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The Hill’s court and legal affairs reporters Zach Schonfeld and Ella Lee will be live Wednesday afternoon to talk about key stories in the legal affairs realm. Will judges stop President Trump’s naming spree or his White House ballroom? What’s next for the Justice Department’s probe of the Federal Reserve? And how does foreign-inspired terrorism…

Democrats must take a populist economic campaign against the economic royalists who have benefited from Donald Trump’s tax cuts and use the money to fund public health care programs and reduce the wealth gap.

Former national security adviser John Bolton on Wednesday applauded the resignation of Joe Kent, one of the nation’s top counterterrorism officials, who stepped down in opposition of the ongoing U.S. military operation in Iran. Bolton then suggested that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard should follow her former top aide’s lead. “I’m glad he resigned….

Incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and state Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) will officially both be on the ballot for the May 26 GOP runoff, as Tuesday’s deadline came and went without an endorsement in the race by President Trump.  Trump, who said days after the two advanced to a runoff that he would endorse a…

Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) on Tuesday said there’s a “legitimate problem” with the U.S.-NATO relationship, though he suggested it might not be the fault of the U.S. alliance. Smith said there are noticeable differences with how the alliance handled U.S. operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, versus the current conflict in Iran. “Well, there is a…

The “Special Relationship” between the UK and the US was strained when Prime Minister Starmer refused to allow the US to use British bases for a military campaign against Iran, leading to an angry response from President Trump.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) will speak with reporters Wednesday morning to voice their opposition to the GOP-led Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act. The election reform bill, backed by President Trump, would require Americans to show proof of citizenship when registering to vote and to bring a…

The White House this week unveiled a fresh counteroffer in a bid to reopen the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which remains shut down as airport security lines grow and tensions escalate in the Middle East. In a letter outlining the status of negotiations with Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill, the White House agreed to…

A judicial appointee of former President Ronald Reagan on Tuesday ordered Voice of America (VOA) to rehire its employees and resume international broadcasting. The ruling from District Judge Royce C. Lamberth comes more than a year after President Trump significantly downsized the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) and directed Voice of America to dismiss…
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Not only is this pay-to-play arrangement with the federal government unprecedented; it also smacks of possible corruption.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel vowed “impregnable resistance” in response to renewed threats this week from President Trump to take over the island.  “The US publicly threatens #Cuba, almost daily, with overthrowing the constitutional order by force,” Díaz-Canel wrote on the social platform X Tuesday.  “And it uses an outrageous pretext: the harsh limitations of the…

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) pulled no punches at Markwayne Mullin’s confirmation hearing from DHS secretary.

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday accused Joe Kent of spreading “virulent” antisemitism after he resigned from his post as director of the National Counterterrorism Center due to concerns over the U.S. military operation in Iran. Kent, a former Green Beret and CIA paramilitary officer, in his resignation letter accused the Trump administration of launching…

Authorities in Arizona have filed criminal charges against the prediction market provider Kalshi, becoming the first state to do so and setting up a legal battle that would get to the core of growing questions about the company’s business. The 20-count criminal charges allege that Kalshi accepted bets from Arizona residents on a wide range…

The “Last Word” host exposed several new lies from the president before holding his bone spur-riddled feet to the fire over one chilling comment.

Defense Department officials will testify before the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday morning over the U.S. military’s posture in Europe. The hearing comes after President Trump pressed European allies to join his Gaza Board of Peace — garnering some rejections — and “strongly encouraged” other nations to help police vessels traveling through the Strait…

Despite strong public support for Voter ID, the SAVE Act is stalled in the Senate due to pressure from the media and elites, creating a “political vise” that constrains Republicans and allows Democrats to advance their agenda.

Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) attributed a top intelligence official’s decision to step down this week to a divide within the Republican Party over the Trump administration’s strikes on Iran.  Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center and a former top aide to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, urged President Trump to cease…

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) will testify before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday morning, nearly two weeks after President Trump nominated him to replace Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Mullin is expected to face tough questions primarily from Democrats who have refused to fund the Department of Homeland Security for more…

Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard on Wednesday morning will face the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence for a hearing on worldwide threats, a day after her top counterterrorism aide resigned over the Iran conflict. Gabbard will likely be questioned over the ongoing U.S. military operation and her own intelligence leading up to President…

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) late Tuesday said President Trump has “no reason” to invade Tehran but urged the president to “take” Kharg Island to cripple the Iranian regime’s economy.  “No, we’re not going to evade Iran,” Graham told Fox News’s Sean Hannity. “There’s no reason to, we’re going to destroy their ability to hurt us,…

Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) on Tuesday warned President Trump that if the U.S. were to leave NATO, it would split and “destroy” the Republican Party. “If he broke up NATO on his own, it would be a civil war in the Republican caucus, or the conference,” Bacon told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins. “Most of us would…

Former CIA Director John Brennan said the recent resignation of a top intelligence official indicates President Trump’s “Make America Great Again” base might be split on the U.S. military operation in Iran.  Joe Kent, the top aide of Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard, announced his resignation and criticized the ongoing military operations in…

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) finds himself Wednesday morning on the opposite side of a Senate hearing as he lays out for lawmakers why he is best suited to become the Trump administration’s next secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). A day after her counterterrorism director resigned in protest of the war in Iran,…

“I know for a fact that he was aware,” the former security official told Anderson Cooper on CNN.