Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Thursday endorsed oyster farmer Graham Platner over Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) in the Democratic primary to take on Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) this fall — the fourth senator to back the populist candidate. “He’s a combat veteran, an oyster
Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.) slammed a meeting the House Oversight Committee had with Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche regarding the Epstein files on Wednesday, which also upset other Democrats. Ansari, in a video posted to the social
The upcoming midterm elections are still very much up in the air, with both parties struggling to devise messages to gain or maintain power in Congress, and the public seemingly turned off by the whole thing.
California Democrats pursuing a national historical park to honor the activist said they would revise legislation to "respect the victims."
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended the Pentagon’s $200 billion funding request, which was sent to the White House for the ongoing war against Iran, saying it “takes money to kill bad guys.” “I think that number could move. Obviously, it takes money to kill bad guys,”
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Wednesday said he was still "processing” sexual misconduct allegations against the legendary farm worker activist César Chávez, who died in 1993. Multiple women told The New York Times Chávez slept with them while they were underage, which
The Disney Believe will be the fourth entry in its Wish class of ships, which each have a distinct design based on Disney stories.
The most effective way to limit foreign adventures is to rely on a volunteer military — one whose size the public can ultimately constrain by refusing to enlist.
For the first time on record, Americans over 70 held a larger share of real estate wealth than those ages 40 to 54.
The new development follows the e-commerce giant having already reduced postal shipments.
Closer U.S.-Azerbaijan relations would weaken Iranian and Russian positions in the region.
Political commentator Bill O’Reilly said Wednesday that Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard “lost all credibility” with President Trump for initially opposing the U.S. raid to capture ex-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in January. “I don't particularly
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, CIA Director John Ratcliffe and others will testify before the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday morning on national security threats as the U.S. military operation in Iran nears the three-week mark. The hearing comes a
“No more weapons to support an illegal war,” the senator said in a statement.
Voters swept aside the two main communist parties that had shaped Nepali politics for years, reducing them to minor players in parliament.
Wednesday's drama signaled some real issues going forward as Mullin moves toward Senate confirmation.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth started a press briefing Thursday on the latest Operation Epic Fury news by blasting "ungrateful" European allies and "a dishonest" media, as the war enters Day 20. The update comes after Iran struck an oil facility in Saudi Arabia and a liquefied
President Trump warned Iran against continued attacks on Qatar late Wednesday, after the Islamic Republic targeted key energy facilities in neighboring Gulf states in response to an Israeli attack on its South Pars natural gas field. Trump wrote on Truth Social that Israel
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Dan Caine will speak to reporters Thursday morning to provide an update on the U.S. military operation in Iran. While President Trump has signaled that Operation Epic Fury has weakened Tehran both economically
The two flies in the ointment for Trump, however, are inflation and his team’s continued unforgivably awful messaging.
Imagine waking up in Pasadena, California to the sound of complete silence. Your AI wake-up alarm of choice is silent. Your iPhone is in SOS mode, but you still can't make calls on your home network because the internet is dead. You don’t panic immediately, but then you realize
Morning Report is The Hill's a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today's issue: ▪ Mullin’s confirmation hearing ▪ US tries to limit economic impact of war ▪ Japanese prime minister visiting DC ▪ Chavez celebrations canceled Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) faced scrutiny from
Past a sloping grass bank on a deserted suburban street in the French commune of Meaux, a few miles from Paris, a blocked-off path leads to a row of corrugated sheds. A clip-art logo scrawled across a fence announces a local agricultural company. Beside it perch a few small
The Trump administration has rolled out a slew of policies aimed at bringing down rising gasoline prices amid the war with Iran, but experts say they’re unlikely to have much of an effect. Analysts who spoke with The Hill said that the only way to meaningfully bring down prices
President Trump is weighing a seizure of Iran’s critical oil depot on Kharg Island in a bid to force Tehran’s hand and open the Strait of Hormuz. Such a move, which would require U.S. boots on the ground to capture the strategic terminal, would mark a major turning point in a
Donald Trump spent the first year of his second term trying to signal his strength , his impunity, and his permanence in American public life. When House Republicans gathered at the Kennedy Center in early January for a policy summit, he struck a much more vulnerable tone. “You
