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Disney and YouTubeTV announced a carrier deal late Friday that will restore ABC, ESPN and the media conglomerate's other content to the Google-owned streaming service. The deal came after a two-week standoff between the pair of media giants that left an estimated 10 million YouTubeTV subscribers without access to top college football and NFL games...

President Trump said on Friday that he has “sort of made up” his mind when it comes to next steps on Venezuela, as he has held multiple meetings this week with senior military officials on potential military options the U.S. could take against Caracas.  “I sort of made up my mind,” Trump told reporters aboard...

President Trump on Friday said he would sue the BBC for potentially billions after the news outlet misleadingly edited clips from his Jan. 6, 2021, speech ahead of the Capitol insurrection.  “We'll sue them for anywhere between a billion and $5 billion, probably sometime next week,” the president told reporters aboard Air Force One.   “I...

President Trump late Friday announced he is pulling his endorsement and support of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and would support a primary challenge against her — a major escalation of their growing beef after months of the House Republican criticizing fellow GOP members and the commander in chief himself. "I am withdrawing my support...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Department of Transportation (DOT) said flight reductions will be lowered from 6 percent to 3 percent on Saturday as plane operations recover from the longest shutdown in the country’s history.  “The decision reflects improvements in air traffic controller staffing levels and a continued decline in staffing-trigger events across the...

Approximately 1 in 5 Americans surveyed said they would consider leaving the United States.

A former U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer received a 15-year prison sentence for allowing smugglers to transport vehicles filled with drugs across the southern border, according to a Thursday release from the Department of Justice (DOJ).  The former officer, Diego Bonillo, was charged with conspiracy to import controlled substances and importation of controlled...

President Trump signed an executive order Friday cutting tariffs on scores of products in a bid to lower some grocery prices following frustration from voters over exceedingly higher costs. The products that are no longer subject to tariffs, include coffee, tea, beef, bananas, tropical fruit, wood and iron.  The removal of this batch of tariffs marks...

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Bipartisan senators seek quick LIHEAP disbursement A bipartisan group of senators is calling on the Trump administration to “immediately” release funds aimed at helping low-income Americans heat and cool their homes. © Charles Krupa, Associated Press file In a letter to Health and Human...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a new military and surveillance campaign in the Western Hemisphere on Thursday, dubbed “Operation Southern Spear,” to pummel “narco-terrorists.” The Pentagon chief said the operation will be led by a new counternarcotics joint task force, which was formed in October, and U.S. Southern Command (Southcom) to protect the U.S., quash “narco-terrorists from...

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Senate Republicans unsure of next steps on health Senate Republicans successfully ended the longest government shutdown in American history without giving Democrats their main demand to extend tax subsidies meant to lower health premiums. They’re deeply divided on...

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Trump rolls back tariffs on coffee, beef, other foods President Trump signed an executive order Friday that scrapped "reciprocal" tariffs on dozens of food products. © Photo Credit The full list, released by the White House...

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz penned a Friday op-ed lauding President Trump’s proposal for an international "Board of Peace" to reconstruct Gaza.  “The Board of Peace is the only path to a secure Gaza in which Palestinians can determine their own destiny, free from either terrorist rule or occupation,” he wrote in...

The federal government has begun releasing files related to the aviator Amelia Earhart after President Trump ordered their release in September.   The files include newly declassified material related to Earhart’s infamous final flight across the Pacific Ocean. According to a press release, the documents include reports, maps, messages and other materials tracing Earhart’s flight and...