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The family of former President Kennedy slammed President Trump for his ongoing legal battle to put his name on the Kennedy Center and to close the building for planned renovations. The Kennedy Center board, handpicked by Trump, voted Tuesday to close the main building, but Trump said the renovations will not happen as long as…
The Midwest is home to several contentious congressional and gubernatorial races in November, historically red areas that are seeing Democratic candidates make inroads. Vice President Vance is set to visit one of them for a rally on Friday: Council Bluffs, Iowa. He is expected to be joined by Republican gubernatorial candidate Zach Lahn, who is…
Vice President Vance is rallying voters in Iowa on Friday, as GOP candidates in the Hawkeye State navigate a complicated political landscape ahead of November. The visit marks Vance’s second trip to the state this election cycle and as Republicans hope to maintain control of the House and Senate next year. GOP gubernatorial nominee Zach…
Presented by SourceAmerica — 🩺 Plus: Trump’s lower drug price push gets boost {beacon} It’s Friday. An early g’mar chatima tovah to those fasting for Yom Kippur. In today’s issue: Vance takes GOP midterm message to Iowa Trump boosts plan to lower drug costs RFK Jr. headlines anti-vaccine forum Iran war frustrations rise …
President Donald Trump says existing laws can rein in AI, but experts warn Cold War-era tools have never been tested against frontier models.
UT Austin drops women's studies, gender studies and ethnic studies majors amid low enrollment and political pressure from Texas state leaders.
President Trump signed new executive orders Thursday aimed at expanding hunting and fishing access in the U.S., rolling back restrictions on these activities. The president unveiled “Reinvigorating America’s Hunting Heritage” and “Restoring American Saltwater Angling and Recreation” during a Thursday White House Rose Garden dinner with more than 100 hunters, anglers and outdoor officials. “We…
The State Department just approved a potential $24.3 billion sale of advanced F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia. But some lawmakers are sounding the alarm that the deal could put America’s top military secrets within reach of China.
Democratic Senate nominee Roy Cooper criticized recent Supreme Court rulings that allow Republican committees to spend unlimited funds and receive discounted advertising rates during the highly competitive North Carolina election.
Democrats Nancy Pelosi and Bennie Thompson criticized President Donald Trump’s second-term national security policies, arguing that his actions regarding anti-terrorism funding, TSA privatization, and staffing cuts have weakened the nation’s defenses.
Capitol Hill lawmakers question whether OpenAI and Anthropic are pushing for AI regulation to stifle competition and lock in market dominance.
New evidence highlights the type of spending that benefits communities one can overlook when jetting from Los Angeles to Gotham.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers highlighted the integral role of staffers in the daily functions of Congress on Thursday at The Hill’s annual Notable Staffers event. Sens. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), along with Reps. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) and Bobby Scott (D-Va.), honored their staffers, who were all featured on this year’s list…
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) said Republicans are facing unexpectedly close Senate races in traditionally red states as the party fights to maintain its majority in November. Kennedy told reporters Thursday that he plans to travel to Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa this weekend to campaign and raise money for Republican Senate candidates. “If you told me…
As of Thursday, 13 people had tested positive for the disease and two were still in the hospital.
Former board members for the U.S. Institute of Peace asked a federal court on Thursday to block the Trump administration from etching President Trump’s name into the facade of the institute’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. In an emergency petition filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, lawyers for the former institute…
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) praised President Trump’s “instinctual genius” for giving him the nickname “Lyin’ Ted” during their intense 2016 Republican presidential primary fight. In a Wednesday interview with the New York Post’s “Podcast One,” Cruz called the nickname “politically very effective” at the time, arguing Trump used it to undercut what Cruz considered one…
Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman (D) on Thursday said he feels like he has “lost to Hasan Piker,” following the popular left-wing streamer’s recent comments about the Islamic militant group al Qaeda. “He’s an individual that just declared that we are worse than al Qaeda,” Fetterman told Fox News’s Chad Pergram. “And Democrats are campaigning with…
