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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Thursday dismissed the idea that he and longtime ally former Vice President Kamala Harris do not like each other, calling it "preposterous." Newsom praised Harris in an interview with Axios's Alex Thompson, who asked the governor, "Why don't you guys like each other?" "A preposterous premise of a question,"...

Sen. Bernie Sanders recently conducted a policy interview with Claude, an AI assistant developed by Anthropic, which demonstrated the potential of AI to improve the quality of questions asked and the difficulty of evading them in congressional hearings.

The U.S. public health system and the CDC are in crisis.

Joe Rogan on Wednesday said Democrats were tougher on the border than President Trump, citing past comments from both former President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The podcaster described Clinton’s rhetoric on the border during her first presidential campaign as “hardcore.” “If you’ve been convicted of a crime, get out. If...

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday announced it will ban transgender women athletes from women's events ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. The policy states that eligibility to perform in women's sports will first be based on SRY gene screening "to detect the absence or presence of the SRY gene," the committee said...

President Trump will hold a Cabinet meeting on Thursday morning amid escalating tensions over the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown and war in Iran. Fear is rising that some centrist Senate Democrats who have toed the party line on DHS funding will start defecting as the shutdown stretches on. All but one Democrat —...

Pete Hegseth lacks the foresight, hindsight and wisdom needed to keep Americans safe. Before we get dragged into another miserable hostage situation, or worse, he needs to be replaced. 

President Trump on Thursday urged Iranian negotiators that they "better get serious soon" as efforts for a ceasefire in the Middle East appear to falter. Trump previously said the two countries were close to a deal but wrote in a post on Truth Social that the Islamic Republic's negotiators were "very different and 'strange.'" "They...

While Mueller’s legacy may be viewed through the investigations he led, his most enduring impact may lie in what he prevented.

The U.S. and Iran are standing by their hardened positions as the push to bring a ceasefire to the Middle East conflict appears to dissipate. President Trump early Thursday accused Iranian negotiators of "begging" to reach a deal with the U.S. after the Iranians submitted their own peace plan and rejected the Trump administration's 15-point...

The Department of Homeland Security published a proposed rule last month that would increase the time asylum-seeking aliens must wait before applying for work authorization. Media reports have treated it like a harsh, draconian change. But if anything, the final rule should go even further to prevent asylum fraud. An alien in the U.S. cannot obtain...

Witkoff and Kushner keep making Trump look weak and desperate.

Until recently, a patient could not receive an Alzheimer’s diagnosis without an expensive scan or invasive procedure. Last year, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared two blood-based biomarker tests—or BBB—that require only a routine blood sample for use in diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease. This is an important step forward in Alzheimer’s care, but it won’t...

Morning Report is The Hill's a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here or in the box below: In today's issue: ▪ Mullin’s priorities at DHS ▪ Iran bolstering defenses ▪ Landmark ruling against Meta, YouTube ▪ Democratic lawmaker’s ethics hearing Markwayne Mullin is hoping to turn the page at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) now that he’s officially installed as...