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An American citizen who allegedly spied for China was arrested on Thursday, Germany's federal prosecutor office said, as reported by The Associated Press. The suspect, Martin D., was arrested in Frankfurt and his home was searched, the office said, according to AP. The suspect had previously worked for the U.S. Armed Forces in Germany and...

Rep. David Valadao (R-Calif.) will win another term representing his House district, a key victory for Republicans trying to keep their narrow House majority, Decision Desk HQ projects. Valadao defeated Democrat Rudy Salas in a rematch of the 2022 race for California’s 22nd Congressional District. His win is particularly notable because he was running in...

Florida Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D) applauded Susie Wiles as President-elect Trump’s choice for chief of staff on Thursday. “Congrats to @susie57! I worked with Susie in the DeSantis Administration. She is brilliant, tough, strategic. She will serve the country well,” Moskowitz said in a post on the social platform X. Wiles has been the Trump...

Rep. Dave Schweikert (R-Ariz.) is the projected winner of Arizona’s 1st Congressional District, according to The Hill/Decision Desk HQ. Schweikert has represented parts of Phoenix and Scottsdale, Ariz., for over a decade, and on Tuesday defeated Democrat Amish Shah, earning him an eighth term in Congress. Political observers considered the race to be one of...

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) said on Wednesday tax cuts are key to his state’s shift to the left in the wake of President-elect Trump’s win in the 2024 presidential election. Republicans made gains in large portions of the U.S. in the 2024 presidential election, according to a map from The New York Times. However,...

Podcaster Joe Rogan called on President-elect Trump to "unite people," saying that the Republican should "not attack" the left or right. "He’s got to unite people. He’s got to not attack the left, not attack everybody, let them all talk their s---, but unite. Now it’s time to unite everybody,” said Rogan, as highlighted by...

Rep. Dan Newhouse (Wash.), one of the original 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach then-President Trump after the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot, is projected to survive a challenge from a Trump-backed contender, according to Decision Desk HQ. Newhouse won another term to represent Washington’s 4th Congressional District, which is situated in the middle of...

Control of the House has yet to be determined as a number of critical races remain too-close-to-call, leaving lawmakers — and voters — waiting to see which party will hold the majority next year. Republicans had secured 214 seats in the lower chamber as of Thursday evening, with Democrats trailing at 200 seats, according to Decision Desk HQ. A total...

Democratic strategist David Axelrod agreed with Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy’s assessment of the Democratic Party following Vice President Harris’s loss to President-elect Trump in the 2024 White House race on CNN Thursday. “The people pulling the strings in the Democratic Party, get rid of them, they’ve lost the plot. Tonight it is on the...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Education announced an agreement aimed at addressing food insecurity among college students in a press release issued Thursday. The partnership between the USDA's Food and Nutrition Service and the Education Department's office of Federal Student Aid attempts to increase awareness among college students of the...

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Dems’ post-Roe abortion argument hits its limit With President-elect Trump's victory and mixed results at the state level, Democrats and abortion rights advocates appear to have hit the limit of their attempts to tie Republicans and Trump to abortion...

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) criticized The Associated Press on Thursday over its call for the Republican challenger in the Pennsylvania Senate race, saying the outlet “shouldn’t make a call in this race” just yet. “We still have tens of thousands of votes to be counted across the Commonwealth,” Fetterman said in a post on social platform X. “@AP_Politics shouldn’t...

Click for the latest from The Hill {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Biden expected to complete draft LNG study this year The Biden administration plans to publish a draft study by the end of this year that could have implications for the future of new gas exports. © Marie D. De...

Susie Wiles, President-elect Trump’s campaign co-chair and a veteran political consultant, was picked as his chief of staff on Thursday.  “Susie Wiles just helped me achieve one of the greatest political victories in American history, and was an integral part of both my 2016 and 2020 successful campaigns,” Trump said in a statement. “Susie is...

Trump’s electoral victory will be much less meaningful if he leaves office in four years without addressing our debt and deficit problems.

Corey Lewandowski said that Steve Bannon doesn’t speak for President-elect Trump when reacting to the former strategist’s recent remarks about the federal government. “No one speaks for the President but the president, and what the president said and as he said it last night on the stage is that he's going to be a president...

Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein argued that Democrats “betrayed their base” and that the leaders of the party need to step aside to “allow a proper opposition” to fill in. "The Democrats have really lost credibility. They are seen as bought and paid for … Their primaries are rigged, power is top down," Stein...

George Conway, a former advocate for President-elect Trump who has been outspoken against his candidacy, argued in an op-ed in The Atlantic Wednesday that America “did this to itself.” “This time, the nation was on notice. Back in 2016, those of us who supported Donald Trump at least had the excuse of not knowing how...

Former Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Ronna McDaniel said that an increase in early voting must be the “norm going forward” for the Republican Party following President-elect Trump’s win in the 2024 U.S. presidential election.  “It was so critical that President Trump, he spoke out on this. I mean, there's no better person that's going...

Republican businessman Bernie Moreno, who defeated incumbent Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown (D), noted President-elect Trump’s promise to have tariffs lifted the U.S. economy. “They’re not going anywhere,” Moreno said Wednesday on Fox News. “We’re going to have a tax policy that punishes companies that ship our jobs overseas and a tax policy that rewards companies...

Former President Trump has won the election in key swing states such as Georgia and Pennsylvania, and is projected to win the necessary 270 Electoral College votes, while Republicans have taken back the Senate majority.

Donald Trump is projected to win the state of Arizona, clinching a major battleground state, according to Decision Desk HQ. Arizona is one of seven swing states that held the key to whether Trump or Vice President Harris returned to the White House. The Grand Canyon State went for Trump in 2016 by 3.5 points,...

Republican Jeff Hurd is projected to win Rep. Lauren Boebert’s (R-Colo.) seat in Colorado, according to Decision Desk hQ. Hurd, an attorney, defeated former Aspen City Councilman Adam Frisch for the western 3rd Congressional District. Boebert currently represents the district, though she opted to run in the eastern 4th Congressional District to avoid another competitive race. Democrats sought...

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) said it's time to reflect after Democrats lost key counties in the blue-leaning state following Vice President Harris’s defeat in the 2024 U.S. presidential election. Murphy said Wednesday that “it’s time to look in the mirror and make sure [we] either change our substance, if it needs to be...