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House lawmakers will interview Biden chief of staff about ex-president’s cognitive decline

Ron Klain, who served as former President Biden's chief of staff, will appear before a House panel investigating Mr. Biden's fading mental acuity while in the White House and any efforts by aides to cover it up and act on his behalf.

Mayors, doctor groups sue over Trump’s efforts to restrict Obamacare enrollment

New Trump administration rules that give millions of people a shorter timeframe to sign up for the Affordable Care Act's health care coverage are facing a legal challenge from Democratic mayors around the country.

Trump toured Florida’s immigration detention center in the Everglades. Here’s what to know

The new immigration detention center at an isolated airstrip in the Florida Everglades that President Donald Trump visited on Tuesday was heralded by Republicans as a potential model for other states to aggressively ramp up detention and deportation efforts.

Kentucky Senate hopeful says Mitch McConnell doesn’t deserve lifetime achievement award

Republican businessman Nate Morris has declared that Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell doesn't deserve a lifetime achievement award from their home state political party, as the first-time candidate ratchets up his attacks against the former Senate leader he hopes to succeed in next year's election.

U.S. says ‘little to show’ for six-decade aid agency. Supporters point to millions of lives saved

Some staffers of the U.S. Agency for International Development raced against the moment their computer access would be shut off, before the Trump administration's dismantling of the six-decade-old foreign assistance agency took near-final effect Tuesday.

Judge blocks DHS decision to revoke deportation amnesty for Haitians

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked Homeland Security from terminating a long-standing deportation amnesty for Haitian migrants, ruling that Secretary Kristi Noem acted in defiance of the law.

Labor Department awards grants to expand Trump goal of one million apprenticeships

The Department of Labor awarded nearly $84 million to 50 states and territories in grants to expand apprenticeship programs, a move that will facilitate President Trump's goal of supporting more than 1 million apprenticeships per year.

Democrat calls Murkowski ‘cheap date’ over whaling tax carve-out

Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) quipped that Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) was a "cheap date" for voting for President Trump’s giant tax and spending package, seemingly for a tax break for fishermen, during a House Rules Committee hearing on Tuesday. The comment came after Rep. Joe Neguse (D-Colo.) asked House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.) about a new tax...

150 Guard troops pulled off LA mission for wildfire fighting duties

Some of the California National Guard troops deployed by President Trump to Los Angeles last month will be released from the deployment to fight wildfires as the state prepares for another fire season. In a statement released Tuesday, U.S. Northern Command (Northcom) said that approximately 150 Guardsmen were released from their federal mission protecting Immigration...

Trump says Israel agreed to terms for 60-day ceasefire in Gaza, warns Hamas to take deal

President Trump said on Tuesday evening that Israel has agreed to the “necessary conditions” to “finalize” a 60-day ceasefire in the war-torn Gaza Strip and pushed the Palestinian militant group Hamas to take the deal, warning that it will “not get better.” “My Representatives had a long and productive meeting with the Israelis today on...

Gillibrand apologizes to Mamdani over ‘jihad’ remark

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) has reportedly apologized to New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani over saying he had referred to “global jihad” in the past. A readout that Politico obtained said Mamdani and Gillibrand talked Monday night on a call amid voting on President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.” “Gillibrand apologized for mischaracterizing Mamdani’s record...

Speaker Johnson: Inclement weather is ‘part of the problem’ for House votes on megabill

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Tuesday inclement weather in Washington, D.C., is “part of the problem” House Republicans are grappling with as they look to fast-track their “big, beautiful bill” through the chamber this week. The House is scheduled to convene at 9 a.m. EDT Wednesday — with a procedural vote shortly after — to kick off the...

73 percent of investors expect market volatility to persist through 2025: Gallup

A majority of surveyed investors are expecting volatility in the stock market to persist through 2025, according to a new survey that was released on Tuesday.  The new Gallup poll found that nearly 3 in 4 surveyed investors, 73 percent, think there will be more stock market turbulence ahead in 2025. Nearly 6 in 10...

Record Medicaid cuts head to House

Presented by Vaccinate Your Family {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Senate sends massive Medicaid cuts to House The massive Senate-passed GOP domestic policy legislation puts the House in a tough position on Medicaid. © The Hill, Greg Nash Some moderates expressing concerns about the Senate bill’s stricter crackdown on state-levied...

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