Quantcast
Channel: Politics from The Hill | KTSM 9 News
Browsing all 3649 articles
Browse latest View live

CBC rips Donalds for ‘shameful’ Jim Crow remarks

The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) is calling for Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) to apologize to Black Americans for his recent comments that insinuated they were better off under Jim Crow laws....

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Trump: States enacting individual abortion laws 'a beautiful thing to watch'

(The Hill) - Former President Trump on Wednesday said it was "a beautiful thing to watch" as individual states passed patchwork abortion laws, some more restrictive than others, and suggested it could...

View Article

Trump's support steady after New York conviction: Poll

Former President Trump’s support in the presidential election has remained steady in the immediate aftermath of his felony convictions in his New York trial, according to a new poll.  A survey from...

View Article

Senate GOP ratchets up calls for vote on ICC sanctions bill

Republicans are increasing calls for Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to put a House-passed bill on the floor that would sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC), which is...

View Article

Biden invokes Ukraine’s fight against ‘tyrant’ in marking D-Day

President Biden marked the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings Thursday with a tribute to the bravery of those who landed in Normandy while invoking Ukraine’s fight against “a tyrant,” appealing to...

View Article


Biden: Putin 'not a decent man — he's a dictator'

President Biden said Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is "not a decent man" but "a dictator" who has concerned him for decades while addressing a shift in U.S. policy allowing Ukraine to...

View Article

McConnell warns GOP isolationists not to forget lessons of WWII

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) is warning isolationists within his party on the 80th anniversary of D-Day not to forget the hard-won lessons of World War II and not to fall prey to...

View Article

Hallie Biden takes the stand in Hunter Biden's gun trial

The widow of President Biden's late son took the witness stand Thursday in Hunter Biden's trial on federal charges he lied on federal forms about his drug use to unlawfully purchase a gun in 2018....

View Article


Steve Bannon ordered to report to prison by July 1

A federal judge ordered Steve Bannon, the one-time adviser to former President Trump, to begin his four-month prison sentence in July as he appeals his contempt of Congress conviction.  U.S. District...

View Article


Biden campaign hires Kinzinger staffer to lead GOP outreach effort

President Biden’s reelection campaign has hired a national Republican engagement director to lure independents and moderate Republicans away from former President Trump in the hopes of attracting a...

View Article

Republicans look to reverse new transgender student protections

More than 60 House Republicans are mounting a challenge to a Biden administration rule expanding federal nondiscrimination protections for transgender students.  The Education Department in April...

View Article

Frustrated Democrats want Biden to follow asylum limit with immigrant...

Hispanic Democrats are ramping up the pressure on President Biden to take unilateral action to protect immigrants living and working in the United States.  Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Jordan seeks interview with top prosecutor on Trump Mar-a-Lago case

House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is asking a top attorney on special counsel Jack Smith’s Mar-a-Lago case to sit for an interview with the panel, the latest escalation of its probes...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

5 takeaways so far from Hunter Biden’s trial

Hunter Biden’s trial will enter its fifth day in Wilmington, Del., Friday. The president’s son is on trial for three alleged offenses pertaining to his purchase of a gun in October 2018. The central...

View Article

Race to replace McConnell heats up over response to Democratic 'show' votes

The race to become next Senate Republican leader is heating up as GOP senators are divided over how to counter Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) messaging offensive on women’s...

View Article


Biden faces growing warning signs from 'uncommitted' vote

President Biden lost more than half a million voters to the “uncommitted” movement in this year’s Democratic primaries, an effort that has netted 30 delegates across five states that has underscored...

View Article

Trump calls for Jan. 6 committee members to be indicted

(The Hill) - Former President Trump on Thursday fumed over a federal judge ordering his longtime ally Steve Bannon to report to prison, calling for members of the House panel that investigated the...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

FDA rescinds ban on Juul products

(The Hill) - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it was rescinding its order to ban the sale of Juul electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, in light of new case law. About two years ago,...

View Article

Biden invokes memory of Pointe du Hoc to make case for democracy

President Biden on Friday made the case for American democracy and its role on the world stage using the memory of veterans who stormed the beaches of France on D-Day 80 years ago. Biden delivered...

View Article

Manchin leads push to overturn Biden rule on unaccompanied migrant children

Sen. Joe Manchin (W.Va.), who last week left the Democratic Party to become an independent, is leading 45 of his Senate Republican colleagues on a resolution to overturn a Biden administration rule on...

View Article
Browsing all 3649 articles
Browse latest View live