President Biden on Monday talked with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) as the White House pushes for a vote on a bipartisan border security bill in the Senate. The White House in a statement said Biden "reiterated that Congressional Republicans should stop playing politics and act quickly to pass...
Nearly 40 percent of South Dakota residents said Gov. Kristi Noem's (R) shooting of her dog was justified after the governor faced backlash over sharing the story in her new memoir, according to a new poll. About 38 percent of South Dakotans described the shooting of her nearly 14-month-old hunting dog as justified, while about...
President Biden’s campaign raised $51 million in April and has $192 million on hand as it enters June, the campaign announced Monday. The $51 million haul falls short of the Trump campaign's $76 million fundraising total for the month of April. But Biden campaign officials touted their support among grassroots donors and its organizational advantages...
Human rights attorney Amal Clooney on Monday revealed she helped advise the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor behind the arrest warrants for three Hamas leaders, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his defense ministers. Clooney was among a panel of legal experts gathered by ICC prosecutor Karim Khan to assess the evidence behind his requests...
A federal judge will reopen the sentencing hearing for the man convicted of assaulting Paul Pelosi after the judge failed to let him speak during last week's sentencing hearing. The decision comes just days after Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley sentenced David DePape to 30 years in prison for breaking into the California home of Pelosi....
All eyes turned to Robert Costello on Monday after he was called to the witness stand in former President Trump's hush money trial and was quickly admonished by the judge for his courtroom behavior. Minutes after Costello, a former legal adviser to ex-Trump fixer Michael Cohen, took the witness stand Monday, Judge Juan Merchan asked...
Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Small plant may play key role in Colorado River's future A water district that serves on the Western Slope of the Rocky Mountains is preparing to invest $98.5 million in a tiny hydropower plant as part...
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s sudden death has thrown into question who will take the place as Tehran’s next supreme leader. Raisi, 63, who was killed in a helicopter crash Sunday along with Iran’s foreign minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, was widely considered a leading candidate to take the place of current Islamic Republic Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali...
The prosecution rested its case Monday in the New York criminal trial of former President Trump. Michael Cohen, Trump’s former attorney-turned-enemy, was the last witness for the prosecution. Much of last week was dominated by Cohen’s testimony. He endured some more rough moments Monday. The defense has now moved onto its shortlist of witnesses. Closing...
The approval rating for President Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war has dropped to its lowest point in a new poll, as the fighting continues in Gaza. The latest Harvard CAPS/Harris poll found Biden with a 36 percent job approval rating on the conflict, down from 39 percent last month and 44 percent back in...
President Biden said what is happening in Gaza is not genocide and reiterated his support for Israel as he hosted a White House celebration for Jewish American Heritage month Monday. Biden addressed dozens of guests gathered in the Rose Garden, where he rejected claims that Israel is carrying out genocide in Gaza, criticized an International...