Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) on Monday slammed a Republican voting requirement bill championed by President Trump as a top priority piece of legislation as "nothing but a throwback" to Jim Crow laws. The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act "is nothing but a
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and House GOP leaders will speak with reporters Tuesday morning as Republicans in the lower chamber push their Senate colleagues to pass President Trump‘s Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act. The legislation would require
Pentagon officials will testify before the House Armed Services Committee Tuesday morning on the U.S. military's posture in the Western Hemisphere and potential national security challenges. Among the witnesses are U.S. Southern Command Chief Gen. Francis L. Donovan, U.S.
Generative AI now beats the average person on certain creativity tests. The implication for creative work feels immediate.
Aides who served under former Presidents Joe Biden, Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton denied speaking with President Trump about military action in Iran — after Trump suggested one told him they wished the U.S. had bombed the Middle Eastern nation earlier. “Look,
Tune in to The Hill's live coverage of Tuesday's primary elections in Illinois. The Prairie State is hosting several state and federal contests, including the race to replace retiring Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) The Democratic primary to succeed the senior senator has turned
Israel's military said Tuesday that its latest strikes on Tehran have taken out two top Iranian officials, Ali Larijani, the secretary of the country’s Supreme National Security Council, and Gholamreza Soleimani, who commanded Iran’s Basij unit. Larijani is the second-most
This is a statute that would erode federalism, ironically a favorite doctrine of the right, and local accountability.
Israel claimed Tuesday that two top Iranian officials were killed in its latest round of strikes on Tehran. Ali Larijani, the secretary of the country's Supreme National Security Council, was pronounced dead by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). His alleged death makes him the
Outside conservative groupsare putting pressure on Senate Republicans to make their floor debate exercise over the SAVE America Act last as long as possible — including the highly influential Club for Growth, which typically focuses on free enterprise and economic growth. As
Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu have launched a costly and unnecessary war in Iran, which has further eroded public opinion of Israel in the United States.
Conservatives are revolting over a key spy authority and an affordable housing package amid their push for a partisan elections bill.
Everyone is so concerned with how the war with Iran will end that few people have considered how it started.
Health officials are investigating an outbreak of E. coli in multiple states, including Florida, that appears to be linked to raw cheese products.
When gas prices spike, filling up gets more painful. But consumers can do something to stretch their fuel just a little farther: Change the way they drive.
Though tobacco use has been declining in the U.S., service members and military veterans continue to have higher rates of tobacco use than civilians. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cigarettes remain the number one preventable cause of death in the
Tucker Carlson dropped a bombshell over the weekend: He claims that the CIA spied on him, read his text messages, and is in the process of making a criminal referral of him to the Department of Justice.
Expanding the war against Hezbollah now will be a distraction from the main theatre of war, Iran, and can nullify many of the achievements Israel already accomplished in recent battles.
Morning Report is The Hill's a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today's issue: ▪ Democrats go to the polls in Illinois ▪ Israel says it killed top Iranian security official ▪ Trump struggles to get help on Strait of Hormuz ▪ Federal Reserve in difficult spot The battles
Hoppers, Pixar’s latest feature film, opens with a flashback. Mabel, who will grow up to be our teenage protagonist—a skateboard-riding environmentalist staging one-woman protests in defense of local wildlife—is just a child, staring at her classroom terrarium, home to a
News that Republican bigwigs were preparing to “stand up a potential ‘draft Rubio’ effort following the midterms,” according to ABC News, was only surprising in the sense that it somehow suggests there isn’t one already. What else would you call a Mar-a-Lago lounge full of
The future of protesting in the United States may have been decided in a cramped Depression-era courtroom in downtown Fort Worth on Friday of last week. Nine defendants, who federal prosecutors claimed were part of an “Antifa cell,” were found guilty of an array of charges,
As a historian, I often have the opportunity to teach classes that speak to my research interests. I teach variety of courses on U.S. political history and immigration studies—a subject in line with my reporting background. However, I recently decided to bring together my love
When members of the Colorado River Water Users Association, or CRWUA, descended on Caesars Palace for their annual conference in December, few showed much enthusiasm for Las Vegas’s popular diversions. Attendees mostly bypassed the slots and roulette tables, the magic shows and
AI is set to revolutionize standardized test preparation, with some companies seeing opportunity while others predict the industry’s downfall. Students can spend anywhere from hundreds to a few thousand dollars on classes to prepare for college entry exams such as the SAT or
