President Trump’s approval rating held steady in the latest Harvard CAPS/Harris poll as economic concerns have ticked down a bit. The poll released Monday showed Trump’s approval rating at 47 percent, just 1 point down…
For decades, the Bureau of Land Management has wrestled with a vexing problem: how to responsibly manage the tens of thousands of wild horses and burros roaming public lands across the American West. With few…
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) backed legislation Monday establishing a regulatory framework for payment stablecoins, as Senate leadership prepares to bring the bill to the floor once again. Warner represents a key Democratic voice of support…
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Monday that Republicans are nearing an agreement on President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” of domestic priorities, but he suggested it will take two more days of internal discussions before the…
Seven of the 10 inmates who busted out of a New Orleans jail on Friday, including two murder suspects, had not been found as of Monday as a sweeping manhunt is underway in Louisiana. “You…
As a tenuous ceasefire settles after yet another outbreak of military actions between India and Pakistan, the U.S. finds itself in a curious position as peacemaker. Clearly, America’s leaders want (and need) to do everything to keep…
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) said on Monday that Republicans are eyeing early 2027 as the target date for the new Medicaid work requirements in the large budget package intended to advance and solidify…
President Trump is slated to attend a House Republican Conference meeting on Tuesday at the Capitol as the party charts the path forward on a massive reconciliation package containing key pieces of his agenda. A…
The Trump administration plans to establish a “Major Defense Partnership” with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), bilateral cooperation that could mean joint weapons development and closer military collaboration between the United States and the wealthy…
At least 50 Venezuelan men who were sent to a notorious Salvadoran prison by the Trump administration had immigrated to the U.S. legally, a review by the Libertarian Cato Institute found. The Monday report reviewed data for…
Members of former President Biden’s White House staff scripted Cabinet meetings and used multiple cameras to cover flubs he had, according to a new book obtained by The Hill. The excerpts from “Original Sin: President…
Speaker Mike Johnson is set to hold another meeting with Republican members pushing for a higher cap on the state-and-local-tax deduction on Monday night. The 9 p.m. meeting, confirmed by three Republicans granted anonymity to…
The GOP megabill is undergoing some significant changes in the House as conservative hard-liners, moderates and blue-state Republicans all angle to shape the bill to their liking ahead of a potential floor vote this week.…
Vice President Vance told reporters on Air Force Two during his return from Rome on Monday that former President Biden’s cancer diagnosis announced a day earlier shouldn’t stop deeper questions into whether Biden was fit…
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The Supreme Court in an emergency order on Monday allowed the Trump administration to strip legal protections the Biden administration gave to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans, over the public dissent of one of the court’s liberal…
After 52 days of combat, President Trump ordered the cessation of U.S. airstrikes on the Iran-backed Houthi terrorist organization on May 6. A fragile Omani-brokered agreement will notionally see the Houthis stop attacking U.S. military…
Last week, in a massive foreign policy shift, President Trump announced plans to lift all sanctions against Syria, which has been decimated by a decade of civil war. The move has the potential to revitalize the Syrian…
One of President Trump’s top economic advisers on Monday brushed off news that Moody’s Ratings downgraded the U.S. creditworthiness, saying he would still give the U.S. economy the top triple-A rating. In an interview on Fox…
India’s recent military strikes inside Pakistani territory are not just another tit-for-tat reprisal in a long-standing regional dispute. They signal something far more consequential: the end of New Delhi’s strategic patience and the beginning of…