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Trump’s redistricting revenge push faces test in Indiana

By: The Hill

Published on: May 5, 2026, 10:00 am

A slate of primary elections for the state Legislature in Indiana on Tuesday offer a key test of President Trump's influence as he seeks to oust the Republican state senators who resisted his redistricting push. Trump has endorsed primary challengers against seven Republicans in Indiana's upper chamber who voted against a new GOP-favored congressional map in the state last...

Graham Platner has Democrats wondering if they need an outsider to win the White House

By: The Hill

Published on: May 5, 2026, 10:00 am

Populist Democratic candidate Graham Platner shook up his party's establishment when his primary competitor, Maine Gov. Janet Mills, suspended her Senate campaign last week amid polls that showed she was badly trailing her rival, an oyster farmer who had come out of nowhere to win a national following in the party. Platner’s rise is just...

Murkowski spearheads GOP showdown over Iran

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Published on: May 5, 2026, 10:00 am

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) is leading a push within the Senate Republican Conference for a vote on a resolution to authorize the use of military force against Iran beyond the 60-day window set by the 1973 War Powers Act. But Senate Republican Leader John Thune (S.D.) doesn’t appear eager to schedule a vote that would...

Spirit Airlines collapse could hit flyers, raise costs for other flights

By: The Hill

Published on: May 5, 2026, 10:00 am

The collapse of Spirit Airlines is set to reverberate across the airline industry, after failed bailout talks with the Trump administration led the prominent budget carrier to abruptly shut down over the weekend. The administration had floated a last-ditch bailout that would have given the federal government a controlling stake in the airline, but the...

GOP, Trump face tough midterm odds: 5 things the polls reveal

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Published on: May 5, 2026, 10:00 am

It is almost exactly six months until the midterm elections, set for Nov. 3. As the clock ticks down, the state of the polls is becoming more salient. For now, the Beltway consensus is that Democrats are strong favorites to take control of the House, where the GOP is defending a tiny majority. Democrats could...

Mamdani skips Met Gala, calls attention to fashion workers

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Published on: May 5, 2026, 3:03 am

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) may have skipped the Met Gala, but he still highlighted six fashion industry workers on Monday. “The fashion industry is made possible by the thousands of workers behind the scenes — seamstresses, tailors, retail workers, delivery drivers—whose immense talent and dedication deserves to be celebrated,” Mamdani told culture...

Education Department launches Title XI investigation into all-women's college

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Published on: May 5, 2026, 2:26 am

The Education Department on Monday opened a Title IX investigation into Smith College, a private all-women’s school, for admitting transgender women. In a release, the Education Department wrote that its Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is opening an investigation into the Massachusetts college for admitting transgender women and “granting them access to women-only spaces, including...

Trump disputes ABC reporter's account of call after WHCA dinner

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Published on: May 5, 2026, 1:39 am

President Trump on Monday denied that he called ABC News reporter Jonathan Karl to check in on him the morning after the shooting in the vicinity of the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner. In a video he posted to the social platform X on April 26, Karl said that Trump called him just after...

Obama says his impact would be diminished if he criticized Trump more often

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Published on: May 5, 2026, 12:28 am

Former President Obama has been selective in criticizing President Trump during the latter’s two terms in office. But he said in a recent interview that doing so more frequently would reduce the effect. “For me to function like Jon Stewart, even once a week, just going off, just ripping what was happening — which, by...

Gas prices rise 30 cents in past week

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Published on: May 4, 2026, 11:56 pm

Domestic gas prices have increased by more than 30 cents in the past week, as the U.S. military began efforts Monday to escort commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz. The national average price of a gallon of regular gas is more than $4.45 as of Monday, according to AAA. That is more than 34...

Alito, Jackson spar as Supreme Court speeds up Louisiana redistricting judgment

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Published on: May 4, 2026, 11:49 pm

The Supreme Court on Monday immediately put into effect its ruling invalidating Louisiana’s congressional map, leaving conservative Justice Samuel Alito and liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on opposite sides and accusing each other of lacking restraint. The order speeds up the normal 32-day timeline before the justices formally return a case to the lower court. Some groups questioned...

DOJ takes step to wind down Powell probe

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Published on: May 4, 2026, 11:34 pm

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story DOJ asks judge to vacate Fed subpoena decisions U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro asked a court Monday to vacate its decision to quash two subpoenas in her criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, arguing the...

Iranian official warns US, UAE against 'military solution' as talks make 'progress'

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Published on: May 4, 2026, 11:28 pm

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned the U.S. and United Arab Emirates (UAE) against military action as talks “progress” on ending hostilities in the Middle East. “Events in Hormuz make clear that there's no military solution to a political crisis,” Araghchi said, referencing the U.S. military attempting to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz. ...

German defense ministry: No 'definitive cancellation' of US Tomahawk deployment

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Published on: May 4, 2026, 11:10 pm

Germany’s Federal Ministry of Defence said Monday that the U.S. had not yet ​canceled a Biden administration plan to deploy a battalion with long-range Tomahawk missiles ​to the country, a plan now under threat after President Trump’s recent clashes with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Berlin is “not talking about a definitive cancellation,” ​and the weapons meant...