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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton encouraged seniors on Tuesday to listen to former President Trump’s remarks on Social Security after her 2016 presidential opponent seemed to open the door to entitlement cuts in a recent CNBC interview. “Have seniors in your life? They should see this,” Clinton wrote in a post on X, formerly...

U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday defended their actions on Jan. 6, 2021, as House Republicans zeroed in on pipe bombs found near the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Republican National Committee (RNC) that day. Tuesday kicked off a series of hearings by the House Administration Committee’s Oversight subcommittee on the events of Jan. 6. The...

Uvalde Police Chief Daniel Rodriguez resigned from his post on Tuesday, just days after a local report found that the city’s officers did not violate policies during their response on May 24, 2022, when 19 students and two teachers were killed in the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas. "After deep contemplation and consideration,...

House Democrats criticized a social media post by Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.) in which he called Haiti a “shithole” Tuesday. "I couldn't disagree more with the disparaging comments of some of our Republican colleagues on the people of Haiti, who are people who deserve rights and dignity and freedom and prosperity just like people do...

The LGBTQ media advocacy organization GLAAD is launching a new multimedia ad campaign calling for the removal of Oklahoma’s top education official, whose views and policies on LGBTQ issues have come under heavy scrutiny since the death of 16-year-old Nex Benedict last month. The 30-second spot will air on digital and streaming platforms in Oklahoma starting Tuesday...

Warriors star Stephen Curry said on Tuesday he would “maybe” consider running for president at some point in the future. When asked in a new interview on CBS Mornings about the possibility of “Steph Curry for president,” Curry responded, “Maybe.” CBS News’s Jericka Duncan pressed, “You have an interest in politics?” “I have an interest...

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) poured some cold water on former President Trump’s recent comments about launching another effort to repeal and replace the 2010 Affordable Care Act, telling reporters Tuesday the fight over the law seems “largely over.” McConnell said he would not weigh in directly on the “development” of Trump’s policy agenda...

The leader of Amazon's sole successful unionization effort said on Monday that American workers can't rely on the Democratic Party to secure better pay and conditions. “We’ve seen over the last few years, the uprise and the resurgence of labor, which is great,” Amazon Labor Union (ALU) head Christian Smalls said at a taping of the "Touré Show" at SXSW, the...

LaGuardia Airport has made a significant comeback in passenger rankings, after years as a laughingstock. After having one of the worst reputations, LaGuardia, in Queens, has bounced back, now ranked the "best airport of 25 to 40 million passengers in North America" in 2023, according to a new passenger survey. The airport has undergone a...

The federal judiciary’s policymaking arm announced a new policy aimed at combating so-called “judge shopping,” which has allowed state attorneys general and advocates to effectively choose their judges in some cases. The Judicial Conference announced the move at its biannual meeting, held in the nation’s capital on Tuesday, following increasing pressure to act from Senate Democrats, the...

Hours after special counsel Robert Hur’s Feb. 8 report cleared President Biden of wrongdoing in his handling of classified documents but called into question his memory, the president called a press conference in which he lashed out at Hur for bringing up the death of his son, Beau Biden. “How in the hell dare he...

Americans’ support for same-sex marriage has dropped for the first time in about a decade, according to new data from the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI). The data from PRRI’s American Values Atlas (AVA) survey found support for same-sex marriage dropped two points, from 69 percent to 67 percent, from 2022 to 2023. The last...

Welcome to The Hill's Campaign newsletter {beacon} Campaign Report Campaign Report   The Big Story Biden, Trump look to lock down nominations Both President Biden and former President Trump are poised to officially clinch their parties’ nominations for 2024 on Tuesday, with a few more states holding their contests. © AP Photo Georgia, Mississippi and...

Story at a glance Most Americans still dream about owning their own home but over 60 percent don’t think they will ever be able make that dream come true, according to a new survey from market research firm The Harris Poll. The 2,047-person survey shows while 81 percent of U.S. adults would like to...

More enlightened companies are beginning to appreciate the reality that whistleblowers are not the disgruntled troublemakers they are so often made out to be.

President Biden mourned the death of dual U.S.-Israeli citizen Itay Chen in a statement Tuesday, after Israeli officials confirmed he died during the Oct. 7 massacre in Israel. “Today, our hearts are heavy. Jill and I are devastated to learn that American Itay Chen was killed by Hamas during its brutal terrorist assault on October...

Preemptively addressing such an ideology at home is like a vaccination that introduces the disease in order to ward it off.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is pressing Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to schedule a vote on the reauthorization of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA), which the Senate passed with 69 votes last week. Johnson and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) opposed an earlier version of the legislation that the Senate attached to the National...

A California Democrat is marking Women’s History Month with a tribute on the House floor to “one of the most influential Latin artists of all time,” singer Selena. “Few artists have shaped American and Latin music like Selena Quintanilla-Pérez,” Rep. Robert Garcia said Tuesday on the floor of the House. “The queen of Tejano music — who...

Congress must hold the Postal Service accountable and remedy this problem. Last week, Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and I introduced bipartisan legislation, the Mail Traffic Deaths Reporting Act, which would codify the inspector general’s primary recommendation.

Special counsel Robert Hur clarified Tuesday that his report did not “exonerate” President Biden in his handling of classified materials as some Democrats claimed, though he ultimately did not find charges were warranted. Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, used his opening remarks to say Hur’s report “represents the...

The reality is that crimes of rape and sexual violence are notoriously difficult to document or verify, even in non-conflict settings.

Democrats on Tuesday sought to turn the tables on Republicans who zeroed in on special counsel Robert Hur’s commentary on President Biden’s memory, turning repeatedly to video clips of former President Trump mangling words, mixing up individuals or forgetting details. House Judiciary Committee ranking member Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) opened the hearing with a video montage...

Permanent ceasefire supporters would apparently rather tilt at windmills than provide real, albeit temporary, relief to Gazans.

Bipartisan members of Missouri’s House delegation are calling on Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to include the radiation compensation bill that recently passed the Senate in an upcoming appropriations bill. In a letter Tuesday, Missouri Reps. Cori Bush (D), Ann Wagner (R), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R) and Mark Alford (R) asked Johnson to include the bill, which...