President Trump and top White House officials are ramping up pressure on the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates after two surprisingly strong economic reports. Data released by the Labor Department on Friday showed inflation falling below economist expectations in January, two days after the January jobs report showed a surprising surge in hiring last...
The cancellation of the official House delegation to the annual Munich Security Conference has drawn pushback from Democrats who still plan to attend, even as it’s upended a decades-long tradition of robust bipartisan participation in the high-profile global policy forum. A House leadership aide told The Hill that cancelling congressional delegations (CODEL) is standard operating...
House GOP campaign chair scoffs at Democrats' move to expand their midterm battleground map to 44 House districts in this year's battle for the House majority
Funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ran out at midnight, marking the third — but smallest — government shutdown of President Trump's second term as Democrats demand reforms to immigration enforcement practices. The shutdown is likely to last longer than the four-day partial shutdown that ended last week, as the White House, Republicans...
President Trump’s mandatory detention policy for apprehended migrants has claimed its biggest legal victory yet. Is it a turning point? Only time will tell, but the ever-growing swarm of more than 1,000 cases has now entered a new chapter — one that could prompt the Supreme Court to get involved. The Trump administration’s policy keeps unadmitted migrants who are arrested during enforcement operations locked up without bond, regardless of how long they’ve lived in the U.S. It leaves no discretion. It...
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) temporarily grounded all flights to and from El Paso International Airport for 10 days early Wednesday morning. In a notice to airmen (NOTAM) on its website, the FAA said that “no pilots may operate an aircraft in the areas covered by” its stoppage. The order went into effect at 1:30...
Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin (D) sent a late-night letter on Monday to Democrats in Maryland’s General Assembly, urging the state legislators to pass a new redistricting map. The map has already passed the state’s House, but the bill now faces opposition from Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson (D), who has refused to bring the measure...
A grand jury on Tuesday refused to indict a coalition of Democratic lawmakers over their participation in a controversial "illegal orders" video last fall. The failed federal indictment was pursued by the office of U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Jeanine Pirro, as first reported by The New York Times. The lawmakers urged military...
A few GOP rebels on Tuesday issued a stunning rebuke of President Trump’s tariff regime, joining with Democrats to vote down legislation that would have banned members’ ability to call snap votes to repeal the tariffs. The House voted 214-217 to block the rule, which would have also teed up votes for unrelated legislation later this week. ...
Most countries have failed to improve perceptions of public corruption within their borders over the last decade, a new survey found. Transparency International, a Berlin-based anti-corruption advocacy group, ranked 182 countries from across the globe on the basis of perceived public sector corruption in their latest annual survey for 2025. Only 31 of these countries...
Super Bowl LX drew an average audience of more than 124 million viewers, the second most of any in history, and set a new record for peak viewership during Bad Bunny's halftime show, according to NBC, which cited Nielsen Media Research data. The network said viewership peaked in the second quarter of the game at...
Presented by the Coalition to Strengthen America's Healthcare {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Legal pressures mount for Hims & Hers over GLP-1 sales The major telemedicine platform Hims & Hers is facing increased pressure from both the federal government and a major drugmaker due to its sale of popular compounded GLP-1 medications. ...
