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Cards Against Humanity game sues Musk's SpaceX for trespassing 

Cards Against Humanity (CAH) is suing Elon Musk's SpaceX for $15 million after it allegedly left construction equipment and destroying property on CAH land in Texas.   The complaint, which was filed...

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Who could be in Harris’s Cabinet? Let the chatter begin

As Democrats revel in Vice President Harris closing the polling gap against former President Trump, speculation is ramping up over who might serve in a potential Harris Cabinet if she prevails in...

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Trump Cabinet 2.0: Who’s in the running for top spots

The Trump campaign says discussions of who might serve in key Cabinet roles are “premature,” but that hasn’t stopped D.C.’s rumor mill from taking stock of who might serve in top roles in a second...

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More than 700 high-ranking national security officials endorse Harris 

More than 700 high-ranking national security officials have endorsed Democratic candidate Vice President Harris in her run for the White House, with some leaders expressing concerns about former...

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Springfield students suffer collateral damage over anti-immigrant conspiracy...

The students of Springfield, Ohio, are caught in a mess they had nothing to do with.  Schools had to shut down for multiple days after 33 separate bomb threats, and two universities moved classes...

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Democrats eager to fight Vance over ObamaCare rollback

ObamaCare and its pre-existing conditions protections have been a political third rail in recent years. But that hasn't stopped Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance from floating ideas in the...

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Trump says he will not run in 2028 if he loses in November

Former President Trump said this would be his last presidential campaign and he would not run in 2028 if he loses the race this November. In a Sunday interview on the television show "Full Measure,"...

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Democrats spend big in Maryland as Hogan keeps race close

Democrats had hoped to put the Maryland Senate race to bed by now. Instead, they are poised to devote time and resources in the deep blue state all the way until November in a bid to keep the seat in...

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Johnson rolls out plan B to avert government shutdown

House GOP leaders on Sunday unveiled a plan to keep the government funded for three months after Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-La.) opening gambit to avoid a shutdown failed due to opposition from...

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What made the cut in Congress’s plan to avert a shutdown — and what didn't

Congressional leaders have struck a deal to keep the government open past a looming Sept. 30 deadline, after a previous effort to punt the funding fight into spring 2025 and attach a Trump-backed...

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Johnson’s government funding plan B disappoints conservatives

Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) move to bring a clean, short-term government funding stopgap — his plan B after his first gambit failed — is upsetting conservative House Republicans, who will be key in...

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Prosecutors file alleged letter from Trump suspect: 'This was an...

(The Hill) -- The suspect being investigated in the recent apparent assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump wrote a letter detailing his plans months prior, prosecutors alleged in court...

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The radioactive issue: Meet the 2 Native American women fighting to save...

The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA), the quarter-century old law that compensates Americans sickened by U.S. nuclear testing, expired this summer, but two Native American women are keeping...

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RFK Jr. asks Supreme Court to restore him on New York ballot 

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asked the Supreme Court for an emergency intervention to restore his name on New York’s presidential ballot. Lower courts excluded the former independent candidate from the...

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Pressure grows on Trump to accept second Harris debate

The pressure is on former President Trump to debate Vice President Harris again now that she has accepted a CNN invite for an October match-up, with Republicans encouraging him to go up against her a...

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Trump criticizes Nebraska state senator for not flipping on Electoral College...

Former President Trump criticized Nebraska state Sen. Mike McDonnell (R) for coming out against Republicans’ renewed push to change Nebraska’s electoral system to a winner-take-all state. “I would...

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North Carolina GOP senator signals he won’t vote for Robinson after bombshell...

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) indicated that he will not vote for North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson (R) for governor and maintained that his focus is on getting former President Trump and state...

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House GOP swerves around conservative opposition for stopgap spending bill

House Republican leaders are changing course on the process for considering a three-month government funding bill, abandoning plans to bring it up through a regular procedural process after opposition...

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Trump jokes of 'personality defect': 'I don't like anybody that doesn't like me'

(The Hill) - Former President Trump on Monday told a crowd of supporters in Pennsylvania that he doesn't like anybody who doesn't like him, joking that it was a "personality defect." The former...

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The 25 staffers who make Capitol Hill run

Senators and representatives wear the pins, but staffers keep Capitol Hill running. Staying behind the scenes, they draft legislation, help constituents, deal with the media, keep committee work...

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