It’s an award fully focused on comedy, yet some serious drama surrounded the Kennedy Center as Bill Maher received this year’s Mark Twain Prize. But the controversy about the name and future of the Kennedy…
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has an ambitious legislative agenda this week, but it’s unclear whether he can move those priorities forward as a group of conservative hard-liners demand action on the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility…
President Trump and his Republican colleagues are in a race against time, hoping that inflation can be bent downward in time to revive their chances in November’s midterm elections. Seen through one lens, the picture…
The U.S. men’s national team’s clash with Bosnia-Herzegovina this week will mark a major moment for soccer in the United States, which has exploded in popularity since the World Cup was last played on North…
GOP lawmakers fear that President Trump is out of sync with them and many American voters on the economy, the biggest issue of the 2024 midterm elections. Trump’s refusal to sign the 21st Century ROAD…
President Donald Trump is showing little urgency in sending nominations to the Senate even as the GOP’s control of the chamber beyond 2026 is increasingly in doubt. There are more than two dozen federal court…
Rick Scott swears he’s not up to something. Fresh speculation about the Florida Republican’s ambitions erupted again in recent days after he invited President Donald Trump to address the Senate at an especially sensitive moment…
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) and Dave McCormick (R-Pa.) stepped in to organize Pennsylvania’s presence in “The Great American State Fair” in Washington, D.C. after Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) said state officials could not find…
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said that large technology companies want to have “totally unchecked power” and should be split up. “The problem that we have is that these big companies, they think they are governments,…
The U.S. and Iran have agreed to “stand down for now” and allow ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz after renewed fighting in the past few days, a U.S. official told The Hill…
Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) has been released from the hospital after a car crash that resulted in minor injuries, he said Sunday. “Earlier today, a Delaware driver experienced a medical incident and collided with several…
Iran’s ambassador to Mexico praised the country’s national soccer team after its elimination from the FIFA World Cup, while also highlighting the controversial video review decisions that influenced the outcome of the tournament. In a…
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.) said Sunday he has a “positive predisposition” toward acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, whom President Trump has nominated for the full-time post. “I’m going to go through the nomination process.…
President Trump said Sunday that the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool will be drained shortly after the country’s 250th anniversary celebrations wrap up, accusing criminals of both damaging the lining and creating algae. “The Reflecting Pool…
Prominent activists with the “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) movement are raging and saying they feel betrayed after the Supreme Court sided with pesticide maker Monsanto on Thursday and said it did not need to…
Political campaigns and committees spent $740,330 on World Cup advertising during the first two U.S. matches, according to an analysis by AdImpact for POLITICO. An artificial intelligence regulation PAC and two political groups allied with…
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney celebrated his country’s knockout victory over South Africa on Sunday afternoon, posting — in English and in French, of course — that the squad were, “True Canadian heroes,” and adding,…
President Trump on Sunday blasted Janeese Lewis George, the Democratic nominee for mayor of Washington, D.C., as a “communist” whose policies will harm the district. “Janeese Lewis George, the Communist who is almost certainly going…
Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania has notched a lead in the 2028 World Cup primary, having attended three matches leading into the knockout round — just ahead of Secretary of State Marco Rubio. In an…
During a Sunday interview on ABC News’s “This Week,” Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.) addressed an awkward moment with Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) while he was facing pushback from President Trump over a video directing servicemembers…