Category: The Hill

Black smoke has emerged from the Sistine Chapel after Cardinals held the first vote to select a new pope on the first day of the conclave, signaling that deliberations will continue. The black smoke was visible just after 9 p.m. local time in Rome, indicating that no one received the two-thirds majority vote needed to […]

Denmark has said it will summon the  acting U.S. ambassador after it was reported that U.S. intelligence agencies have been ordered to increase spying on Greenland.  Danish foreign minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen told reporters on Wednesday that he was going to call in the ambassador “for a discussion at the foreign ministry to see if […]

Few non-homeowners expect to buy a home within the next five years, according to a poll released Wednesday. In the new Gallup poll, 25 percent of non-homeowners said they believe they “will buy a home” within five years. Five percent said the same about purchasing a home within a year, 23 percent said the same […]

Fiscal hawks warned House GOP leadership on Wednesday that a major bill being crafted in Congress to advance President Trump’s tax agenda and cut federal spending “must not add to the deficit.” More than 30 Republicans signed onto a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) reaffirming that their support […]

India and Pakistan are on the brink of war. A terrorist attack killed 26 in the beautiful hill station of Pahalgam, Kashmir, on April 22. India blamed Pakistani-trained militants. Early on the morning of May 7, India launched missile attacks on nine sites in Pakistan, calling the strikes “measured, responsible and designed to be non-escalatory […]

Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) on Wednesday slammed a recent GOP push to bring stablecoin legislation to the floor, accusing Republicans of attempting to force a vote before finishing negotiations with Democrats.  “You can’t throw us in the corner,” he said in an interview with MeidasTouch. “You can’t try to f‑‑‑ us and then say like, […]

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) mocked Kristi Noem ahead of her Wednesday visit to his state, telling “all pet owners” to watch out for the Homeland Security secretary, who famously detailed shooting a hunting dog and a goat in a memoir. “Despite the Trump Administration being in office for more than 100 days and falsely […]

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is slated to give remarks Tuesday afternoon after the latest announcement on interest rates, as the U.S. faces economic uncertainty sparked by President Trump’s trade agenda. The Fed’s interest rate committee was set to keep rates where they are despite criticism from Trump and price pressures mounting from his latest […]

President Trump is slated to give remarks from the Oval Office Tuesday during a swear-in ceremony for former Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.), who will serve as U.S. ambassador to China. His remarks come as economic turmoil mounts over how his sweeping tariffs could impact U.S. consumers. While Trump has largely changed his tune on how […]

C-SPAN is asking Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts to allow its cameras into the courtroom during oral arguments in the birthright citizenship case brought by President Trump. In a letter to Roberts dated April 23, the network said the case holds “profound national significance” and its cameras should be allowed to cover the proceedings […]

Cameron Hamilton, the acting director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, will testify before a House Appropriations subcommittee Tuesday afternoon on oversight of the agency. The hearing comes as Homeland Security Secretary (DHS) Kristi Noem has vowed to shutter much of the agency, citing President Trump’s wish for states to have more control over emergency […]

FBI Director Kash Patel will face questioning Tuesday by a House Appropriations Committee panel on oversight and the fiscal 2026 budget for the intelligence agency, just more than 100 days since President Trump returned to the White House. His testimony comes as the FBI has faced scrutiny over layoffs amid the administration’s overhaul of the […]

Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) introduced a bill Wednesday aimed at boosting passengers’ safety and privacy when in the vehicles of ride-sharing service drivers. The measure, titled the Safe and Private Rides Act, would require transportation network companies to alert passengers if their driver is using a video recording device in the […]

North Carolina Appeals Court Judge Jefferson Griffin (R) has conceded defeat in a contested race for a seat on the state Supreme Court, bringing to an end a saga that has lasted six months.  Griffin’s concession to incumbent state Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs (D) came after a ruling from a federal judge for the […]

Americans are growing less optimistic about race relations across the nation, with only 51 percent saying Black Americans will “eventually” have the same rights as white Americans, according to a new survey.  The Pew Research Center examined Americans’ views on race, policing and Black Lives Matter five years after the murder of George Floyd found that a […]

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The Navy has lost a second F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier in the Red Sea, just over a week after the first aircraft sank into the waters, a defense official confirmed to The Hill on Wednesday. An F/A-18 fighter jet was landing on the flight deck of […]

National political correspondent Maggie Haberman is “not sure” if President Trump has an “actual, specific outcome” planned for the implementation of his tariffs on other countries.  Haberman, a CNN contributor, joined Anderson Cooper on Tuesday after Trump met with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney as the countries grapple with increased tensions due to Trump’s tariffs. […]

New Hampshire became the first state in the country to establish a crypto reserve on Monday, giving the digital assets a win after several other states rejected similar legislation. “New Hampshire is once again First in the Nation!” New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte wrote on X Tuesday. “Just signed a new law allowing our state […]

Abu Dhabi will be home to the seventh Walt Disney theme park resort, in a partnership with Miral, a United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based entertainment company, Disney announced Wednesday. An opening date has not been announced, but the Walt Disney Company said in a news release that Miral, which is led by a top Emirati official, […]