Tillis pushes back on conservatives’ bid for GOP rules reform
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), an adviser to the Senate Republican leadership team, has circulated a letter to colleagues pushing back on conservative lawmakers who want to reform the GOP conference rules...
View ArticleHow this week's Biden-Trump debate is different from any other
This week's debate between President Biden and former President Trump will be unlike any in the 64 years since the advent of the televised presidential debate. From the host of the meeting to its...
View ArticleWill they curse? How many 'non-facts'? Betting sites offer Biden-Trump debate...
Online sportsbooks are betting big on this week's highly anticipated debate between President Biden and former President Trump, offering wagers on everything from the candidates' sartorial choices to...
View ArticleCourts block parts of Biden student loan repayment plan
(The Hill) -- Two federal judges in Missouri and Kansas halted sections of a Biden administration initiative intended to lower student loan payments, raising questions for the millions of Americans...
View ArticleBowman faces moment of truth: 5 things to watch in Tuesday's primaries
Voters in Colorado, New York, South Carolina and Utah will cast ballots Tuesday in key contests that are set to highlight friction within both parties and test former President Trump’s endorsement...
View ArticleWhat Biden and Trump need to do in the first debate
As President Biden and former President Trump gear up for their first debate of the cycle, political strategists are offering advice for how the two men should approach the event. The men will meet...
View Article5 things to watch as Trump's Supreme Court immunity decision looms
The Supreme Court is poised to issue its decision on presidential immunity as soon as this week, with the potential to reshape the powers of the nation’s highest office and hurl the 2024 presidential...
View ArticleGOP seeks to avoid drama in spending battle
House Republicans are chugging through an ambitious spending bill schedule while so far avoiding the tense intraparty battles over appropriations that brought the chamber to a standstill multiple...
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Surgeon General declares gun violence a public health crisis
(The Hill) - Surgeon General Vivek Murthy is declaring firearm violence in the U.S. a public health crisis, not only for the tens of thousands who die from gun violence each year but also due to...
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Bankruptcy court trustee plans to shut down Alex Jones' Infowars, liquidate...
(The Hill) - The trustee in charge of Alex Jones’s bankruptcy proceedings said Monday that he will move to shut down the Infowars media site and liquidate Jones’s business assets as he attempts to...
View ArticleApproval of first publicly funded religious charter school in US ruled...
The approval of the nation's first publicly funded religious charter school was struck down as unconstitutional by the Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday. “The St. Isidore Contract violates state and...
View ArticleStudents give schools B- grade
(The Hill) -- U.S. students from fifth to 12th grade have given their schools a B- grade for the second year in a row, according to the Gallup and Walton Family Foundation Student Report Card released...
View ArticleHouse GOP unveils DOJ funding bill after promising crackdown on 'weaponization'
House Republicans on Tuesday unveiled a bill to fund the departments of Commerce and Justice, as well as science agencies, for fiscal 2025, legislation that is poised to be at the center of one of the...
View ArticleTrump risks hurting his own efforts to promote mail-in, early voting
Former President Trump is stepping up efforts to encourage voters to cast their ballots early and by mail after years spent railing against the practice. Trump’s outreach team and the Republican...
View ArticleIndiana Republican pushes Speaker Johnson to support Bannon Supreme Court appeal
Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) is encouraging Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to lead a legal effort to support former Trump adviser Steve Bannon’s emergency appeal to the Supreme Court. Bannon is aiming to...
View ArticleTrump's hush money gag order partially lifted by judge
A New York judge on Tuesday partially lifted a gag order imposed on former President Trump’s speech in his hush money criminal case. The updated terms allow Trump to resume speaking about trial...
View ArticleJudge rejects $30B Visa, Mastercard 'swipe fee' settlement
(The Hill) - A federal judge Tuesday rejected a $30 billion antitrust settlement between Visa, Mastercard and a select group of retailers that was decried by the larger industry. Visa and Mastercard,...
View ArticleHouse Republicans propose contempt for Biden ghostwriter
The House Judiciary Committee is set to weigh a contempt referral for President Biden’s ghostwriter, seeking to tee up criminal charges after failing to secure audio of the president’s interviews. The...
View ArticleWhite House accuses Jordan of effort to 'harass and intimidate' Biden...
The White House on Tuesday accused House Judiciary Committee Republicans of working “to harass and intimidate a private citizen” after they scheduled a meeting to consider a contempt referral for...
View ArticleTrump-backed Colorado GOP chair loses House primary
Republican candidate Jeff Crank has won the GOP primary for retiring Rep. Doug Lamborn’s (R-Colo.) seat, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ, dealing a blow to Donald Trump. Crank, an...
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