In today’s issue: Democrats are feeling increasingly bullish about their midterm election prospects, with less than six months left before voters go to the polls. History is on their side, as the party out of power has generally gained seats in Congress in most midterms. But they are starting to show signs of an opportunity…

Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) said Thursday he was shocked by a report about the deaths of 31 sloths killed under the care of Sloth World, a tourist attraction in Orlando, Florida, that had not yet opened to the public. The sloths were from South American rainforests and were destroyed in storage warehouses between December 2024……

At least two people were killed and three were admitted to the hospital in a shooting outside a casino in Reno, Nev in the early hours of Monday. A gunman set fire to the Grand Sierra Resort Casino and shot several people before taking into custody, police said, an officer replied with bullets after identifying…

DORAL, Florida — The tension over President Trump’s war in Iran within the GOP and the Make America Great Again movement is “good,” Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts told The Hill at the group’s inaugural security conference on Thursday. The head of an influential conservative think tank said he supports Trump’s decision to launch a…