Ex-Trump Organization CFO pleads guilty to perjury charges
The former chief financial officer of the Trump Organization on Monday pleaded guilty to perjury charges stemming from his testimony in former President Trump’s civil fraud trial. Allen Weisselberg,...
View ArticleBarrett joins liberal justices on Trump ballot ban ruling going too far
Former President Trump pulled out an unanimous victory at the Supreme Court on Monday in his historic ballot ban case that invoked the 14th Amendment, but a 5-4 division among the justices emerged...
View ArticleBiden campaign on Trump’s Supreme Court ruling: ‘We don’t really care’
President Biden’s reelection campaign on Monday dismissed the Supreme Court ruling that Colorado cannot disqualify former President Trump from the ballot, arguing that the efforts to keep him off the...
View ArticleJohn Thune launches bid to succeed McConnell as Republican leader
Senate Republican Whip John Thune (S.D.) on Monday said he is running to succeed Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) as Republican leader, further crystallizing the field vying for the job....
View ArticleTop Senate Republicans to attend fundraiser for Kari Lake
Top Senate Republicans are slated to attend a fundraiser for Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake on Wednesday as the party looks to coalesce around her ahead of November. Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.),...
View ArticleTexas students ask Supreme Court to block university’s drag show ban
Students at a west Texas university are asking the Supreme Court to take emergency action to allow them to hold a charity drag performance at their school later this month, claiming that an order...
View ArticleTrump gets significant boost from Supreme Court at critical time
Former President Trump was initially poised to spend Monday sitting in yet another courtroom, watching jury selection in his federal election case in what would have been the first day of his first...
View ArticleWhite House ratchets up urgency for temporary Israel-Hamas cease-fire
The Biden administration is ramping up urgency around securing a temporary cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war as it faces its own domestic pressures over President Biden’s handling of the conflict....
View ArticleFederal appeals panel skeptical of ObamaCare's preventative care authority
A federal appeals panel appeared skeptical Monday of the constitutionality of an Affordable Care Act (ACA) provision requiring insurers to cover specific preventive services. Judges on the U.S. Court...
View ArticleClik here to view.
'Me too, Cookie Monster': Ohio senator calls out companies for 'shrinkflation'
(The Hill) – Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) called out companies for "shrinkflation" Monday after Sesame Street’s Cookie Monster expressed frustration with the practice in a social media post. “Me hate...
View ArticleTrump wins North Dakota GOP caucuses
Former President Trump is projected to win the North Dakota GOP caucuses, according to Decision Desk HQ, extending his winning record as he races toward the Republican nomination. The results are...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Skyrocketing cost of US nuclear missile program spurs reckoning
This is the first story in a series about Sentinel, the Air Force’s nuclear missile modernization project. Other stories will touch on how the project is impacting local communities and tension over...
View ArticleFree COVID-19 test program to be suspended for now
(The Hill) - The federal government's free at-home COVID-19 test program will be suspended beginning on Friday in response to a drop in respiratory diseases. The Biden administration brought back the...
View Article5 things to watch on Super Tuesday
Voters will head to the polls in more than a dozen states and American Samoa on Tuesday to weigh in on their preferred pick for president and a slew of Senate and House primaries. Although President...
View ArticleHouse conservatives fume over deal backed by Johnson
Hard-line conservatives are up in arms over the bipartisan government funding deal endorsed by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), but heading into this week’s vote to prevent a partial shutdown, they've...
View ArticleThe Memo: Trump set to tighten grip on GOP nomination with possible Super...
Former President Trump is set to tighten his lock on the GOP presidential nomination on Super Tuesday, with plausible expectations that he could sweep all 15 contests that are taking place. The main...
View Article5 things to know about Congress’s plan to avert a shutdown this week
Congressional leaders are sprinting to pass a sweeping government funding plan unveiled Sunday ahead of a looming shutdown deadline this weekend. The 1,050-page package includes more than $450...
View ArticleEarmark battle emerges as late threat to spending bill
A package of six bills that needs to pass by Friday to avoid a partial government shutdown is drawing intense fire from conservatives in both chambers who are zeroing in on more than 6,000 earmarks...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A fifth of people who plan to vote for Trump think he committed serious...
(The Hill) - More than 20 percent of those planning on voting for former President Trump believe he has committed a serious crime, according to a recent poll. A New York Times/Siena College poll found...
View ArticleJohn Barrasso forgoes bid for GOP leader to run for No. 2 spot
Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) will forgo a bid to replace Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and will instead run to become the No. 2 Senate Republican, sources tell The Hill. Barrasso had...
View Article