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Gavin Newsom doesn’t mind trampling on the rainbow flag — just ask his critics

The Governor of California has a staff paid to hurl gay insults online at political opponents in a thinly veiled bid to seize the...

Trump ally testifies in trial over secret Venezuela lobbying effort

A top Washington lobbyist who is closely allied with President Donald Trump testified in federal court that he immediately cut ties with former Congressman David Rivera when he learned in 2020 that Venezuela's government had awarded the Miami Republican a $50 million contract, shattering his belief that they were both working to hasten Nicolas Maduro 's downfall.

CDC pauses dozens of types of lab testing during evaluation and in wake of downsizing

The federal government's disease-tracking agency has paused its diagnostic testing for rabies, monkeypox and a number of other infectious diseases.

Virginia redistricting referendum becomes a fight to the finish

Despite Democrats spending tens of millions of dollars on the referendum to allow mid-decade redistricting, early voting numbers show ballots cast in Republican districts are far outpacing those in Democratic districts.

Trump’s Iran war is preventing a North Korea crisis

The Iranian regime was shockingly close to achieving immortality before President Donald Trump launched Operation Epic Fury. If Iran were allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon, regime change from the outside would have ceased to be an option, and the most powerful bomb known to man would have fallen into the hands of radical jihadists. […]

DHS rescinds contract approval policy implemented by Noem

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has walked back a controversial policy to review major expenditures, implemented by former Secretary Kristi Noem. In an emailed statement on Wednesday night, a DHS spokesperson told The Hill that DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin “re-evaluated the contract processes to make sure DHS is serving the American taxpayer efficiently.” “Today,...

NYU closes Abu Dhabi campus amid Iranian strike threats

New York University (NYU) has temporarily closed its campus in Abu Dhabi after Iran said U.S. universities in the Middle East were “legitimate targets” amid ongoing military operations in the region.  NYU had already moved classes completely online in early March, following the launch of joint military operations by the U.S. and Israel on Iran...

Israel support takes center stage in New Jersey House candidate debate 

Democrat Analilia Mejia and Republican Joe Hathaway battled it out in a heated debate for New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s (D) former U.S. House seat, with support for Israel being a notable flash point between the candidates. During the Wednesday debate, Mejia was asked if she believed that Israel’s actions in its war in Gaza...

Trump economic approval tanks

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Trump approval on economy drops to new low: Poll A new CNN/SSRS poll found just 31 percent of respondents approved of President Trump’s handling of the economy, a new low relative to the outlet’s previous surveys....

Mark Warner slams Trump’s NATO threat 

Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) pushed back on President Trump’s statement that he might pull the U.S. out of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Trump told The Telegraph in an interview published Wednesday that the U.S.’s membership in the military alliance is “beyond reconsideration.” “I was never swayed by NATO. I always knew they were...

NATO’s Rutte schedules Washington trip as Trump reevaluates alliance

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte will meet with President Trump in Washington next week as Trump publicly weighs pulling the U.S. out of the alliance over the war in Iran.  A White House official confirmed the development to The Hill after The Wall Street Journal first reported on Rutte’s visit. NATO spokesperson Allison Hart told the...

Iranian president leaves door open to diplomacy in open letter to US

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian released a letter addressed to “the people of the United States of America” on Wednesday, hours before President Trump is scheduled to address the nation about the U.S. military’s ongoing operations against Iran. "Today, the world stands at a crossroads,” Pezeshkian wrote in a letter posted on the social platform X. ...

New heart health guidelines at odds with MAHA food pyramid: Which should you follow?

(NEXSTAR) – New guidance released by the American Heart Association this week outlines nine key tenets of a heart-healthy diet, several of which contradict the federal nutrition guidelines released by the Trump administration earlier this year. In January, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. unveiled an upside-down food pyramid that emphasized the importance of protein,...

FDA’s Makary touts ‘healing’ following DOGE cuts

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story FDA commissioner credits himself with ‘healing’ agency after DOGE cuts Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty Makary commemorated one year as head of the country’s drug regulatory authority on Wednesday, saying he helped bring “healing” to the agency following cuts...

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