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• House GOP leaders use convention speeches to take aim at 'crazy communists'

  10-09-2026 01:13 via thehill.com
  
  House Republican leaders are sharpening their attacks on Democratic progressives and socialists as the party looks to hold its narrow majority, using the GOP midterm convention in Dallas to frame the 2026 midterms as an existential fight for the country. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) said Wednesday in remarks to the crowd at the...
  
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• Live updates: Missouri will revert to 2022 district map; Trump, Vance to close out RNC midterm convention

  10-09-2026 20:49 via thehill.com
  
  The full Supreme Court on Thursday morning ruled against the GOP-favored Missouri congressional map. In a brief and unsigned opinion, justices sided with a Democratic-aligned organizer, who is attempting to defeat the Republicans’ map by putting it to voters through a referendum. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Denny Hoskins (R) appeared before the state Supreme Court...
  
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• Appeals court denies Trump administration's mail ballot restrictions

  10-09-2026 20:49 via thehill.com
  
  A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a block on the Trump administration’s restrictions on mail-in voting, as the Supreme Court considers the case. Three judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit concurred with U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, who last week blocked the U.S. Postal Service from implementing President Trump’s...
  
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• Trump defends timing of $5,000 dividend announcement

  10-09-2026 20:40 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump defended the timing of his proposal to give every U.S. adult a $5,000 dividend, only if Republicans maintain their majorities in the House and the Senate.  "Why not just give the money now? If you have the money, why not give it now?" Fox News' Laura Ingraham asked Trump in an interview that...
  
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• Trump administration proposes major 2030 census changes: What to know

  10-09-2026 20:03 via thehill.com
  
  The Trump administration proposed to change the national census to only count U.S. citizens and permanent residents and exclude immigrants living in the country illegally ahead of the 2030 census. The Census Bureau released the proposal online Wednesday, more than a year after President Trump directed the Commerce Department, which oversees the bureau, to develop...
  
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• Rep. Madeleine Dean slams Fetterman, calls video appearance 'gravely disappointing'

  10-09-2026 19:34 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.) didn’t mince words about Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) and his video appearance at Republicans’ midterm convention, calling it a “stunt” that she said was “gravely disappointing.”“I will tell you from the ground from suburban Philadelphia, my constituents are livid,” Dean told reporters at House Democratic event responding to the GOP convention on...
  
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• Trump administration alleges UC Berkeley law school favors Black applicants

  10-09-2026 19:24 via thehill.com
  
  Officials from the Justice Department (DOJ) and Education Department alleged Wednesday that the University of California, Berkeley School of Law favors Black applicants over white and Asian applicants, in violation of federal law. In a letter to attorney Tania Faransso, who is representing the law school, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said the institution “deliberately...
  
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• Trump pledges $500 ObamaCare rebate checks

  10-09-2026 19:04 via thehill.com
  
  The Trump administration is pledging to send $500 rebate checks to nearly 1 million Americans who the White House says were overcharged for ObamaCare coverage.In a recorded message posted to the White House X account Thursday, President Trump alleged without evidence that the Biden administration was “massively” overcharging enrollees on the federal health insurance exchange...
  
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• Five things to know about Trump's $5K dividend pledge

  10-09-2026 18:25 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump on Wednesday pledged to dole out $5,000 dividends to U.S. adults only if Republicans keep their control of Congress after the fall midterm elections, the latest financial promise he has made across his two presidencies. The president announced the proposed "Trump dividends" while speaking at the Republican National Committee's (RNC) midterm convention in...
  
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• 5 things to know about Trump's $5K dividend pledge

  10-09-2026 18:25 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump pledged Wednesday to dole out $5,000 dividends to U.S. adults only if Republicans keep their control of Congress after the fall midterm elections, the latest financial promise he has made across his two presidencies. The president announced the proposed "Trump dividends" while speaking at the Republican National Committee's (RNC) midterm convention in Dallas....
  
