Utah Governor Spencer Cox is frequently lifted up as the kind of non-MAGA Republican that America desperately needs. So New York Times columnist Ezra Klein had the governor on his podcast last September, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro did a series of joint interviews with
When Bill and Hillary Clinton agreed Monday to testify in the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s investigation of Jeffrey Epstein, they did so reluctantly. But after it became crystal clear that a number of Democrats would be voting with Republicans to hold the
When Stephen Miller offered his first big rollout of Donald Trump’s immigration agenda during the 2024 campaign, he demonstrated great enthusiasm for the idea of giant migrant camps. He gushed about creating “vast holding facilities” built on “open land,” which would enable
President Trump's lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase kicked off a high-stakes battle between two of the financial world's most powerful figures. The president is suing the largest U.S. bank and its leader, Jamie Dimon, over its decision to cut ties with Trump after the Jan. 6,
President Trump appears to be ramping up his involvement in Republican primaries ahead of the midterm elections, playing the role of kingmaker in a bid to ensure the party has the strongest candidates possible ahead of November. On Sunday, Trump backed former Sen. John Sununu
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle condemned President Trump’s call to nationalize U.S. elections as a dangerous stepping stone after he said Republicans should “take over” their administration. Trump’s comments came on the heels of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi
Elon Musk is very insistent that he never visited Jeffrey Epstein’s private island in the Caribbean. That may very well be true. There is nothing in the millions of Epstein’s emails to suggest that Musk did—or, for that matter, that he ever flew on the “Lolita Express,” the
This is a lightly edited transcript of the February 2 edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon. You can watch the video here or by following this show on YouTube or Substack . Perry Bacon: Good afternoon. I’m Perry Bacon. I’m the host of The New Republic show Right Now . I’m
The issues that have worked for Democrats around the country this election season—affordability and working-class stability chief among them—also worked for Taylor Rehmet, a union president and machinist who beat his Trump-backed opponent for a deep-red state Senate seat in the
State lawmakers gave AI in education a lot of attention in last year’s legislative session with more than 50 bills proposed, and schools have wasted no time trying to teach students about the latest updates and protecting their privacy. The situation, however, is about to get
President Trump’s call for Republicans to “take over” voting procedures in more than a dozen states and “nationalize” the midterm elections has Republican senators debating filibuster reform to get around Democratic opposition to a bill that would require voters to show proof
You can watch this episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon above or by following this show on YouTube or Substack . You can read the transcript here . The “religious right” has long been a key part of Republican politics. But the role of the faithful in the GOP is shifting, says
After The New York Times reported that President Trump has backtracked on a major demand he’d made on Harvard University, he spiraled out of control in three wild tirades . He angrily insisted on a correction from the Times , and levied unhinged new threats against Harvard,
Harry Dunn, the former Capitol Police officer who became a household name in the wake of the 2021 Capitol attack, is teeing up his second House bid in Maryland, launching his campaign for retiring Rep. Steny Hoyer’s (D-Md.) seat. “A loss did not deter me from wanting to fight
The Trump administration jumped in on a viral TikTok trend on Tuesday, posting a video of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent dancing with rapper Nicki Minaj to promote new investment accounts for children, known as Trump accounts. The trend features two people standing
Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran has resigned as chair of the Council of Economic Advisors, the White House confirmed on Tuesday. Miran had been on unpaid leave from the White House since last fall, when President Trump nominated him to fill the remaining four months of a
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) checked himself into the hospital on Monday evening for flu-like symptoms, his office confirmed Tuesday. A spokesperson for McConnell’s office said the 83-year-old senator began experiencing symptoms this weekend and went to a local hospital “out of
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Bill Gates needs to answer Epstein claims, ex-wife says Melinda French Gates, the ex-wife of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, said Tuesday that he needs to answer
Democrats and Republicans can barely decide on who should be negotiating — let alone how to agree on immigration enforcement.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro said Tuesday he gave President Trump a list of major drug "kingpins" that both countries should work on arresting around the world. "Their capital is outside Colombia, and they must be pursued jointly through coordinated intelligence work
Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson (D) signaled Tuesday to reporters that passing a new set of state congressional lines before November, seen as a key priority for Democrats, is likely doomed. “We are not prioritizing that piece of legislation,” Ferguson told reporters,
President Trump on Tuesday said that it’s “really time” for the country to move on from Jeffrey Epstein following the release of nearly 3 million more documents by the Justice Department late last week. “I think it’s really time for the country to get on to something else,”
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story French authorities raid X's offices The French offices of Elon Musk’s X were raided Tuesday amid an investigation into the social platform, according to the Paris prosecutor’s office. © Noah Berger, Associated Press The
A federal judge seems skeptical of the Pentagon’s bid to censure Sen. Mark Kelly and lower his retirement rank in the wake of a video in which the Arizona senator and other Democrats called on service members to reject unlawful orders. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon, an
