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DNC revamps messaging, says Trump is ‘killing the American dream’ through price hikes, ‘big beautiful bill’

Democrats unveil new messaging campaign tying President Donald Trump to economic challenges and Republican spending bill, targeting battleground districts to win back voters.

Trump v. California: Sanctuary cities to EV bans, Trump puts left-wing state under repeated scrutiny

President Trump has battled California Gov. Newsom over wildfires, immigration, environmental rules, and vehicle mandates as the administration targets progressive policies.

Andrew Cuomo will never beat Zohran Mamdani

We may not agree with their reasoning, but we're happy to join Bill Ackman...

Media’s perverse focus on heat deaths is leading to wrongheaded climate policies

Across the United States and Europe, the media is warning of dangerously high temperatures. But this...

Happy Independence Day from a Brit in America

Most of the time, being British in the United States is riddled with perks. Americans love our accent, routinely ask if we are friends with King Charles, and assume that our intelligence, honesty, and wit are unrivalled — a view debunked by the mere existence of John Oliver. But every year, as July Fourth approaches, […]

Trump’s trade rift with China

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Trump rips China for ‘totally' violating trade truce President Trump railed against China on Friday, saying Beijing violated a trade agreement with the U.S. amid ongoing tensions between the two countries. © The Associated Press In...

Musk signs off from DOGE

Plus: Dem leader says party faces 'generational change' {beacon} ELON MUSK SPORTED A BLACK EYE as President Trump bid him farewell Friday at an Oval Office press conference to celebrate the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) efforts to cut wasteful spending. Musk is leaving the administration after completing a 130-day term as a special...

AI looms large as judge weighs penalties in Google search case

A federal judge on Friday grappled with the way artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly changing the internet, as he weighed what penalties Google will ultimately face for illegally monopolizing search. Google and the Department of Justice (DOJ) presented their closing arguments following a three-week hearing to determine the proper remedies, after the tech giant...

Jamie Dimon says US needs to ‘get our own act together’

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Friday that the U.S. needs to get its own act together before worrying about China. “I'm not as worried about China. China is a potential adversary. They're doing a lot of things well, they have a lot of problems. What I really worry about is us,” Dimon said during...

Warren backs Trump call to scrap debt limit, blasts GOP tax bill

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Friday backed President Trump’s call to abolish the nation’s debt ceiling, pressing for bipartisan action to “get rid of it forever.” In a post on X, Warren wrote that she and Trump agree that the debt limit, which caps how much money the Treasury can owe to pay the country’s...

PBS sues Trump administration in wake of calls to strip funding

PBS is suing President Trump's administration on First Amendment grounds, arguing the president is trying to pull funding the from the broadcaster because of editorial coverage he disagrees with. The suit filed Friday in federal court in Washington, D.C., accused the president of trying to "upend public television" and argues the law "forbids" him from...

CDC adjusts COVID vaccine guidance, but keeps on child schedule

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued updated advice on the COVID-19 vaccine days after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr said the agency would no longer recommend the shot to children and pregnant women. The agency has kept the shot on its vaccine schedule for children between the...

US trade representative: China ‘slowrolling’ compliance with deal

U.S. trade representative Jamieson Greer slammed China for not fulfilling their compliance under a trade agreement wagered in early May. Greer says Beijing’s leaders have not pulled back on countermeasures as discussed nor have they released the flow of the country’s rare Earth magnets being used to manufacture futuristic technology. “We moved, as the president...

Watch live: Trump speaks at US Steel in Pittsburgh on deal with Nippon Steel

President Trump will travel Friday afternoon to the Pittsburgh area for a rally and remarks on the "planned partnership" between U.S. Steel and Japan's Nippon Steel, which he announced last month. “I am proud to announce that, after much consideration and negotiation, US Steel will REMAIN in America, and keep its Headquarters in the Great...

New lawsuit seeks to force return of collected tariffs following court ruling

A new lawsuit filed in the U.S. Court of International Trade seeks to force the Trump administration to return tariffs it collected under the president’s “Liberation Day” announcement now that the court has ruled them unlawful. Chapter1 LLC, a Las Vegas-based skincare start-up, said it paid nearly $23,000 under the challenged tariffs when it imported...

Africa terror group could soon strike inside the US, general says

The U.S. military’s top general in Africa said terrorist factions in the Sahel region have increased their presence so much in the past three years that they soon may be able to launch attacks within the United States. The region, which mainly includes Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, is “the flash point of prolonged conflict...

Lawmakers can help usher in a golden age by extending Opportunity Zones

The Opportunity Zones tax incentive has raised $85 billion in equity, created 3 to 4.5 percentage points in employment growth, and invested in new businesses, industrial revitalization, manufacturing development, housing projects and job training hubs across the nation.

Trump fires National Portrait Gallery director

President Trump fired the National Portrait Gallery director on Friday for being “highly partisan” and a “supporter” of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). “Upon the request and recommendation of many people, I am herby [sic] terminating the employment of Kim Sajet as Director of the National Portrait Gallery,” the president wrote in a Truth Social...

The US has an urgent magnet problem. Here’s how we fix it. 

China's suspension of the export of rare earth metals and permanent magnets has exposed the US's vulnerability to its monopoly power, and the US must act with urgency to establish supply chain security, onshore processing and manufacturing, and a strategic commitment to the defense industrial base.

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