What Trump promised oil CEOs as he asked them to steer $1 billion to his campaign  —  Donald Trump has pledged to scrap President Biden's policies on electric vehicles and wind energy, as well as other initiatives opposed by the fossil fuel industry.  —  As Donald Trump sat …

Live Updates: After Stormy Daniels, Testimony Turns to Trump's White House  —  Hours of heated testimony from Ms. Daniels focused on her account of a liaison with Donald J. Trump.  Madeleine Westerhout, who was a key gatekeeper for Mr. Trump during his presidency, followed a Trump Organization employee …

Hakeem Jeffries Flexes Power as Mike Johnson Flounders  —  Some Democrats want their leader to take a harder line if they need to rescue the Republican House speaker again  —  WASHINGTON—House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries stepped in to save Speaker Mike Johnson this week after months …

California Students Get $1 Million After They Were Expelled for Wearing Supposedly Racist Acne Masks  —  School officials falsely accused the boys of posing for a photo in blackface.  —  During a sleepover in August 2017, three 14-year-old boys, two of whom were about to start attending St …

There's A GOP Plan For An Execution Spree If Trump Wins The White House  —  Buried on page 554 of the plan is a directive to execute every remaining person on federal death row — and dramatically expand the use of the death penalty.  —  LOADING  —  During the final six months …

Ex-Nebraska Lawmaker Faces New Charges in Campaign Finance Case  —  The indictment of Jeff Fortenberry, a Republican, renewed a case in which he was convicted of lying to federal agents but that an appeals court later overturned.  —  Former Representative Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska …

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appears to surprise his running mate with his position on abortion  —  Kennedy and Nicole Shanahan appeared on separate episodes of Sage Steele's podcast, with Kennedy saying women should be able to make the decision “even if it's full-term.”

How Republicans Echo Antisemitic Tropes Despite Declaring Support for Israel  —  Prominent Republicans have seized on campus protests to assail what they say is antisemitism on the left.  But for years they have mainstreamed anti-Jewish rhetoric.  —  The Republican speaker of the House …

Maryland 2024 Poll: Alsobrooks 42%, Trone 41%  —  Home Polls Maryland 2024 Poll: Alsobrooks 42%, Trone 41%  —  Hogan with Majority Support in GOP Primary, But Trails in General Election  —  A new Emerson College Polling/The Hill/DC News Now survey in Maryland finds the Democratic U.S. Senate primary …

Greene's rebellion sparks new talk of consequences for House GOP rebels  —  Possible sanctions include arming the GOP conference with the ability to force a vote on booting hardliners from committees or even ejecting them altogether.

Cease-Fire Talks Stall as Anger Flares Over Israel's Incursion Into Rafah … The halt in talks is a setback amid hopes for an agreement to free hostages.  —  High-level hostage negotiations in Cairo were put on hold Thursday, according to officials briefed on the negotiations and Egyptian state media …

‘Therapy With Hillary’  —  If you want to understand the twisted minds of the Left, you could do worse than watching clips from Morning Joe and The View.  —  Before you say, “Why should I care what those harridans and crazies think?” you should step back for a minute.

‘Failing act of political theater’: Greene ostracized after Johnson ouster push  —  Centrists have regarded the Georgia firebrand with a degree of skepticism for a while.  Now she's even losing conservative allies.

The dangerously illiberal judges  —  A group of Trump appointees vow they won't hire clerks from Columbia because students there engaged in protest they don't like. … It was likely only a matter of time before right-wing federal judges decided to weigh in on student protests over the ongoing slaughter of Palestinians.

New Witness Bill Could Doom Harvey Weinstein at Retrial  —  COVERING THE BASES  —  The proposed law would allow prior bad acts to be used in sexual assault cases—the kind of evidence an appeals court threw out in the Hollywood mogul's case. … The reversal of Harvey Weinstein's rape conviction …

After ‘transformational’ tenure, Pollack to retire June 30  —  President Martha E. Pollack, who oversaw the creation of significant interdisciplinary programs, including a new school of public policy; expanded the affordability and accessibility of a Cornell education; and whose navigation …

‘Total lie:’ Ann Coulter denies opposing Ramaswamy's presidency due to his race  —  Commentator Ann Coulter has denied saying she would not have voted for Vivek Ramaswamy in the Republican Party's 2024 primary elections due to his Indian ethnicity, calling accusations of racism a “total lie.”