California won’t have a female senator for the first time in three decades after two men advanced on Super Tuesday to the general election for the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s (D) seat. Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff and Republican Steve Garvey emerged from the Golden State’s nonpartisan primary on Tuesday, in which the top two vote-getters...
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said on Wednesday that he will vote against the latest government funding package over a Republican-backed provision he argued could allow more “mentally ill individuals” to purchase guns. As part of a sweeping government funding package Congress is set to pass this week, both Republicans and Democrats agreed to a provision aimed...
The GOP leader of the House Education Committee is dismissing as "useless" Harvard University's response to her panel's subpoena in its ongoing antisemitism probe. “Harvard has absolutely failed to comply in good faith with the Committee’s subpoena for information about antisemitism on its campus,” House Education Committee Chair Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) said in a statement. ...
Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), the only House member to endorse Nikki Haley for president, said he is endorsing former President Trump after news broke Haley planned to suspend her campaign on Wednesday. “One hundred percent,” Norman told reporters, when asked whether Haley’s expected withdrawal from the race means he will back Trump’s campaign. Haley officially...
The Colorado River’s “Upper Basin” contingent sent the federal government a proposal outlining its vision for the watershed’s long-term management on Wednesday, as talks among all seven of the region’s states falter. The talks pertain to the forthcoming update of the Colorado River’s 2007 Interim Guidelines for Lower Basin Shortages: rules set to expire at the end...
Armed with rulings green-lighting Trump’s Jan. 6 actions, it’s hard to say what would stop a future president from using the powers of the executive to stay in power indefinitely.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Wednesday endorsed former President Trump’s bid for the White House, a turnaround in the icy relationship between two of the most prominent Republicans in the country. McConnell unveiled the endorsement only after news broke that former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R), Trump's final remaining opponent, was dropping...
Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley formally suspended her campaign on Wednesday and called on former President Trump to earn her supporters' votes heading into the general election. "It is now up to Donald Trump to earn the votes of those in our party and beyond it who did not support him, and I hope he...
President Biden on Wednesday welcomed Nikki Haley supporters to back his reelection campaign as the former ambassador to the United Nations ended her bid for the Republican nomination. “It takes a lot of courage to run for President — that’s especially true in today’s Republican Party, where so few dare to speak the truth about...
Former President Trump ripped Nikki Haley on Wednesday as she dropped out of the GOP presidential race, even as he encouraged her supporters to back his campaign. "Nikki Haley got TROUNCED last night, in record setting fashion, despite the fact that Democrats, for reasons unknown, are allowed to vote in Vermont, and various other Republican...
A top Latino environmental group is launching a Spanish-language TV ad linking the Biden administration's climate initiatives to economic growth, the top issue for Hispanic voters ahead of the 2024 elections. Climate Power En Acción is launching its ad Wednesday to premiere on Univision during Biden's State of the Union address. The ad is scheduled to...
As the new host of “Fox News Saturday Night,” Jimmy Failla says it’s important to him to “lower the temperature in our political discourse.” “I genuinely feel like comedy is failing the country right now, because it's supposed to be common culture, meaning a place where you can put your differences aside and just laugh...
More than 45,000 Democratic primary voters in Minnesota selected “uncommitted” on their primary ballots this year, surpassing support for long-shot Democratic challenger Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) in his home state. With 80 percent of the vote reported early Wednesday morning, “uncommitted” received 45,871 votes – 18.9 percent of the total, according to The Hill/Decision Desk...
Pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) reform has emerged as a bipartisan priority in a divided Congress, as both Republicans and Democrats have advanced a myriad of bills that would begin to address PBMs, their lack of transparency, and the misalignment of the market. At the same time, lobbyists representing large PBMs argue that drug companies (not...
Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Republican challenger Tim Sheehy are locked in a tight Montana Senate race, according to a new poll. The Emerson College Polling/The Hill survey released on Wednesday found that when Montana voters were asked about a hypothetical Senate matchup between Tester and Sheehy, 44 percent backed Tester while 42 percent supported...
The Border Act would have little, if any, impact on the factors that attract illegal immigration to the United States.
Nikki Haley will suspend her Republican presidential campaign on Wednesday, according to sources familiar with her plans. Haley is slated to deliver remarks in Charleston, S.C. at 10 am E.T. The Wall Street Journal, which broke the news, reported that Haley will not endorse former President Trump on Wednesday, but will call on him "to earn the...
Former President Trump will win Alaska’s Republican presidential primary, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ. The GOP front-runner notched another win in what was the last state for polls to close on a busy Super Tuesday. The state’s 29 delegates are allocated proportionally based on how well a candidate performs, but Trump will...
Democrats are beginning to hit the panic button as an implosion in former President Trump’s campaign fails to materialize and a series of polls suggests President Biden is weaker than he was four years ago. Biden is trailing Trump in polls of several battleground states, underscoring concerns that his message isn’t gaining traction with swing...
Former Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-Wash.), who left Congress at the beginning of 2023, has joined the public policy advisory committee of the digital health insurance marketplace eHealth. Other committee members include former Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear (D), former U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams and Susan Kennedy, who was chief of staff to former California...
GOP legal efforts against President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plans have dwindled since their major Supreme Court victory last summer, highlighting the difficulty in challenging these policies on a smaller scale. The win last year blocked Biden from implementing a more than $400 billion plan to forgive up to $20,000 for almost all borrowers. Since...
The switch to cleaner technologies and sources of energy is underway, thanks in part to major Biden administration investments, and the global economy is being physically reshaped to accommodate it. After it appeared to top out at around $200 billion last summer, private investment in manufacturing construction has kept going up. It reached a seasonally...
Nvidia has surged to new highs on the stock market in recent weeks, fueled by optimism about the future of artificial intelligence (AI). The chipmaker — which is a leading manufacturer of the graphic processing units (GPUs) typically used in AI — closed above $2 trillion for the first time Friday, making it the third...
The romantic relationship between Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) and a special prosecutor she appointed to oversee former President Trump’s Georgia election interference case will face fresh scrutiny this week during two local government oversight hearings. Rather than in a courtroom, where many romantic details of Willis’s relationship with Nathan Wade spilled out...