementation of new dietary guidelines revealed last month. The updates are represented by an upside-down pyramid which places vegetables,
Gallup will no longer track presidential approval ratings after more than eight decades doing so, the public opinion polling agency confirmed to The Hill on Wednesday. The company said starting this year it would stop publishing approval and favorability ratings of individual
Congress needs to remove the Reagan Building from consideration and insist on a purpose-built solution.
OpenAI announced Monday it is bringing a custom version of ChatGPT to the Pentagon’s AI platform. It joins other major AI companies, including Google and Elon Musk’s xAI, on the Defense Department’s platform GenAI.mil. The custom ChatGPT will run on “authorized government cloud
At the eleventh hour, a trio of Republicans decided the president’s tariff program is worth questioning. Representatives Thomas Massie, Kevin Kiley, and Don Bacon voted alongside Democrats late Tuesday, rejecting a rule that would have blocked future efforts by Congress to
President Trump said Tuesday he raised tariffs on Switzerland after a phone call with the country's former president, saying he did not approve of "the way she talked." Trump told Fox Business's Larry Kudlow that he once had an "emergency call from, I believe, the prime
Moderna said on Tuesday that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has refused to review its application for an mRNA flu vaccine, with the company claiming this decision is inconsistent with previous communications from the agency. In a press release Tuesday, Moderna said the
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) says Senate Democrats will block another short-term funding resolution to keep the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) operating past Friday because Republicans haven’t done enough to meet their demands to overhaul Immigration and
Congress’ nonpartisan scorekeeper predicts that the annual deficit will grow to $3.1 trillion by 2036.
The Department of Justice recently released 3 million pages of files related to Jeffrey Epstein. While the case’s boldfaced names flying on luxury jets to private islands continue to attract endless media attention, none of this has brought relief to the 60,000 children in the
Rep. Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) on Wednesday ripped the Trump administration for failing to be transparent about why the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) temporarily closed the airspace over El Paso International Airport overnight. Vasquez said in a video posted to social
Attorney General Pam Bondi will testify before the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday morning on oversight of the Department of Justice (DOJ), weeks after the Trump administration released its final tranche of documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.