Democratic strategist James Carville speculated Tuesday that President Trump wants his party to lose the midterms. “The only answer that I can come up [with] that explains the current behavior of Donald Trump is simply this: He wants the Republicans to lose. He hates them. He
A House Democrat seeking reelection is selling Zyn-inspired campaign merchandise, leaning into an association with the explosively popular nicotine pouches that have devotees among the Trump administration. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-Wash.) is selling a $50
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) on Tuesday released records related to the city government’s response to worsened air quality after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, saying city leaders “lied” about how safe it was to breathe. Mamdani’s office released 170,000
The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to intervene in a lawsuit brought by a New York mother who wanted to send her child to kindergarten while a challenge over the state’s vaccine requirements continues to play out. The mother, identified only as Jane Doe, was seeking
Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico released a new advertisement with a former aide to his Republican rival, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. According to The Texas Tribune, David Maxwell spent close to 10 years as the Texas attorney general’s director of law
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare The Big Story Federal court to hear arguments on abortion pill access A three-judge panel on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans will hear arguments Wednesday in a case that could eventually
Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on an array of U.S. goods went into effect on Tuesday, marking the latest chapter of a weeks-long trade war between the two countries. The "dollar for dollar" levies — ranging from 15 percent to 50 percent — impact American products such as milk and
The U.S. military destroyed five Iranian oil tankers linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Tuesday in response to attempted Iranian missile launches at U.S. Navy warships, the U.S. Central Command (Centcom) announced. The U.S. forces disabled IRGC crude oil
Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Tuesday refused to restore Missouri’s new congressional map, which was poised to give Republicans a pickup opportunity this November, but the map’s fate remains unclear after a ruling in a separate lawsuit. Missouri Republicans hope to
President Trump is leaning into online trolling, off-color attacks and picking fights over geographical names as his approval rating sinks just weeks out from November’s midterm elections. Over the weekend, Trump raised eyebrows when he floated changing the name of New Mexico
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Gasoline prices were highest ever for Labor Day The average price of gas going into this Labor Day weekend reached a record holiday high compared with past years at $4.14 a gallon, according to a national
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Prediction markets’ regulation draws closer to Supreme Court Prediction markets have arrived at the Supreme Court’s doorstep. Erin Hooley, Associated Press file New Jersey this past week urged the justices to settle how
While golfing over the weekend, President Trump appeared to have some concerning bruises on his arm. Trump spent Labor Day weekend at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club, and while he hit the links in his usual white polo shirt, dark bruises were visible up and down his left
New Hampshire Democratic Party Vice Chair Maura Sullivan and former Portsmouth City Council member Stefany Shaheen are facing off for their party's nod in the primary for the House seat left open by Rep. Chris Pappas (D). Sullivan holds a narrow lead of Stefany Shaheen, the
Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas and former Republican Sen. John Sununu are the favorites to win their respective primaries for Senate in New Hampshire on Tuesday. Pappas faces four other challengers, most notably medical scientist Karishma Manzur. She is running to the House
New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte (R) is running for a second term as the state's top executive in a Tuesday primary. The incumbent faces two primary challengers. Former New Hampshire Executive Councilor Cinde Warmington, a Democrat, is the presumptive nominee on the other side
Americans' satisfaction with the quality of K-12 education in the U.S. has reached a new low, a newly released poll found. The Walton Family Foundation and Gallup survey published Monday reported that just 32 percent of respondents were either "somewhat" or "completely"
President Trump’s push for a federal tax credit to help keep more film and television productions in the United States has been met with open arms from Democratic lawmakers, industry officials and entertainment experts — giving the president a rare chance for a bipartisan win.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) on Tuesday voiced support for New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) after one of his predecessors, former Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R), criticized him for planning to attend the city's 25th anniversary commemoration of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Canada's tariffs take effect Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on $27.6 billion in American products took effect on Tuesday, marking the latest escalation in an
Flock Safety wants to record millions of Americans—but apparently no one is allowed to record it. The disturbing double standard was revealed Tuesday by Atlanta News First , which found itself in a load of trouble after one of its investigative reporters stopped on the side of
Elon Musk’s super PAC is stealing voters’ personal information—again. The billionaire technocrat’s America PAC has launched an aggressive advertising campaign directing them to Vote Safe, a website claiming to provide users with information they need to “vote with confidence.”
