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Trump derides bipartisan housing affordability bill as ‘so unimportant’ and ‘a yawn’

President Trump said Monday that he hasn't decided whether to sign a bipartisan bill aimed at lowering the cost of housing, saying it was "so unimportant" compared to his stalled election-integrity legislation.

More than 100 Venezuelans who were deported from the U.S. hours before the earthquakes are missing

More than 100 people just deported from the United States were being held in a hotel when earthquakes struck Venezuela, setting off a scramble to find survivors and bodies buried in the rubble, according to survivors.

Echoes of deadly Arizona wildfire with 3 firefighters killed in Colorado-Utah blaze

A wildfire that killed three firefighters along the Colorado-Utah border is one of the deadliest for firefighters since an Arizona wildfire 13 years ago.

Johnson announces gambit to attach SAVE America Act to must-pass defense bill

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced on Monday that he plans to use an unusual maneuver to merge the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act with the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) after conservatives ground the House to a halt over the voter ID bill. Hard-line conservatives have said they would oppose any procedural rules...

GOP House member calls out American Airlines for delays, missed votes

Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) on Monday slammed American Airlines as “incompetent,” after he and two other members of Congress missed House votes due to delays. “Hey @AmericanAir, three members of Congress will miss votes tonight because of your incompetent airline,” Miller wrote on social platform X, without naming the other representatives. Miller, who represents a...

Trump nominates acting head Keith Sonderling as Labor secretary

President Trump on Monday nominated acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling to the full-time post. “It is my Great Honor to announce that I am nominating Keith E. Sonderling, the outstanding Acting United States Secretary of Labor, to be permanent,” the president wrote on Truth Social. Sonderling said he was "deeply grateful" for Trump nominating him. ...

House passes kids online safety package despite watchdog pushback

The House passed a sprawling package of kids online safety bills Monday night, marking the first time a version of the landmark Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) made it out of the lower chamber. The House passed the Kids Internet and Digital Safety (KIDS) Act in a 267-117 vote, with 47 members not voting. The...

Trump administration officials head to Qatar for Iran talks

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Trump administration officials head to Qatar for Iran talks Trump administration officials are in Qatar for peace talks with Iran after the U.S. and Tehran agreed to “stand down for now” in the Strait of Hormuz....

Millions dropped ObamaCare plans after subsidies ended 

Presented by HealthyWomen {beacon} Healthcare Health Care The Big Story Millions dropped ACA plans after subsidies ended About four million Americans have dropped out of Affordable Care Act insurance coverage this year as costs soared due to the loss of enhanced subsidies. © Joe Raedle/Getty Images The figures released late Friday from the Centers for...

SCOTUS spares Lisa Cook

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Supreme Court halts Trump’s firing of Lisa Cook The Supreme Court blocked President Trump’s firing of the Federal Reserve board member on Monday in a 5-4 vote, ruling she can remain as her legal challenge proceeds....

New York Times’s Haberman, Swan: Trump ‘answers more questions than Joe Biden’

New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan said Monday that President Trump "answers more questions" from reporters than his predecessor, former President Biden. C-SPAN released a clip of an interview featuring the two reporters with "Q&A" host Peter Slen, set to air Monday at 9 p.m. EDT, where they discussed being unable to...

5 takeaways on divided day for Trump at Supreme Court 

It was a mixed bag for President Trump at the Supreme Court on Monday. The justices tightened the president’s grip on executive power in ruling independent agency leaders may be fired, while rejecting a key pillar of Trump's political agenda aimed at restricting mail-in voting. They ruled he must give a Federal Reserve governor due...

Trump taps acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling for permanent role pending Senate confirmation

President Donald Trump nominated acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling to permanently lead the Labor Department, announcing his pick on Truth Social.

Emotion and feelings: How Democratic Socialists’ congressional insurgency could come back to bite them

Democratic Socialists are on the charge in the leadup to the next Congress – but their current winning streak doesn't insulate the party from trouble down the line.

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