When Jaynie Parrish, the executive director and founder of Arizona Native Vote, saw the details of the Republican elections bill President Donald Trump has called his “number one priority,” her first thought was: “Here we go again.” Parrish, who is Navajo, has seen firsthand
A court ruling on Monday dealt a heavy blow to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s efforts to transform America’s vaccine policy, just as the White House is reportedly losing interest in the project. U.S. District Judge Brian E. Murphy granted a
House GOP leaders are aiming for a clean reauthorization of key provisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) next week, a vote that could be tricky given demands from conservative Republicans on reforms and on the unrelated SAVE America Act voting bill.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today that it is launching investigations into 13 states for violating a federal health refusal clause and "coercing" healthcare entities into providing or performing abortion services. HHS officials said the
Gulf states are between a rock and a hard place as the Iran war stretches into its third week, quietly encouraging the U.S. and Israel to complete the war convincingly, while trying to maintain some relations with whatever government remains in Iran when the dust settles. It’s
Senate Republicans say the debate within their conference over how hard to push for passage of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act, a sweeping voting reform bill, is becoming a “circular firing squad” as President Trump’s allies ramp up pressure on their
Two Trillion Dollars. That’s what it can cost to overthrow a regime and secure an oil route in the Middle East. We know this from experience. That’s what we paid for our 2003-2011 engagement in Iraq. And surely this could be the total when all is dropped and exploded in Iran.
She leads him down between walls of water. The pattern of their steps, sooner or later, will make the shape of a hare. This might take the rest of his life. Her song is of falling water, of bare night. Saltwife, she leads him to where light breaks across the flood. Their other
Former Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan said Wednesday that he doesn’t believe the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran will last six more months. “From our point of view, removing a threat to global security, and definitely to Israel, because for Israel, Iran
The FBI is investigating Joe Kent, the former director of the National Counterterrorism Center, who resigned earlier this week over opposition to the U.S. ongoing war with Iran, over allegedly leaking classified information, The Hill’s sister network confirmed on Wednesday.
Attorney General Pam Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche held a closed-door meeting Wednesday with lawmakers on the House Oversight Committee over files linked to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that did not land well with Democrats, as Bondi faces a subpoena
The top Republican on the House Oversight panel accused Democrats of "theatrics."
French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday called for strikes in the U.S. and Israeli conflict against Iran on energy and water infrastructure to be stopped. “I have just spoken with the Emir of Qatar and President Trump following the strikes that hit gas production
Senate Republicans on Wednesday defeated a Democratic-sponsored motion to advance a war powers resolution to halt President Trump’s military strikes against Iran, a conflict that has caused oil and gas prices to soar. The Senate voted 47-53 against discharging the resolution to
Joe Kent, the former top Trump administration intelligence official who resigned this week over the U.S. military’s ongoing operations in Iran, discussed his decision in a podcast interview Wednesday with right-wing pundit Tucker Carlson, who shares many of his opinions on the
Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) on Wednesday vowed to “rework” a bill he introduced last year proposing the creation of a national park dedicated to César Chávez, after a lengthy piece in The New York Times revealed numerous allegations of sexual abuse against the late civil
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Powell pledges to stay at Fed while DOJ probe continues The Fed chief made clear Wednesday he's not going anywhere until the Justice Department ends its criminal
Democrats on Wednesday sharply criticized the White House’s latest counterproposal aimed at ending the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown, arguing that it falls short of sufficiently addressing their concerns about the administration’s immigration crackdown. The
A long-brewing confrontation over Section 702 surveillance authorities comes to a head next week.
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On March 17, the Senate began debate on the SAVE America Act, a Republican-backed voter identification and registration bill that passed the House last month. Here, we answer several questions about the legislation, many of them asked by our readers. The post Q&A on the SAVE
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has none of President Trump’s penchant for controversy or headline-grabbing language — but these days, he’s putting emphatic distance between Berlin and Washington all the same. Merz is not only declining to answer Trump’s call for help in
The panel denied the Florida Democrat’s request for a delay.
