An audio recording of former President Trump discussing a secret government document at his New Jersey club dealt the latest blow to his evolving and growing defenses against charges over his retention of classified information. The recording appeared to undercut a claim Trump made a week earlier, in which he suggested he may not have...
The Small Business Administration’s (SBA) oversight office released new findings, estimating that tens of billions of dollars disbursed by the agency through pandemic loans programs intended to help small businesses were paid to “potentially fraudulent actors.” The SBA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) said in a report on Tuesday that the agency disbursed about $1.2 trillion in COVID-19...
Former President Trump is “stronger than he was in 2016,” House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said in an interview Tuesday that followed one in which he questioned whether Trump is the strongest possible nominee for the GOP in 2024. McCarthy told Breitbart News that media outlets are trying to divide Trump from House Republicans, but...
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) suggested Monday that the problem with American politics is that “we’re electing idiots.” “Look, I think that the country right now faces hugely challenging and fundamentally important issues,” Cheney said at an event with the cultural and community center, 92nd Street Y, New York. “What we’ve done in our politics...
Former President Trump took a 3-point lead over President Biden in a hypothetical head-to-head match-up ahead of the 2024 presidential election. In a Morning Consult poll published Tuesday, 44 percent of respondents said they’ll cast their support for Trump, while 41 percent of those said they would choose Biden. When asked about a hypothetical matchup...
A hacker group known as SiegedSec revealed this week that it was behind a breach that targeted a Texas government website on Friday. The group said in a post on Telegram that it targeted the website and stole about 500,000 files in retaliation to the state’s recent decision to ban gender-affirming care for minors, the...
Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday sought to strengthen his hold on New Hampshire GOP primary voters as he and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) held dueling campaign events in the Granite State. Trump spoke at a luncheon for the New Hampshire Federation of Republican Women, where he took aim at DeSantis on foreign policy,...
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley attacked former President Trump Tuesday over his policy on China, saying he “showed moral weakness” during meetings with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. In a speech at the American Enterprise Institute, the former U.N. ambassador gave Trump credit for “making both parties take off their blinders” on China, but said he...
Welcome to The Hill's Campaign newsletter {beacon} Campaign Report Campaign Report The Big Story Trump, DeSantis rivalry hits New Hampshire Former President Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took their rivalry to the Granite State today as the two Florida Republicans held dueling campaign events. © AP Photo/John Raoux, File/Andrew Harnik Tensions within the GOP...
Rainforest loss accelerated last year compared to 2021 despite 100 international leaders’ pledge to end deforestation by 2030, according to a report released Tuesday by the group Global Forest Watch. Tropical forest loss increased 10 percent last year from the previous year, according to the group’s report. The loss was equivalent to about 11 soccer...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is asking a federal judge to dismiss the lawsuit Disney filed against him earlier this year, arguing that he and the secretary of Florida’s Department of Economic Opportunity are “immune” from the litigation. “The Court lacks jurisdiction over at least two defendants—the Governor and the Secretary—who are also immune from...
States across the country would be wise to follow Michigan’s blueprint for adopting popular pro-democracy reforms on a nonpartisan basis.
Student loan borrowers are frustrated and anxious only three months away from being forced to resume payments after a three-year hiatus. For the roughly 40 million Americans who owe the federal government student loans, interest will begin accruing on that debt in September. Payments will be due again in the beginning of October. As the...
Former President Trump on Tuesday brushed aside an audio recording that appeared to capture him discussing classified materials with guests at his New Jersey club in 2021, an incident at the center of his federal indictment. "I don’t know of any recordings that we should concerned with because I don’t do things wrong. I do...
The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute filed a $1 million suit this month against a cleaning firm after one of its janitors turned off a laboratory freezer, ruining years of research that “had the potential to be groundbreaking,” according to the suit. The janitor, the suit says, was annoyed by an alarm from the freezer and turned...
Three liberal and three conservative justices on Tuesday came together to reject a bid that would have given state legislatures broad authority over congressional maps and federal elections. Chief Justice John Roberts authored the majority opinion, joined by the court’s three liberal Justices Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson, as well as conservative...
The Ford Motor Co. is planning to cut at least 1,000 employees in North America, largely from its engineering department. A company spokesperson told The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday that the company began informing some salaried employees that their jobs will be cut in the following weeks. The spokesperson also told the media outlet...
Stories of accidental tips, while rare, are not uncommon among folks in the service industry. But an $800 tip? No mistake about it.
These restrictions undermine President Joe Biden’s promise to end inhumane Trump-era border policies. What he is instead doing is making a shambles of the right to seek asylum.
Former President Trump holds a 28-point lead over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in New Hampshire, according to a new Saint Anselm College Survey Center poll released as the two candidates campaigned in the Granite State on Tuesday. Forty-seven percent of respondents said they supported Trump, marking a five-point increase since the last Saint Anselm survey...
Fox News host Steve Doocy suggested former President Trump may have been behind the leak of an audio recording showing Trump talking about his handling of classified documents. “You know what? If Trump thinks it’s an exoneration of him, perhaps somebody on his side actually did the leaking to CNN and Maggie Haberman," Doocy said on...
The Supreme Court upheld the right of courts to review the constitutionality of federal election maps produced by state legislatures on Tuesday, rejecting the so-called “independent state legislature” theory advanced by the North Carolina GOP. The case, Moore v. Harper, arose as the North Carolina Supreme Court struck down a federal congressional map approved by...
The makers of “Wheel of Fortune” are ready to solve the puzzle, spelling out the classic game show’s new host: Ryan Seacrest. Sony Pictures Television said Seacrest inked a “multi-year agreement” to host the show beginning in September 2024. Seacrest will also serve as a consulting producer. “I’m truly humbled to be stepping into the...
The absence of meaningful communication between the U.S. and Chinese militaries is a high-risk and increasingly dangerous proposition.