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• Former President Bush to Gen. Dan Caine: 'Thank God you are where you are'

  10-09-2026 18:14 via thehill.com
  
  Former President George W. Bush on Thursday lavished praise on Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Dan Caine, amid the ongoing war with Iran. “Thank God you are where you are, and we appreciate it,” Bush said to Caine during an event commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The former president,...
  
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• Former President Bush delivers pointed message to general Dan Caine

  10-09-2026 18:14 via thehill.com
  
  Former President George W. Bush on Thursday appeared to subtly critique President Trump’s handling of the Iran war by praising the Joint Chiefs of Staff chair Gen. Dan Caine. “Thank God you are where you are and we appreciate it,” Bush said to Caine during an event commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001,...
  
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• Former President Bush delivers pointed message to Gen. Dan Caine

  10-09-2026 18:14 via thehill.com
  
  Former President George W. Bush on Thursday appeared to subtly critique President Trump’s handling of the Iran war by praising the Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Dan Caine. “Thank God you are where you are, and we appreciate it,” Bush said to Caine during an event commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001,...
  
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• Trump says 'no damage' to US war planes from Iran attack

  10-09-2026 17:50 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump on Thursday denied reports that Iranian forces damaged U.S. war planes during a raid on an air base in Jordan. “Nope,” the president said, when NewsNation’s Robert Sherman asked whether there is “any truth” to the reports. “None whatsoever. No damage. No nothing,” Trump told Sherman over the phone. CBS News, citing people...
  
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• Trump faces blowback with $5,000 dividend promise

  10-09-2026 17:41 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump’s pledge to distribute $5,000 to every U.S. adult if Republicans win the midterms is drawing backlash from Republicans and Democrats as the president’s allies are forced to explain and defend the proposition.  Fiscal hawks, including Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), openly questioned how the government would be able to afford to pay 270 million...
  
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• Chip Roy on Trump dividends: ‘Dependency is evil & soul-sucking in all its forms’

  10-09-2026 17:05 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) criticized President Trump’s Wednesday proposal to give every American adult a $5,000 dividend if the GOP wins the midterms, as other Republicans have also voiced skepticism about the pledge. "Some of us think dependency is evil and soul-sucking in all it's forms," Roy wrote Thursday on social platform X, pushing back...
  
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• Live updates: Supreme Court puts new Missouri map on hold; Trump, Vance to close out RNC midterm convention

  10-09-2026 16:57 via thehill.com
  
  The full Supreme Court on Thursday morning ruled against the GOP-favored Missouri congressional map. In a brief and unsigned opinion, justices sided with a Democratic-aligned organizer, who is attempting to defeat the Republicans’ map by putting it to voters through a referendum. The ruling immediately preceded Secretary of State Denny Hoskins (R) is set to...
  
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• Fox News’s Baier presses Vance on Trump’s $5K dividend promise

  10-09-2026 16:44 via thehill.com
  
  Fox News anchor Bret Baier pressed Vice President Vance over President Trump’s pledge to give Americans $5,000 if Republicans keep control of Congress come November, saying critics would respond to the roughly $1.3 trillion payout as “bribing voters.” “I can hear the critics’ heads exploding,” Braier told Vance late Wednesday, hours after Trump made the...
  
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• Suspected cartel drone traffic down 75 percent due to Army lasers: CBP sources

  10-09-2026 15:20 via thehill.com
  
  The military acquired high-energy laser tech in 2025 and began using it in August, which led to 100 drones being shot down.
  
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• Kimmel pulls Talarico interview after FCC threat

  10-09-2026 15:06 via thehill.com
  
  ABC Late night comedian Jimmy Kimmel said an interview he conducted with Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico will not air on broadcast because of what he called threats issued to his network by President Trump's Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Kimmel told his audience he has interviewed candidates for office in election years for decades,...
  
