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China stole my sister. Trump can bring her home.

By: The Hill

Published on: May 14, 2026, 4:30 pm

As President Trump sits across from Xi Jinping, I am not just asking for a diplomatic miracle; I am asking the leader of the free world to look a dictator in the eye and demand the return of my sister, a soul who has been stolen by the machinery of hate. Someone must stand strong...

Senate adopts measure to suspend senators’ pay during future shutdowns

By: The Hill

Published on: May 14, 2026, 4:20 pm

The Senate on Thursday unanimously approved a resolution sponsored by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) to suspend senators' pay during future government shutdowns, a new rule that could give lawmakers in the upper chamber a powerful incentive not to block funding bills ahead of key deadlines. The Senate adopted the resolution by voice vote. It will...

Massie trails Trump-backed Gallrein in Kentucky House GOP primary: Poll

By: The Hill

Published on: May 14, 2026, 4:19 pm

A new poll from Quantus Insights has Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) trailing challenger Ed Gallrein, just days before the May 19 Republican primary in Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District. The survey, conducted Monday and Tuesday, found that 48.3 percent of 908 respondents backed Gallrein, whom President Trump endorsed last year amid a feud with Massie, while...

Ramaswamy should show Hinduism is much deeper than a political or racial identity

By: The Hill

Published on: May 14, 2026, 4:00 pm

Hindu philosophy offers something greater than reactive nationalism wrapped in spiritual language.

Why US flags are flying at half-staff on Friday, and the proper way to lower yours

By: The Hill

Published on: May 14, 2026, 3:59 pm

There's a specific way flags are to be lowered to the half-staff position.

Watch live: Vance gives remarks from Maine on Trump economy, anti-fraud efforts

By: The Hill

Published on: May 14, 2026, 3:43 pm

Vice President Vance will give remarks Thursday morning from Maine as the Trump administration ramps up its efforts to combat fraud. The vice president, tapped by President Trump to be the "fraud czar," is also the chair of the White House task force on combatting fraud in federal programs. The task force was created by...

Insurers shouldn't make healthcare decisions: There’s a better way

By: The Hill

Published on: May 14, 2026, 3:30 pm

The system is broken — and it must be fixed now.

Giuliani returns to show after hospitalization: 'It is very nice to be back'

By: The Hill

Published on: May 14, 2026, 3:24 pm

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) returned to hosting his eponymous show on Wednesday, after he was hospitalized earlier this month for viral pneumonia. During a recent episode of “The Rudy Giuliani Show," the former mayor said that he is “in the middle of making a very, very full and complete recovery” and...

What is 'Thucydides trap,' mentioned during Trump-Xi meeting?

By: The Hill

Published on: May 14, 2026, 3:11 pm

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday told President Trump in Beijing ahead of their high-stakes meeting that the major question that China and the U.S. will have to answer is whether they can avoid the "Thucydides Trap." Xi asked if both countries can overcome the "Thucydides Trap and create a new paradigm of major country...

House aims for housing bill vote next week, setting up clash with Senate

By: The Hill

Published on: May 14, 2026, 3:03 pm

The House is moving ahead with a vote next week on an amended bipartisan housing bill, even after President Trump pressured the lower chamber to pass the Senate version. House Financial Services Committee Chair French Hill (R-Ark.) and Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), the committee’s ranking member, on Thursday released the House's version of the “21st...

Keep justice blind: Civil disobedience is an American right, regardless of party

By: The Hill

Published on: May 14, 2026, 3:00 pm

If a single statute can be used aggressively against pro-life activists under one president and against anti-ICE protesters under another, the problem is not who is wielding the weapon, but that the weapon exists. 

NAACP alleges new Tennessee congressional map intentionally discriminates on basis of race

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Published on: May 14, 2026, 2:48 pm

The NAACP on Wednesday alleged in a lawsuit filed in federal court that Tennessee’s new congressional map intentionally discriminates on the basis of race. The legal action follows lawmakers’ decision to carve out the state’s only majority-Black district through a Republican-friendly map that threatens the status of the lone Democrat in Tennessee’s nine-member delegation.  Several Southern states moved to...

Washington has had the anti-fraud blueprint since 1983: Tie it to emergency aid

By: The Hill

Published on: May 14, 2026, 2:30 pm

Congress should make Green Book readiness a precondition for emergency disbursement authority across lending, grant and direct payment programs.

Fetterman: Trump affordability remark was 'clipped'

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Published on: May 14, 2026, 2:25 pm

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) on Wednesday defended President Trump's comment that he is not focused on the financial situations of Americans while negotiating with the Iranian government.  “He said something that got clipped ... saying, 'I’m not thinking about [the] American people financially,’ but what he really was saying — he did say, is, ‘I'm...