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Hundreds of US election administrators are convening to fortify the integrity of upcoming midterm elections, grappling with unprecedented challenges including potential interference from within their own federal government and the lingering spectre of misinformation.
President Trump returns to the U.S. ready to rally on behalf of Republican candidates as the midterm election enters its crucial fall stretch.
With US midterm elections looming, a prominent Republican pollster details the complex and often conflicting sentiments driving the GOP base, from economic concerns to cultural flashpoints, revealing a fractured electoral landscape.
A 40-year-old Pennsylvania woman has tragically died from measles complications, marking the state's third fatality this year, as Australian health authorities monitor a concerning global resurgence of the highly contagious disease.
A new US poll suggests antipathy towards former President Donald Trump is the primary driver for Democrat voters heading into the November midterm elections, overshadowing support for their party's policy agenda.
Former US President Donald Trump has brushed aside urgent pleas to pause advanced artificial intelligence development, labelling dire warnings as overblown and the product of 'negative forces' exaggerating future risks.
Following the midterm convention in Dallas, President Trump's $5,000 campaign promise has generated attention, but not belief. And, Vice President JD Vance characterizes Democrats as extremists.
Limited public discussion of the trust fund's shortfall has experts worried that most Americans don't fully understand the problems Social Security faces — or weigh in on solutions.
That revenue does not include net proceeds of $1.6 billion made by CoreCivic after the recent sale of four of their facilities to the Department of Homeland Security.
New clouds darkened the economic landscape on Friday, as the latest employment report showed the nation shedding 23,000 jobs in July. The number came as an unpleasant surprise to most economists. The
President Trump is touting the benefits of AI data centers after Texas moved to more strictly regulate the industry, which has rapidly become a political lightning rod across the political spectrum. T
The Senate adjourned for a five-week recess early Saturday morning after passing a bill to fund the federal government until Dec. 11 and confirming Todd Blanche as attorney general. Senate Republicans
The Senate early Saturday morning confirmed Todd Blanche as the next attorney general, with the nominee narrowly securing sufficient GOP backing after making a number of promises about how he would ha
The Senate voted early Saturday morning to fund the federal government until Dec. 11 with the aim of averting another government shutdown before the midterm election, sending the bill to the House bef
A federal ban on most hemp-derived THC products is set to be delayed for a month after a last-minute effort to keep the original timeline failed. The Senate voted 61-32 to table a bipartisan amendment
Two U.S. district judges rejected cases defending temporary protections for migrants from South Sudan and Myanmar, leaving some at risk for deportation. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issue
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), President Trump and Senate conservatives reached a deal Friday night to set aside a vote on a budget resolution and defer action on much of the SAVE America
Reality TV star and former Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt said in a recent post that he is working with President Trump on a 25 percent federal film tax. In a Friday post on the social pl
President Trump is asking the Justice Department (DOJ) to reconsider its decision to drop criminal charges against those accused of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, continuing to assert
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Senate confirms Hurst as Pentagon comptroller The Senate confirmed Jules
The Pentagon revoked former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall’s eligibility for access to classified information, accusing him of “unauthorized disclosure of classified information regarding Air Force
The U.S. Army removed a top general overseeing forces in Europe from command in recent days, close to two months before his time in the role is slated to end, two U.S. officials, speaking on condition
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Closed-door AI framework catches tech policy sector off guard The Trump administration's decision to keep its new framework on government AI testing out of
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare The Big Story FDA's food ingredient review rule is coming In his quest to overhaul the food system, Health Secretary Robert F. Kenne
The Trump administration unveiled plans Thursday to overhaul the early education program Head Start for impoverished children. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) — called “Reducing Federal Burde
The Senate confirmed dozens of President Trump’s nominees on Friday, the final day of session before the upper chamber of Congress broke for August recess. In a single 51-47 vote, senators voted to co
President Trump is reportedly renewing his effort to boot Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook from her position, despite the Supreme Court thwarting his earlier attempt in June. A letter from White Hou
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Ex-White House official nominated as DOI watchdog President Trump has nominated a former White House official and Project 2025 author t
Justice Samuel Alito shut down any notion he’s planning to imminently retire from the Supreme Court in an interview with The Wall Street Journal published Friday. It marks the justice’s first known co
President Trump on Friday ramped up the pressure on Senate Republicans to cancel part of their August recess, this time urging embattled GOP senators to stay in Washington until they pass a bill to re
Roughly 18 months into his second term, some of President Trump’s promises and projects domestically and abroad have faced a slew of setbacks and hurdles, yet the administration has not backed down. H
Rep. Chuck Edwards's (R-N.C.) spokesman Paul Shumaker slammed the House Ethics Committee panel that cited him for inappropriate behavior following Edwards dropping his reelection bid for North Carolin
A federal judge in Alabama denied the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) bid to dismiss a case brought by the Trump administration on the grounds it amounted to a vindictive prosecution, finding the
A bipartisan pair of lawmakers are requesting more information from the Trump administration about its plans to install disclaimers outside of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. GO
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Democrats on Friday to unify under the party's candidates, highlighting the growing division between establishment and progressive members amid the curr
