The Day the Last Swing State Fell

Nearly all would raise their hands to go, ex-military defectors explain, owing to regime loyalty, promise of higher status and a glimpse of the outside world.

The devastation in northern Gaza, now the focus of a punishing Israeli military campaign, has stunned veteran aid officials.

A new bill against “child-free propaganda” criminalizes advocating for not having children. It could affect TV, movies and social media posts.

‘SNL’ cast share a message to President-elect Trump

Russia’s Defense Ministry said its air defense systems intercpted 70 Ukrainian drones over six regions, including 34 over the Moscow region.

After gains by organized labor under President Biden, a second Trump administration is likely to change course on regulation and enforcement.

Since the start of the #MeToo movement, many accused abusers have filed defamation charges against their accusers in retaliation, advocates say. Law professor Victoria Burke wants to change that.

The strike in Jabalya comes after a U.N.-backed report warned that famine was already present, or would soon be, in parts of northern Gaza.

Energy and environment agencies may be helmed during the second Trump administration by officials who have served under the president-elect before. Several ex-Trump officials are among the leading contenders for the jobs, including two who appear to have helped President-elect Trump during his campaign. Former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler apparently sent Trump...

After his election victory, here are five reasons why President-elect Donald Trump may never be sentenced in his New York criminal hush money case.

‘SNL’ cast share a message to President-elect Trump

A GOP majority would be a critical element for President-elect Donald Trump to advance his agenda when he returns to the White House in January.

The cast of “Saturday Night Live” jokingly appealed to President-elect Donald Trump in a cold open sketch in their first episode since the 2024 presidential election. “On Tuesday, Americans went to the polls and elected Donald Trump to be the next President of the United States,” cast member Bowen Yang said in the opening of...

Gunfire erupted on Tuskegee University’s campus Sunday morning as the streets were filled with students, alumni and community members celebrating the school’s 100th homecoming.

President-elect Trump is his own worst enemy, unless his fellow Republicans on the Supreme Court intervene.

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Now that the “pro-worker” GOP led by Donald Trump holds the reins of government, what does it plan to do? A program of handouts for big business and austerity for the rest of us.

Unfortunately, the Office of Civil Rights is applying standards that are legally problematic, burdensome and virtually impossible to meet.

Donald Trump has ambitious Day 1 plans for when he moves back into the White House in January.

Expectations of who will gain, and who will lose, from the president-elect’s second term are already moving markets.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) stood by the statement he released after the presidential election that was critical of the Democratic Party, arguing the working class has a reason to be angry. Sanders joined CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday morning to discuss the election aftermath. While praising President Biden’s efforts for the working class,...

Dearborn residents swung toward Trump. It was a protest vote against Harris and Biden.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Vice President Harris did her “very best” in the presidential election and called on the Democratic Party to look both inward and forward. Sanders joined CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday morning and host Dana Bash asked his thoughts about President Biden in the 2024 race as Democrats question if...

Strikes in northern Gaza and across Lebanon killed at least 20 children, officials said, highlighting the toll of Israel’s war against militant groups on local populations.

CNN’s Dana Bash and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) sparred over the 2020 and 2024 presidential elections, and what a second Trump administration plans to do. Jordan joined CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday morning after President-elect Trump swept the election and Republicans flipped the Senate and are performing well in the House. Bash asked...

Radio host Charlamagne tha God said that Vice President Harris “needs to get a lot more credit” for reviving a “dead” campaign. “I think that she needs to get a lot more credit than she probably is going to get because the campaign was dead, you know, literally,” Charlamagne told ABC News’s Jonathan Karl in...

Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) said Sunday that President-elect Trump has “no enemies list" after Trump made headlines for referring to his opponents as “the enemy within.”  “For the American people who have been listening to these lies from the Democratic left, I will tell you, this is not something that Donald Trump has ever spoken...

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President-elect Trump’s promise to let Robert F. Kennedy Jr. "go wild" on health is demoralizing public health experts, who worry he could meddle with key government agencies, amplify vaccine hesitancy and direct agency funding to favor his preferred views. Those include removing fluoride from public water, promoting a wide variety of unorthodox and unproven treatments,...