House lawmakers returned to Washington this week after a long break to face a war of theologies in the Middle East — and another brewing in the Capitol. President Trump’s war against Iran’s Islamic regime has heightened national religious tensions, which are spilling out onto
President Trump's push to eliminate voting by mail without excuses such as illness or military duty, a component of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act, has put him on a collision course with Republicans from states where absentee voting is widespread
Tensions are running high between the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its inspector general, a Trump appointee who is pushing back on agency leadership, claiming they are trying to stifle his investigations. DHS Inspector General Joseph Cuffari has had his own rocky
The Federal Reserve will hold its March policy meeting under intense political pressure from President Trump and the economic blowback of the war with Iran. After keeping borrowing costs steady in January, members of the Fed’s rate-setting committee are set to meet Tuesday and
The Prairie State is holding a series of primary elections Tuesday that will reshape the Illinois congressional delegation, with voters weighing in on the contest to replace retiring Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and five Democrats leaving the House. Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the March 17 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. Over the weekend, Donald
Over the weekend, Donald Trump unleashed two crazed tirades at the media over Iran. In one, he angrily accused news organizations of rooting for the United States to “lose the war.” In another, he openly urged his Federal Communications Commission chair to deploy state power
Airlines for America CEO and former New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu on Monday said he hopes the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown currently affecting the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will end by April. "At most, my hope is that it's maybe the first
A former aide to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who was accused of leaking classified information, was hired by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), an administration official told The Hill on Monday. Dan Caldwell, who served as Hegseth’s senior adviser
Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) blamed his primary defeat to state Rep. Steve Toth (R ) on “misinformation” about his ventures in the stock market. Crenshaw said voters were told that he made millions from insider trading, which was not true. “A large part of this election was
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Pope Leo XIV is set to appear virtually during a 250th anniversary event for U.S. independence hosted by the National Constitution Center after rejecting an invitation from the Trump administration to participate in Fourth of July celebrations. The pope is set to receive the
The U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Antonio Aguto, who oversaw the command that coordinated, trained and equipped Ukraine’s military, left a tube of classified maps on a train to Poland for over 24 hours and was concussed from falling after “overindulgence” in alcohol during a dinner in
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Antonio Aguto, who oversaw the command that coordinated, trained and equipped Ukraine’s military, left a tube of classified maps on a train to Poland for more than 24 hours and was concussed from falling after “overindulgence” in alcohol during a dinner in
Hyundai is recalling nearly 70,000 of its 2026 Palisade SUVs while an investigation into the death of a young child continues, the carmaker announced Friday.
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President Trump's push to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act is taking center stage this week in the Senate, where it faces an uphill battle amid unified Democratic opposition. The legislation — which is a top priority for the president — is
Actor Sean Penn was absent from the 98th Academy Awards on Sunday because he was meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Penn has frequently advocated for Kyiv amid its war with Russia, and he spent the weekend abroad in an attempt to push his efforts forward.
The family of the late Rev. Jesse Jackson clarified on Monday that their father did not issue an endorsement for Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton (D) in the Senate Democratic primary to succeed Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), explaining that "a draft sample ballot was released by
President Trump suggested Monday that California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) dyslexia should prevent the governor, who’s widely seen as a 2028 candidate, from being president. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office while talking about voter identification in California, he
Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said Sunday that President Trump did not adequately prepare the American public for war with Iran, calling that his “biggest mistake” in the lead-up to the conflict. “I would say the biggest mistake is just not preparing the American people
President Trump on Monday said he believes he will have the “honor” of taking over Cuba, coming as the administration is choking the communist regime in Havana with a fuel blockade. Trump, speaking to reporters from the Oval Office, would not rule out a military move, adding,
Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas) crashed a Monday press conference led by Texas Sen. John Cornyn (R), causing the two to spar over the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding lapse. Cornyn was delivering food from Texas-based fast food chain Whataburger to Austin-Bergstrom
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