Can you name a federal program responsible for creating or supporting 7 million high-paying jobs, attracting $75 billion in private investment, and generating $14.5 billion in tax revenue in the last four years? Here's one other key detail: The program didn’t cost taxpayers a dime in that period. All of these benefits are byproducts of...
Morning Report is The Hill’s a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today's issue: ▪ Health care crunch time ▪ Hottest Senate races ▪ Trump’s sinking polls ▪ Honduran presidential election Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing bipartisan scrutiny over his reported order to strike a boat in the Caribbean a second time, killing two survivors who were clinging to the ship’s wreckage...
Republican senators are panning President Trump's latest proposals to help Americans cope with high prices and a slowing economy, a sign of waning confidence among GOP lawmakers in Trump’s ability to overhaul the nation’s $30 trillion economy. Capitol Hill Republicans are becoming more sensitive to how Trump is responding to higher prices as they face...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is staring down a potential political firestorm in the coming weeks as a few Republican dissenters aim to use a rare procedural mechanism to force legislation on a stock trading ban and Russian sanctions onto the House floor. His colleagues’ attempts to sidestep him on these issues puts Johnson in a...
Indiana's Republican-controlled House reconvenes Monday for congressional redistricting after President Donald Trump pressured lawmakers to create another GOP district.
DOGE is done. Just over a year ago, President-elect Donald Trump announced he was launching the Department of Government Efficiency to produce “a smaller...
For most, the holiday season sparks feelings of gratitude, hope, and humility. But apparently not for the Obamas. Former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, appear less grateful than ever for the nation they once led, gloomier about its future, and more self-important than ever. Michelle Obama’s heightened media presence in 2025 has […]
Trump said the asylum freeze could last “a long time" and suggested he may seek authority to strip citizenship from some naturalized immigrants with criminal histories.