President-elect Donald Trump has officially won Arizona, securing 312 electoral votes and sweeping all seven swing states.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayer stepping down is not the “sensible approach” as Democrats float the idea of packing the court before President-elect Trump takes office. Sanders joined NBC’s “Meet the Press” host Kristen Welker on Sunday, where he was asked his thoughts about the idea. “Is that something you...

The Democrat Party lacked the support of a significant percentage of Gen Z women in the recent presidential election.

It is a dangerous precedent that cleverly endows hate with logic and respectability masking a markedly more malign and malevolent intention.

For many of the blue-collar Latino men in and around an Austin Home Depot on the day after the 2024 election, Donald Trump made sense.

The deadly attacks came as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday he has spoken with president-elect Donald Trump three times in recent days.

President-elect Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday and discussed the war in Ukraine, according to people familiar with the call.

For nearly 50 years, Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean has been a critical part of the American global strategic footprint.

President-elect Trump’s momentary talk of unity may underestimate his resentment after multiple impeachments, investigations, indictments and lawsuits.

President-elect Donald Trump has announced he will not be inviting ex-Cabinet officials Nikki Haley and Mike Pompeo to his new administration.

The surge in fighting occurs as President-elect Donald Trump pledges to end the conflict.

Police in the Dutch capital are investigating how the assaults last week in Amsterdam against Israeli soccer fans were coordinated.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) is facing a key decision on whom to tap to fill the term of Vice President-elect Vance as jockeying among Ohio Republicans for the coveted appointment is set to become a knife fight. Vance will be departing the upper chamber only two years after winning his seat, creating a vacancy...

Former Democratic National Committee chair Donna Brazile on Sunday called for a “great introspection” after President-elect Trump outperformed expectations in some Democratic strongholds in the 2024 election cycle. “We should put it all on the table and have a great introspection as to what happened. What happened in New Jersey… and what was going on...

One person was killed and 16 others were injured during a shooting at Tuskegee University in Alabama early Sunday morning. Twelve people were wounded by gunfire and four others sustained injuries not related to shots, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said in a statement. The shooting began around 1:40 a.m. and one 18-year-old man, who...

Art Garfunkel recalls emotional reunion with Paul Simon ‘to make amends’

Projections of the 2024 election show President-elect Donald Trump to have the highest count of the popular vote of any Republican presidential candidate.

A look at what Donald Trump has said he will do in his second term and what can be done the moment he returns to the White House.

A week after ending their five-game losing streak against the Texans, the Jets got manhandled by the Cardinals, 31-6, at State Farm Stadium on Sunday.

Rep. Yadira Caraveo (D-Colo.) on Sunday conceded her reelection race to Republican Gabe Evans, in a win for the GOP as they inch closer to winning control of the lower chamber. The close race for Colorado’s 8th Congressional District still has not been called by The Hill/Decision Desk HQ. "It's been the honor of a...

Art Garfunkel recalls emotional reunion with Paul Simon ‘to make amends’

Republicans are likely to keep the chamber. But if Democrats flip it, the next two years will be marked by opposition.

The Arizona Supreme Court declined to extend the state’s deadline for voters to fix problems with their mail ballots after finding no evidence of disenfranchisement. The American Civil Liberties Union's (ACLU) Arizona arm and the Campaign Legal Center raised concerns that thousands of mail ballots won’t be processed until after Sunday’s 5 p.m. MST deadline,...

Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) touted his party’s performance in the 2024 election cycle and blamed the Biden-Harris administration for Vice President Harris’s defeat in the presidential race. In an interview on NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday,” Lawler pushed back at the suggestion that President-elect Trump’s significant advantage over Harris did not similarly play out in down-ballot...

President Biden and Vice President Harris will make their first public appearance together since last week’s Election when the two leaders attend a Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. Biden and Harris will participate in a wreath-laying at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. First lady Jill Biden and second gentleman Doug Emhoff will...

Chinese companies are trying to exploit burgeoning interest in women-focused content without upsetting male customers.

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A look at what Donald Trump has said he will do in his second term and what can be done the moment he returns to the White House.

A council tasked with restoring order to the nation said it would replace Prime Minister Garry Conille with businessman Alix Didier Fils-Aimé.