A National Guard member was arrested last week, accused of pointing a gun at a fellow guard member in late August, an arrest affidavit shows. Zion Mitchell, 21, of Georgia, is facing felony charges of assault with a dangerous weapon and possession of a firearm while committing
Japanese brewing company Sapporo said Monday it will shift some of its production from Canada to the U.S. in the wake of the Trump administration’s new tariffs on Canadian beer. Last month, President Trump implemented 50 percent levies on Canadian alcoholic products like beer
VoteVets, the largest Democratic veterans group in the U.S., on Tuesday launched a new messaging campaign against President Trump’s planned arch across from Arlington National Cemetery. Paul Eaton, a retired major general and VoteVets adviser, argued in a video posted to social
The Trump administration is moving to strip a rule barring private equity officials from engaging in “pay-to-play” schemes with government officials. The Securities and Exchange Commission is planning to revoke Rule 206(4)-5 under the Investment Advisers Act, arguing that it
Could Donald Trump’s destructive and ham-handed tariff wars paradoxically end up reminding Americans what’s good about trade and economic interdependence with other countries? A bizarre turn in Trump’s deranged hostilities with Canada shows what this might look like—and how it
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday his country has overrelied on "easy" economic ties to the U.S., a take he shared as his retaliatory tariffs on American goods went into effect. “The past 40 years has been a period of deeper economic integration with the United
Former President Biden on Tuesday said the radiation treatment he received for his prostate cancer diagnosis "worked as intended." Biden shared a lengthy statement on the social platform X acknowledging September as Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, which he said was "more
The Mid-American Conference (MAC) formally asked the NCAA to overturn the result of Saturday's Michigan vs. Western Michigan football game, which ended on a last-second Hail Mary touchdown pass, handing the Wolverines a victory after the officials put a second back on the
The animated show “South Park” said Tuesday that the program's name will be changed to “South America” amid similar renaming efforts by President Trump. “Inspired by the bravery and patriotism of Apple and Google, we are changing the name of South Park to SOUTH AMERICA,”
Canada, France and the United Kingdom on Tuesday announced a joint ban on imported goods from Israeli settlements in what they called a “turning point” in the efforts to reach a two-state solution in the region. “One year ago, we recognized the State of Palestine,” the nations
The Department of Homeland Security is running a police unit that uses Americans’ financial records to predict whether they could commit crimes and is turning over their names to local police. 404 Media reports that the DHS’s Predictive Intelligence Targeting Teams, or PITT,
A Georgia National Guardsman was arrested earlier this month in Washington after he allegedly pulled a loaded gun on a fellow guardswoman on one of the city’s busiest streets. Specialist Zion Mitchell, 21, was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon and possession of a
as Americans, we do not share in the socialist vision of desiring our own decline. We shall seek self-improvement and the extension of our species because these are moral goods. We praise beauty because it is right to do so. We promote beauty because we want more of it.
The Trump administration on Tuesday announced new sanctions against all of Iran’s airlines and nearly a dozen foreign companies doing business with Iran’s Mahan Air, which had earlier been sanctioned for its ties to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The sanctions
Five people were killed and five were injured in the Sunday crash, prompting a mass emergency response.
Anthropic says power users are key to its business - it's prioritized them even when it means cutting off other popular applications, like OpenClaw. But some of these same customers say Anthropic misled them into believing they'd get more out of a top-tier pricing subscription
House Republicans’ campaign arm is adding five candidates to a battleground seat program as election season heats up. Rep. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.), chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), in a Tuesday press release unveiled that five candidates in
The White House has taken down its racist Tetris ripoff days after launching a website dedicated to "arcade" games, as spotted earlier by Kotaku. The Tetris clone, called "Build the Wall," involved stacking different-sized blocks to prevent a "zombie border siege." It's not
A new poll found that Democratic candidates have made notable gains among Latino voters living in battleground House districts since 2024 — gains that could determine control of Congress next year. A new Hart Research/TelevisaUnivision poll shared with Axios shows that
Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch III announced Tuesday he will be stepping down from his role amid Trump administration disputes with the museum complex over how it presents American history. Bunch, 73, is the Smithsonian Institution’s first Black leader and founder of its
Attorney General Todd Blanche gave remarks during a Sept. 11, 2001, memorial event at the Department of Justice's (DOJ) headquarters Tuesday, ahead of the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks. The ceremony came as Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-proclaimed and accused
Why is Vice President JD Vance claiming the Iran War isn't a war?
(NewsNation) — Five people were killed after an Amazon Air cargo plane overran a runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday, authorities confirmed during a news conference. Officials said multiple other individuals were involved in the incident and suffered injuries,
The Smithsonian’s chief official, Lonnie G. Bunch III, will retire by the end of the year. The 73-year-old historian said Tuesday that his decision to step down was not tied to the various pressures stemming from the Trump administration, which has spent the last year and a
President Trump posthumously awarded to Welles Crowther, an equities trader and volunteer firefighter who died working to save lives on 9/11, the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Tuesday ahead of the 25th anniversary of the attacks. Trump presented the honor to Crowther’s
The U.S. Coast Guard joined the search for a missing plane carrying four family members that vanished near the Bahamas on their way back to Florida. “The Royal Bahamian Defense Force requested Coast Guard assistance following a report of a downed airplane with 4 people aboard
President Donald Trump has spent months falsely claiming that the United States has already won its war against Iran—until now. “Oil prices will drop precipitously, like everything else is dropping (but more!), when we WIN the war with Iran,” Trump wrote on Truth Social Monday.
A federal court ruled Tuesday that the IRS broke the law when it shared taxpayer data with the Department of Homeland Security. The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia called out the Trump administration for violating federal law over the data sharing,
