President Trump late Tuesday disputed reports that he wants to temporarily extend enhanced Obamacare subsidies for two years, but left the door open to compromising on extension to get a deal that eventually replaces them.
Republican Sens. John Curtis (Utah) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) backed fellow Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), amid a Pentagon probe into “serious allegations of misconduct” against the senator after he and five other Democratic lawmakers told service members to disobey illegal orders from the Trump administration. Curtis said Tuesday afternoon on the social platform X that...
The Senate on Thursday afternoon is set to vote on the Shutdown Fairness Act — a bill introduced by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) that would provide pay for service members and excepted workers as the government shutdown stretches into a fourth week. Democrats have also weighed their own version of a bill that would include...
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) launched his first significant attack against his latest primary challenger Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-Texas) on Thursday, referring to his fellow Lone Star State lawmaker as “fake MAGA.” The incumbent senator made the attacks in a new microsite and digital ad, backed by a five-figure investment. “Wesley Hunt says he’s MAGA but the...
Former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) committed to repaying his fraud victims on Wednesday, days after President Trump commuted his sentence and the former lawmaker walked free from prison. In an interview on NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” the New York Republican said his legal team is “looking into” ways to pay restitution, even though his clemency order frees...
The Oslo-based Nobel Peace Prize committee may have turned down President Trump’s latest bid for glory. Yet by honoring Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado — at a time when Trump is openly backing efforts to topple the government in Caracas — it has laid bare the extent to which the peace prize has become...
Morning Report is The Hill's a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here or in the box below: In today's issue: ▪ US sanctions Russian oil companies ▪ Merkley’s marathon speech ▪ The Democrats’ conundrum ▪ Texas governor goes after professors President Trump on Wednesday took his most significant and direct action yet against Russian President Vladimir Putin in a...
Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said Wednesday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents could soon be headed to San Francisco. McLaughlin said in an interview with NewsNation's "The Hill," there would be "no safe haven in the United States, whether that be Los Angeles, Chicago, New York or San Francisco." "We do...
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) director Todd Lyons said Wednesday that New York City will see more immigration arrests, after protesters confronted agents during an operation. "You will see an increase in ICE arrests because there are so many criminals and illegal aliens that have been released in New York, specifically," Lyons said in a...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said late Wednesday that the U.S. military conducted another strike against an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the Eastern Pacific, killing three “narco-terrorists.” Hegseth said the vessel was operated by a designated terrorist organization and that the individuals on board were engaged in “narco-trafficking.” It is unclear which designated terrorist organization the...
