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Trump announces pardon for Democratic Rep Henry Cuellar

President Donald Trump announced a “full and unconditional pardon" Wednesday for Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, and his wife, Imelda.

Chicago suburb slammed for rehiring police officer arrested by ICE: ‘Crazy as hell’

Chicago suburb defends police officer Radule Bojovic's continued employment after ICE arrest, citing proper work authorization despite visa overstay charges.

House Republicans back Trump’s Venezuela moves for now as escalation uncertainty looms

House Republicans are backing President Donald Trump's moves against Venezuela but are cautiously seeking more information on what happens next.

Foreign-backed influence in schools to be exposed under GOP ‘TRACE Act’ giving parents access to curriculum

House Republicans introduce TRACE Act requiring schools to disclose foreign funding to parents, targeting Chinese Communist Party influence in education.

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Mamdani says he doesn’t ‘begrudge New Yorkers who are skeptical’

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (D) said Monday that he does not “begrudge New Yorkers who are skeptical” about him as Election Day nears. “I don’t begrudge New Yorkers who are skeptical, because they’ve also lived through tens of millions of dollars of commercials telling them to fear me,” Mamdani told host Jon...

Senate votes to scrap Brazil tariffs

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story 5 GOP senators help pass bill to strike Trump's Brazil tariffs The Senate voted 52 to 48 to pass the resolution sponsored by Sens. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) to terminate President Trump’s 50-percent...

Nvidia CEO touts Trump at ‘Super Bowl of AI’

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Nvidia CEO touts Trump at 'Super Bowl of AI' Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang offered praise for President Trump and his energy and manufacturing policies on Tuesday, even borrowing the president’s signature phrase and thanking the crowd at Nvidia’s conference in Washington for “making America great again.” © AP Photo/Alex Brandon...

5 GOP senators vote to pass resolution terminating Trump’s Brazil tariffs

Five Senate Republicans voted with Democrats on Tuesday night to pass a resolution terminating President Trump’s emergency authority to impose steep tariffs on Brazil, one of the biggest exporters of coffee to the United States. The Senate voted 52 to 48 to pass the resolution sponsored by Sens. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.)...

CMS touts $50 ObamaCare premiums

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care   The Big Story CMS touts $50 ObamaCare premiums The Trump administration on Tuesday touted the affordability of 2026 ObamaCare plans, the first public rebuttal to counter claims of skyrocketing premiums without an extension of enhanced tax credits. © Photo credit People who get...

Jeffries calls Comer ‘malignant clown’ over Biden autopen probe request

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday reused an insult to criticize a congressional Republican who filed a report on former President Biden's use of an autopen. “The so-called chairman of the House Oversight Committee, James Comer, continues to behave like a malignant clown," Jeffries told reporters at a press conference. "You can’t point...

SNAP deadline: What happens to unused benefits on your EBT card after Nov. 1?

It's official: The federal government will not send out November SNAP benefits if the shutdown continues into the weekend. But what happens to benefits already on EBT cards?

Cheese recalled over E. coli contamination linked to reported outbreak

They were sold in 2.5-pound cheese wheels by Twin Sisters and re-packaged into 5 and 6-ounce half-moon-shaped pieces by the Peterson company.

Pentagon removes key protections for civilian workers, moves to fire with ‘speed and conviction’

The Pentagon has pulled key protections for its civilian personnel, directing managers to move with “speed and conviction” to fire underperforming workers, according to a memo issued one day before the U.S. government shut down. “Supervisors and human resources (HR) professionals are directed to act with speed and conviction to facilitate the separation from Federal...

House Republican introduces bill to fund WIC during shutdown

Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-Pa.) on Tuesday introduced a bill to fund the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) during the government shutdown, as the funding lapse threatens payments of benefits if it continues. It comes after the Trump administration earlier in October transferred $300 million in tariff revenue to WIC to prevent...

Which states have the most SNAP recipients?

Starting Saturday, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for millions are in jeopardy as the impacts of the weeks-long federal government shutdown expand.  The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which administers the food stamp program, said last week it will not use more than $5 million in contingency funding that Congress allocated for emergency scenarios....

Democrats vote against ‘clean’ GOP bill to end shutdown despite union pressure

Senate Democrats are resisting calls from the nation’s largest union representing federal workers — a longtime political ally — to accept Republicans’ “clean” stopgap to reopen the government. It is the latest display of how outside pressure and deadlines have failed to move the parties away from their entrenched positions surrounding Democrats’ demands to negotiate...

Newsom to donors: Stop giving money for redistricting effort

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) urged donors Tuesday to stop giving money to the state's redistricting measure on the ballot this election. An email from Newsom to donors obtained by The Hill notes that the governor's team has "hit our budget goals and raised what we need in order to pass Proposition 50." "You can...

Nearly two-thirds of Americans disapprove of Trump’s White House ballroom plan: Poll

Almost two-thirds of Americans disapprove of President Trump’s White House ballroom plan, according to a poll. In the Yahoo/YouGov poll, 61 percent of respondents said they did not support Trump's plan to add a ballroom, while 25 percent backed the move. The demolition of the East Wing of the White House to make space for...

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