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The Hill
The Hill (newspaper)
The Hill, formed in 1994, is an American newspaper and digital media company based in Washington, D.C. Focusing on politics, policy, business and international relations, The Hill's coverage includes the U.S. Congress, the presidency and executive branch, and election campaigns, among other topics, describes itself as centrist and nonpartisan.
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With less than a week left in the most expensive midterms ever, the pressure is on for this cycle’s big spending to pay off. More than $11 billion has poured into races across the country, smashing records as Republicans scramble to keep their House and Senate majorities against a national map that’s shifted in Democrats’...
Caroline Vakil, Julia Mueller ·
Opinions - InternationalUndercutting the secretary of state’s role, Trump has recast U.S. diplomacy in his own image — personalized, transactional, overbearing and opaque.
Brahma Chellaney, opinion contributor ·
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy (R) on Wednesday evening ordered an investigation into whether Mary Peltola’s (D) Senate campaign violated the state law when it reportedly recruited candidates in an effort to detract support from her opponent. The GOP governor cited The New York Times’s reporting earlier that day that found the Democrat’s campaign was involved...
Sarah Davis ·
Opinions - CybersecurityOur adversaries don't need to invent a new intelligence capability to exploit our information. They can already buy it.
Erik Wittreich, opinion contributor ·
Morning ReportIn today's issue: ▪ Obama hits back in cheesecake battle ▪ Peltola denies recruiting other Sullivan ▪ Bolsonaro arrives in U.S. ▪ Netanyahu accuses Arab parties of fraud Former President Obama kicked his feud with President Trump up a notch on Wednesday as he tries to help the blue wave materialize in next week's midterms. Campaigning...
Jared Gans, Sarah Fortinsky ·
Opinions - National SecurityRussia’s hybrid war against Europe, the unfinished war in Iran, and increased cyber-attacks all point to potential disaster.
Mark Toth and Jonathan Sweet, opinion contributors ·
Democrats are giddy about the possibility of a bigger blue wave than expected in the battle for the Senate as polls show that South Carolina, Florida and Mississippi — three seats that were long seen as safe Republican holds — are now competitive races. Democrats view the Republican candidates running in those states as mediocre political...
Alexander Bolton ·
Confident in their odds of flipping the House, Democrats are eyeing ways to curb the powers of the presidency. The effort is not likely to result in any significant reforms while President Trump remains in office and controls the veto pen. But Democrats, who have long accused Trump of abusing his executive authority, want to...
Sudiksha Kochi, Mike Lillis ·
Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) recent hints that he intends to remain GOP leader even if Republicans lose the House have rattled the party’s leadership outlook and raised fresh new questions about the GOP’s future heading into the next Congress. Most House Speakers in recent decades have stepped out of Congress after losing the gavel. And...
Mike Lillis, Sudiksha Kochi ·
Student loan advocates see next week’s midterms as an opportunity for further oversight and potential reversals of policies from the Trump administration that have delayed or denied debt relief and increased monthly payments. Democrats have the potential Tuesday to retake the House and Senate, possibly creating a friendlier environment for student loan borrowers after...
Lexi Lonas Cochran ·
South Carolina’s surprisingly competitive Senate race poses one of the clearest tests of President Trump’s continued sway over Republican voters, as his popularity sinks across the political spectrum. He’ll return to the state for the second time in two weeks Thursday, seeking to boost South Carolina Sen. Darline Graham (R), who he backed in a...
Julia Manchester ·
President Trump looks to be facing a major rebuke from voters as the clock ticks down to the midterm elections. Yet, even as Democratic hopes rise, there are also nagging fears within the opposition party about its chances of taking the Senate, in particular. The overall dynamics are plainly bad for Trump and his party....
Niall Stanage ·
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-N.Y.) criticized rapper Nicki Minaj on Wednesday, saying President Trump's rallies were “poisoning” the artist’s mind. “Maybe she oughta get outside and get offline a little more,” Hochul told reporters. “And stop going to Trump rallies, it’s kinda poisoning your mind.” The Empire State governor was responding to a post...
Mira Bhakta ·
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ousted a top military strategist from the Pentagon, The Hill has learned, marking another senior officer who has been removed from the department since Hegseth took the helm close to two years ago. Hegseth fired Army Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia, who was the Director for Strategy, Plans and Policy, J-5 on...
Filip Timotija ·
Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed responded to his former primary opponent Rep. Haley Stevens’s (D-Mich.) fiancée endorsing his GOP opponent former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.). “Well, I'm building a movement to take on the challenges that Donald Trump is facing. If folks have issues that are more important to them than that, that's fine,” El-Sayed...
Mira Bhakta ·
CampaignFormer President Obama on Wednesday responded to uproar over a recent campaign trail jab at President Trump’s White House decorations, slamming Republicans for focusing more on the joke than on the economy. “They mobilized a whole-of-government response to that joke, not to inflation, but to that joke,” Obama said during a campaign rally in Georgia....
Julia Mueller ·
President Trump criticized Senate Democrats and former Rep. Mary Peltola’s (D-Alaska) campaign on Wednesday amid allegations that the two worked together to put a spoiler candidate on the ballot in an effort to boost their party in the Alaska Senate race. “This is voter fraud at the highest level,” Trump said while rallying in Chillicothe,...
Caroline Vakil ·
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) dropped $500,000 in Mississippi’s Senate race supporting Scott Colom (D), who is challenging Trump-backed Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.). The new ad focused on Colom’s record as a district attorney in the Magnolia State as the Democrat stated he’ll “take on anyone who stands in the way of what’s best...
Mira Bhakta ·
The Trump administration's bid to separate 20,000 mail ballots in California that it says are likely noncitizens met another defeat on Wednesday as a trial judge refused to intervene. U.S. District Judge David Carter ruled California can continue to accept the questioned ballots like any other. “This request violates longstanding constitutional principles mandating that states have control over...
Zach Schonfeld ·
Defense & National Security NewsletterPresented by Palantir {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story A coming clash between Trump and Congress President Trump is headed to a showdown with Democrats and members of his party after Election Day over Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s future leadership of the Pentagon, the Iran war and the Russia-Ukraine conflict. © Jacquelyn...
Ellen Mitchell ·