Former President Trump celebrated a "great day of victory" Tuesday after winning enough delegates in the day's primaries to clinch the GOP nomination for president. “It's your favorite president speaking to you on a really great day of victory," Trump said in a video posted to X, formerly known as Twitter, by his campaign. "One...
The Americans who campaigned to end slavery in the mid-1800s were mostly white, and a lot of powerful people don't like that fact.
If Trump becomes president, the court will become infamous for abdicating its duty under the Constitution.
Frankly, there’s too much on the line for us to adhere to the whims and tantrums of a billionaire. For the sake of democracy, ignore his calls and leave his texts on “read.”
Disney is not venturing into the unknown here.
Former President Trump has won the Republican presidential caucus in Hawaii, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ. Trump swept all but one of the states that held Republican contests on Super Tuesday last week, prompting his rival Nikki Haley to drop out and putting him on track for a general election rematch with President...
Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry’s resignation on Tuesday marks a watershed moment for U.S. diplomacy, which for the last 32 months focused on keeping him in power against the warnings of experts and Haitian civil society. Under Henry, who served as acting prime minister and acting president, armed gangs grew stronger as the government’s reach...
Democrats are going on the attack after former President Trump raised the possibility of cuts to Social Security and Medicare. Trump said in a Monday interview there’s “a lot” that can be done on entitlements “in terms of cutting,” a comment President Biden immediately seized on. The Biden campaign quickly released a new ad, contrasting...
Senators in both parties are warning that a political food fight over funding for the Department of Homeland Security could cause a partisan government shutdown this month by derailing a second tranche of spending bills that Congress needs to pass by March 22. Congress came within hours of a partial shutdown last week before it...
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) gifted the Republican National Committee's (RNC) new chairs a piggy bank to mock them about cash after the GOP group’s poor fundraising numbers and major staff shake ups. In the announcement first shared with The Hill, the DNC said it has the piggy bank for the RNC as a gift,...
With National Reading Month nearly halfway over, advocates are highlighting the difficulties students face when it comes to getting a book in their hands and staying engaged with the content. Reading, either for school or pleasure, has taken a dip for students from elementary to high school as educators and parents struggle to get them...
Speculation is growing about the role former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) will play in the 2024 election as President Biden and former President Trump barrel toward a rematch. Cheney has vowed that she’ll do whatever it takes to keep Trump from returning to the White House. She has left the door open to running an...
President Biden has launched a tax war with the Republican Party, proposing a slate of hikes on wealthy individuals and big businesses ahead of a likely rematch with former President Trump. In an ambitious budget proposal released Monday, the president called for a wealth tax on individuals worth more than $100 million and restoring the...
Boundary Stone Partners (BSP) announced the addition of Emily Domenech as a senior vice president. Domenech was most recently a senior policy adviser to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), a position she also held with former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), managing the work of the committees on Energy and...
A Georgia judge is expected to decide this week whether to boot Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) and her office from former President Trump’s election interference case because of her romance with a subordinate. Judge Scott McAfee has said Willis’s relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade “could result” in their disqualification if evidence...
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) is leading all three of his main Republican rivals in the Ohio Senate race, according to a new poll. An Emerson College Polling/The Hill survey released on Wednesday showed Brown faring best against Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose at 39 percent to 33 percent respectively. In a hypothetical matchup...
Arkansas will no longer allow drivers to use an “X” for their gender on driver's licenses, state regulators said Tuesday, rolling back a policy that was inclusive to nonbinary people. The Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration said the changes are being made to “safeguard” state IDs. The agency also announced it will make it...
President Biden is projected to win the Democratic primary in Washington State, according to Decision Desk HQ. Biden wasn’t expected to face any serious competition in the Evergreen State, which awards 92 delegates on the Democratic side. However, organizers angry at the Biden administration’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war established a campaign encouraging Democratic primary...
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said on Tuesday that the proposed TikTok ban “makes no sense,” ahead of an expected vote on the House floor on Wednesday. In an interview on “The Hill” on NewsNation, Paul argued that a ban on TikTok would be akin to steps employed by the Chinese government, which, Paul said, is...
Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Mo.) requested a House select committee on unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs) on Tuesday, leading a bipartisan group of lawmakers demanding answers from the Pentagon on the unknown flying objects. UAPs first became an issue in Congress last summer after a series of hearings featured whistleblowers who alleged that the government was hiding...
NewsNation host Chris Cuomo and conservative commentator Tucker Carlson debated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and the merits of Affirmative Action during the second part of a conversation that aired on the network Tuesday. "Affirmative action, totally immoral," Carlson remarked at one point during the discussion. "You should never punish someone...
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he won’t speak about potentially pardoning the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol rioters until he wins the general election. Kennedy refrained from sharing much about his approach to those who stormed the Capitol a little over three years ago, saying he would approach it on a case-by-case basis,...
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre assured reporters on Tuesday that the Biden administration does not digitally alter photographs of the president or vice president, following the recent controversy surrounding Princess Kate’s edited social media photo. At a press conference on Tuesday, Jean-Pierre appeared visibly surprised when asked by CBS News’ Ed O’Keefe, “Does the...
Former President Trump will win the Mississippi Republican presidential primary, ticking him closer to clinching the GOP nomination, Decision Desk HQ projects. Trump has already won more than 1,000 delegates toward clinching the Republican nomination and will likely take most if not all of Mississippi’s 40 delegates up for grabs. The Magnolia State’s delegates are...
President Biden has won the Mississippi Democratic presidential primary, according to Decision Desk HQ. Biden was the only candidate listed on the ballot and will likely receive most if not all of the state’s 35 pledged delegates. Five of the state’s 40 total delegates are not pledged and will be decided at the Democratic National...
