The Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday over whether a bank largely owned by Turkey’s government must face criminal charges that allege the bank evaded U.S. sanctions against Iran. Halkbank, which denies the allegations, appealed a lower court’s decision permitting the prosecution to move forward, which has caused tensions in U.S.-Turkish relations after Turkish President Recep Tayyip...
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) will join former President Trump later this month for the launch of his 2024 South Carolina campaign team, the first major event of the calendar year for the former president’s reelection campaign. Trump announced in a release on Tuesday that he will travel to Columbia, S.C., to reveal the leaders of...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) moved to prohibit state-run fund managers from taking environmental, social or governance (ESG) factors into consideration when making investments. “Corporations across America continue to inject an ideological agenda through our economy rather than through the ballot box. Today’s actions reinforce that ESG considerations will not be tolerated here in Florida, and I look forward to extending...
Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) jabbed former Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake on Twitter on Monday amid reports that she is considering making a run for Senate. “Arizona has a very strict resign to run law,” Gallego said, responding to a tweet from a CNN reporter that a source said Lake is thinking of running...
Washington is gearing up for a fight over the fast-approaching debt ceiling limit after Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced last week that the country will hit its borrowing cap of around $31.4 trillion on Thursday. Thus far, lawmakers have held firm on their positions on the debt limit, with Democrats arguing for a swift raise...
At current interest rates, the Fed’s operating losses will impact the federal budget for years, requiring new tax revenues to offset the continuing loss of billions of dollars.
Reps. Marjorie Taylor Green (R-Ga.) and Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) are set to get committee assignments back after being stripped from their assignments in the Democratic-controlled Congress in 2021. The House GOP Steering Committee on Tuesday selected Greene to sit on the House Homeland Security Committee and Gosar to sit on the House Natural Resources Committee,...
Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry on Tuesday thanked President Biden for "getting Brittney Griner home" as the famed point guard delivered remarks in an appearance in the White House briefing room. Standing alongside Warriors head coach Steve Kerr, Curry told reporters being at the White House was a “great opportunity for us from the...
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) railed against both political parties in an appearance at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting, saying “radical” Republicans have put Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in an “unenviable position” at the start of the new Congress. Sinema took the opportunity on a panel with other U.S. lawmakers in Davos, Switzerland, to chastise...
Fidelity Investments, a popular financial services corporation, announced a $250 million commitment to give educational opportunities to Black, Latino and underserved communities. The $250 million will go to the newly launched “Invest in My Education” program to provide scholarships and mentorships for those in underserved communities. “Invest in My Education (ME) is designed as a...
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Tuesday said Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) will be seated on committees, after the embattled freshman lawmaker admitted to embellishing parts of his resume. “He’ll get seated on committees,” McCarthy said in the Capitol when asked if he would be assigned to any panels. The comments come after McCarthy last week...
Focusing solely on data is akin to only looking in the rear-view mirror when driving your vehicle on a busy highway.
President Biden will honor the defending NBA champions, the Golden State Warriors, with a visit to the White House on Tuesday. The Warriors, who beat the Boston Celtics in six games this summer to claim their spot back on top of the league, are in town after defeating the Wizards last night. This is the...
The University of Texas at Austin has barred access to the social media platform TikTok on its Wi-Fi network after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) banned the application from use on government devices. The university told students in an email on Tuesday obtained by The Hill that they were taking the step to comply with...
The White House on Tuesday called on Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to make public the details of any agreements he struck with conservative House members in exchange for their votes to win the Speakership. Deputy White House press secretary Andrew Bates warned that the extent of the deals between McCarthy and the roughly 20 Republicans...
New Oxfam data show that, since 2020, the world’s richest 1 percent have grabbed twice as much new wealth as the 99 percent put together.
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Vice President Harris says “Veep’s” satirical take on Washington life was actually spot-on, according to the show’s star, Julia Louis-Dreyfus. “It was incredible,” the actor — who starred as the conniving-but-bumbling fictional politician Selina Meyer in the HBO comedy — recalled in an interview with Variety published Tuesday. “Her husband, the first gentleman, and she told...
Former Secretary of State and CIA Director Mike Pompeo wrote in his new memoir that his secret meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jung Un in 2018 began with a "joke about assassination." "This small, sweating, evil man tried to break the ice with all the charm you would expect from a mass murderer. ‘Mr....
Veterans who are in a suicidal crisis can now seek emergency care at any medical facility at no cost to them. Starting Tuesday, veterans will have free access to inpatient care or crisis residential care for up to 30 days and outpatient care for up to 90 days, the Department of Veterans Affairs said in...
View Post White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will hold a briefing with reporters Tuesday. Last week Jean-Pierre faced continuing questions concerning the discovery of classified documents from the Obama-Biden administration at Biden’s old office at the University of Pennsylvania and his home in Delaware. The press secretary insisted that the White House is cooperating...
Democratic Rep. Richie Torres (N.Y.) in a new op-ed called fellow Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) a “danger to our democracy and national security” amid the slew of federal investigations the embattled first-term lawmaker is currently facing. In a piece published by NBC News on Tuesday, Torres said that Santos, who defeated Democrat Robert Zimmerman in...
It’s plausible, given what we know about the sources of the information, the timeline and the widespread opposition to Biden running for president again.
A local New Mexico official whose home was shot at last month said on Tuesday that she is “grateful” for the recent arrest of a former candidate for the state legislature who allegedly orchestrated a series of shootings at the homes of elected officials in Albuquerque. “I feel grateful that he’s not out there to...
Former President Trump sounded a note of confidence regarding the possibility Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) might enter the 2024 presidential race, saying, “We’ll handle that the way I handle things.” During an interview with David Brody on “The Water Cooler” on Monday, Trump was asked if it would be a “bad move” for DeSantis...