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• Live updates: Trump, Vance to close out RNC midterm convention; Democrats counter with protests

  10-09-2026 14:43 via thehill.com
  
  Vice President Vance will take his turn at the Republican National Committee midterm convention podium Thursday night, followed by President Trump, as GOP members close out their two-day push to energize voters ahead of November's midterms. Trump spoke for over 90 minutes on Wednesday night, urging voters to cast a ballot as though he were...
  
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• Trump on convention crowd booing Thune: 'No, no. John is working hard'

  10-09-2026 14:32 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump on Wednesday told the crowd at the Republican National Committee's (RNC) first midterm convention in Dallas not to boo the absent Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), telling them that "John is working hard." Trump mentioned Thune's name after he said Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) "will go down as the greatest Speaker of...
  
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• The elephant in the room at the RNC: Trump's money 

  10-09-2026 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump’s massive campaign war chest is looming over the GOP’s midterm convention in Dallas this week as Republicans grow frustrated with how his political operation has spent in races this cycle. Trump’s super PAC made its first major investment of the cycle last week, dropping a $10 million ad buy supporting the GOP Senate...
  
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• The elephant in the room at the GOP convention: Trump's money 

  10-09-2026 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump’s massive campaign war chest is looming over the GOP’s midterm convention in Dallas this week as Republicans grow frustrated with how his political operation has spent in races this cycle. Trump’s super PAC made its first major investment of the cycle last week, dropping a $10 million ad buy supporting the GOP Senate...
  
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• House Republicans back Max Miller reelection, but keep their distance

  10-09-2026 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  Many House Republicans are backing Rep. Max Miller’s (R-Ohio) bid for reelection — but they’re also keeping their distance. Those Republicans want to preserve a seat once considered safely in GOP hands while at the same time avoiding any discussion of the domestic abuse allegations that have engulfed the Ohio Republican. Miller has faced mounting...
  
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• GOP midterm convention lives up to its 'Trump-a-Palooza' hype

  10-09-2026 06:47 via thehill.com
  
  DALLAS — The Republican National Committee’s first-ever midterm convention lived up to its “Trump-a-palooza” nickname as the two-day Dallas bash kicked off Wednesday.   Posters of the president — from Oval Office meetings to his triumphant stance in Butler, Pa., — dotted the American Airlines Center’s walls. Red, white and blue baseball caps emblazoned with Trump’s...
  
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• Trump implores GOP to 'pretend' he's on November ballot at first night of midterm convention

  10-09-2026 06:14 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump renewed his calls on Wednesday for Republicans to pretend that he's on the ballot in November, promising $5,000 for every U.S. adult if the GOP holds onto the House and Senate. “I'm asking you to pretend that I'm on the ballot,” he said in the keynote address at the RNC midterm convention in...
  
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• Trump pledges $5K 'Trump dividend' if Republicans hold onto Congress

  10-09-2026 04:48 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump pledged a $5,000 payout to U.S. adults on Wednesday, but only if Republicans hold onto their majority in Congress come November. "Here is my promise: if the Republicans win the House of Representatives and the United States Senate, both of them … because of our tremendous strength and success economically, I will issue...
  
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• Trump pledges $5K 'Trump dividend' if Republicans hold on to Congress

  10-09-2026 04:48 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump pledged a $5,000 payout to U.S. adults on Wednesday, but only if Republicans hold on to their majority in Congress come November. "Here is my promise: If the Republicans win the House of Representatives and the United States Senate, both of them … because of our tremendous strength and success economically, I will...
  
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• Live updates: Trump closes out Day 1 of GOP convention in Dallas with 'Trump dividend' announcement

  10-09-2026 04:16 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump has taken the stage in Dallas for the opening of a two-day Republican National Committee (RNC) midterm convention. "I'm asking you to pretend that I'm on the ballot," he said, adding, "Just one more time, because if we lose, you're going to lose your border. You're going to lose your tax cuts. You're...
  
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