The Senate Democratic primary in Texas has taken an ugly turn, with the increased infighting threatening to complicate the party’s chances of flipping the seat in November. The most notable incident came this week when former Rep. Colin Allred (D-Texas), the Democratic nominee
President Trump responded Tuesday to news of the deposition dates for former President Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as part of a House investigation into the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, calling it “a shame.” “I think it’s a shame to be
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) announced Tuesday that his state is joining the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network, becoming the second state to do so since the U.S.’s withdrawal from the organization became official last month. Officials
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care The Big Story Republican, Democratic senators both perplexed over MAHA’s Denmark mania During a Senate hearing on Tuesday, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle expressed their confusion as to why proponents of the
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Trump plans to enable expanded Venezuela drilling The Trump administration is preparing to issue a license to formally allow more companies to drill for oil in Venezuela. © Edgar Frias, Associated Press A
President Trump said he had “a very good meeting” with Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Tuesday following the Colombian leader’s visit to the White House, which was closed to cameras. “He and I weren't exactly the best of friends, but I wasn't insulted because I never met
President Trump said Tuesday that the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie, is a “very unusual situation.” “I think it’s a terrible thing. I always got along very good with Savannah. Very unusual situation but we’re going to find
Law enforcement officials are still desperately searching for leads in the investigation into the disappearance of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, the mother of NBC News's “Today” show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie. Nancy Guthrie was last seen Saturday night at approximately 9:30 p.m.,
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Tensions with Iran heat up as US military shoots down drone The U.S. military shot down an Iranian drone on Tuesday after it approached the USS
Executives for entertainment giants Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery on Tuesday faced a grilling from lawmakers on Capitol Hill, with senators raising concern about a planned megamerger between the two companies that would create one of the largest media conglomerates in the
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Tuesday urged President Trump to put more pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin, suggesting that the current U.S. strategy to deter attacks on Ukraine is “not working.” “Clearly the pressure we’re applying to Putin to come to the peace
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) on Tuesday published a position statement recommending that surgeons delay "gender-related breast/chest, genital, and facial surgery" until a patient is 19 years old, drawing praise from the Trump administration for "protecting
It’s rough working for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Minnesota these days. Many of the office’s lawyers and staff have quit over the Justice Department’s handling of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in the state, specifically the killings of Renee Good and Alex
President Donald Trump wasted no time in responding to the deaths of two U.S. citizens this month during protests against an immigration crackdown in Minneapolis. Trump and other top administration officials made inaccurate or unsupported statements within hours of the
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) pushed back Tuesday morning on comments from U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro threatening jail time for people who carry firearms in the nation’s capital. “Second Amendment rights are not extinguished just because an
Melinda French Gates, the ex-wife of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, said Tuesday that he needs to answer for the allegations made against him in a newly released batch of documents related to the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. “Whatever questions remain there of what I
House and Senate Democrats on Tuesday listened to the testimonies of U.S. citizens who said they were assaulted, injured or shot by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officers, starting with the brothers of Renee Good, a Minneapolis woman shot and killed by a federal
A federal agent used his cell phone to take a picture of Marimar Martinez after she was shot five times by Border Patrol in Chicago—a chilling image that haunts her to this day. Martinez testified in Congress Tuesday about how she was shot after she followed an agent’s car in
President Trump on Tuesday signed a bill to end a partial government shutdown after the funding legislation was held up by lawmakers who have been agitated over the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) immigration enforcement efforts. The bill funds DHS for the next 10 days,
The Trump administration is preparing to issue a license to formally allow more companies to drill for oil in Venezuela. A source familiar with the plan told The Hill that a general license could come as soon as this week. The plan was first reported by Bloomberg. White House
In unveiling new dietary guidelines, federal health officials have claimed they are correcting past guidance that created a “generation of kids low in protein” and that Americans should get "dramatically" more of the nutrient. While some individuals may benefit from more
Renee Good’s brother hoped her senseless killing at the hands of a federal agent would have brought an end to Donald Trump’s sweeping immigration enforcement crackdown. Instead, he hasn’t seen any change. Addressing a public congressional meeting Tuesday to examine the violent
President Trump will sign legislation Tuesday afternoon that will reopen the government after a brief shutdown. The House narrowly passed the five-bill minibus and a continuing resolution to fund the Department of Homeland Security earlier Tuesday. Twenty-one Democrats voted
Nearly two-thirds of Americans think Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has gone “too far” in its effort to deal with unauthorized immigration, a slight increase from just a week ago, according to a poll released Tuesday. The Ipsos poll, conducted last Friday and