The Heritage Foundation is bringing on a longtime Trump aide to advise its efforts to identify personnel and lay the foundation for the next Republican presidency, the conservative group announced Tuesday. John McEntee, who served as then-President Trump's personal assistant before leading the White House Presidential Personnel Office, is joining the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025,...
Almost half of voters in last year’s midterms cast their ballots before Election Day, according to new data from the U.S Census Bureau. New Current Population Survey (CPS) data reveals that 47.1 percent of midterm voters did so before Election Day, up nearly 10 percentage points from the 37.8 percent observed during the 2018 midterms. ...
A friend of E. Jean Carroll, the woman who has accused former President Trump of raping her in a New York department store in the 1990s, testified Tuesday that Carroll called her right after the alleged attack. Lisa Birnbach, a longtime friend of Carroll, an author and advice columnist, testified in support of Carroll’s claims...
The Justice Department on Tuesday announced 288 arrests made in an international operation targeting the trafficking of fentanyl and opioids on the dark web. “The Justice Department is cracking down on criminal cryptocurrency transactions and the online criminal marketplaces that enable them,” U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said in remarks. The DOJ’s Joint Criminal Opioid...
President Biden plans to warn congressional leaders next week against a default with the White House on Tuesday digging its heels on the notion that it won’t negotiate any spending cuts related to a debt limit deal. “The president has been very clear, he’s not going to negotiate about avoiding default, this is Congress’ Constitutional...
China has updated its conscription laws to allow former soldiers to re-enlist and increase investment in cyberwarfare and space expertise, The Guardian reported. The revised rules went into effect on Monday after China’s state council and central military commission approved them. The updated rules were made to provide “institutional guarantees for consolidating national defence and...
The U.S. Embassy in London is weighing in on the accuracy of Netflix's new show, "The Diplomat." In the video shared on the U.S. Embassy's Twitter, spokesperson Aaron Snipe goes through four facts the first episode of the show got right and one it got wrong. The video includes a clip of Keri Russell, who...
Welcome to The Hill's Campaign newsletter {beacon} Campaign Report Campaign Report The Big Story The GOP’s unsettled 2024 field While polls show former President Trump far outrunning announced and prospective Republican rivals, the field is still taking shape. © AP Photo/Evan Vucci/Mark Pynes/The Patriot-News via AP/Charles Krupa Over the weekend, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott teased...
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Tuesday threw his support behind the thousands of writers striking to fight for better pay as Hollywood grapples with the streaming era. “Last year, 8 Hollywood CEOs made nearly $800 million, yet pay for TV writers has fallen by 23 percent over the last 10 years,” Sanders said. “I stand...
The former Memphis police officer who initiated the January traffic stop of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols, the beginning of a police encounter in which the Black man was beaten to death, will face no charges, the Shelby County District Attorney's office announced Tuesday. Former officer Preston Hemphill "did not pursue Tyre Nichols and never left the...
Andrew Yang, former Democratic presidential candidate and now the co-chair of the Forward Party, said in a new interview that the United States is in a "faux democracy." "Our lives can just sink in the mud, it doesn't matter in this political system, and so you have this essentially faux democracy at this point," Yang...
A group of more than 250 Democratic Congress members signed an amicus brief urging the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse its ruling to limit access to the abortion pill mifepristone, which is currently paused as it goes through the appeals process. In their brief, the lawmakers argued that Congress granted the Food and...
President Biden is considering nominating Federal Reserve board member Philip Jefferson for the role of Fed vice chairman and World Bank U.S. Executive Director Adriana Kugler for a spot on the U.S. central bank’s board of governors, according to the Wall Street Journal and New York Times. Jefferson would take the spot last held by...
Actor Michael J. Fox in a new op-ed for USA Today promoted the discovery of a test he's hailing as "one of the most significant Parkinson’s breakthroughs in decades." A newly developed and "remarkably accurate" spinal fluid test can detect Parkinson's in the cells of living people, according to Fox, who suffers from the disease....
The Biden administration will allow Afghan evacuees to renew their temporary status in the U.S. as their authorizations begin to expire this summer amid inaction from Congress. The effort comes as Congress has failed to act on the Afghan Adjustment Act, a bill that would allow the roughly 80,000 Afghans who fled to the U.S....
The Biden administration is planning to temporarily deploy 1,500 active-duty troops to the U.S.-Mexico border ahead of an expected surge in migrants. The announcement comes as Title 42, a policy that allows for the rapid expulsion of migrants at the border and blocks them from seeking asylum, is set to expire May 11. A U.S....
Hollywood writers are on strike, and — from late-night shows, to beloved sitcoms and major movies — the effort could have a significant impact on what millions of viewers are watching on TV and in the theaters. The Writers Guild of America (WGA), a union representing 11,500 professionals, announced it voted to strike beginning Tuesday. The move...
The last of four former Minneapolis police officers facing state charges in the death of George Floyd has been convicted of aiding and abetting manslaughter. Tou Thao was convicted for his role in the murder of Floyd, who died on May 25, 2020, when former police officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on his neck for more...
A former federal judge who was an informal advisor to former Vice President Pence submitted a written testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee ahead of its Supreme Court ethics hearing on Tuesday. In the testimony, obtained by Politico, J. Michael Luttig wrote that the Supreme Court should subject itself to the "highest possible professional and...
Former President Trump traveled to Scotland on Monday to break ground on a new golf course, as a trial continues in New York over author E. Jean Carroll’s rape allegations against the former president. Trump International Scotland said on Twitter that the former president is constructing a new golf course in Aberdeenshire in honor of...
A new poll has found that just 44 percent of Americans hold a favorable view of the Supreme Court, underscoring how the decision to overturn the Roe v. Wade ruling has hit the court's image. The poll by Navigator, a Democratic pollster, found 48 percent hold an unfavorable view of the court, a number that...
Biden’s response to Beijing’s and Pyongyang’s growing nuclear and ballistic-missile threats, embodied in the Declaration, will do little to alleviate these ROK concerns.
Progressive group NextGen PAC endorsed President Biden for reelection on Tuesday, giving the president a boost with young voters a week after announcing his 2024 bid. The group pointed to Biden’s work on student debt, gun safety, LGBTQ rights, marijuana reform, and economic justice as reasons for their endorsement. “It is clear that Biden is...
BestReviews is reader-supported and may earn an affiliate commission. Details. New book empowers kids to hold fast to their dreams IN THIS ARTICLE: Being a storyteller isn’t something that’s limited to a particular medium or method of expression. Dolly Parton has proven this time and again throughout her long and illustrious career. Whether she’s telling a...
Minnesota authorities have arrested and charged a man accused of setting fires at two mosques in Minneapolis and vandalizing the office of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), prosecutors announced. Jackie Rahm Little, also known as Joel Arthur Tueting, was arrested over the weekend by the Blue Earth County Sheriff’s Office and charged in a federal criminal...
