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How Congress would decide the presidency if there’s an Electoral College tie

A tie in the Electoral College in November is a very real possibility — and it could even end with a new President Trump and a new Vice President Harris sharing power. The odds are unprecedented in modern history, but the setup of the country’s electoral syst…

What you need to know about the historic cicada emergence

Across the Eastern U.S., trillions of flying, buzzing cicadas are struggling out of the ground and heading for the trees — part of the biggest congregation of the insects to emerge since 1803. This historic emergence is happening from the Gulf Coast to Virgin…

Narrower radiation compensation bill rankles advocates

Advocates of a bipartisan bill to extend and expand compensation for Americans exposed to nuclear radiation by the government are now grappling with a new wrinkle they fear could impede their efforts. While the bill’s sponsors pressure Speaker Mike Johnson (R…

Maryland Democratic Senate primary locked in dead heat: Poll

Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks and Rep. David Trone (D-Md.) are locked in a dead heat in the Maryland Democratic Senate primary, according to a new poll. An Emerson College Polling/The Hill/DC News Now survey released on Thursday showed A…

Megyn Kelly slams Noem’s ‘lies’ following dog, North Korea fallout: ‘She’s been exposed’

Megyn Kelly sharply criticized South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) on Wednesday for writing an inaccurate account of a supposed meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in her new book and for changing her story repeatedly amid the fallout from a separate p…

Judge warned Trump for ‘cursing audibly’ during Stormy Daniels testimony

Former President Trump’s hush money judge at a Tuesday sidebar conference warned him for “cursing audibly” while porn actor Stormy Daniels was testifying. “I understand that your client is upset at this point, but he is cursing audibly, and he is shaking his …

House blocks Greene’s resolution to oust Johnson

The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted to protect Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) from a conservative coup, torpedoing an effort by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) to oust the GOP leader from the top job. The chamber voted 359-43-7 on a motion to table …

Chip Roy raises ‘strong concerns’ Sharia law will be ‘forced upon the American people’

Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) said he has concerns about Sharia law being “forced upon the American people” during remarks on the House floor Tuesday. “Well, I’ve got some pretty strong concerns about Sharia law,” Roy said while discussing his broader worries about…

JFK grandson mocks RFK Jr. as family feud intensifies

Jack Schlossberg, the grandson of former President Kennedy, is mocking his cousin, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an independent candidate for president, as the famous family grapples with political division. In a series of videos posted to Instagram, which are meant…

RFK Jr. says parasite ate part of his brain

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said doctors told him a parasite ate part of his brain, after experiencing memory loss and brain fog in 2010. The New York Times reviewed a deposition of Kennedy from 2012 that detailed his experience with his symptoms and the dead paras…