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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Wednesday that his party will "defy history when we grow the majority in the House" in next year's midterm elections. “We have a solid, hardworking Republican majority in the House right now — and the Senate — we're delivering for the people. And I'm very excited to go out...

{beacon} Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} View Online Health Care Health Care   The Big Story  Abortion shield laws are under fire   Red states are challenging them in the courts, while simultaneously pressing Congress to act.  © AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File A total of 15 GOP attorneys general signed and...

President Trump on Wednesday announced the United States had struck a trade deal with South Korea ahead of his Aug. 1 tariff deadline, putting 15 percent tariffs on goods from there. Trump said on a TruthSocial post that South Korea will make $350 billion in investments in the U.S. and purchase $100 billion of liquefied...

Police in Danville, Va., said Wednesday that they were “investigating” after a City Council member was “set on fire.” According to the release, officers went late in the morning “to the 700 block of Main Street for a report of a male being set on fire.” They found that the man set on fire was...

NewsNation National Correspondent Robert Sherman shares what he’s seeing on the ground.

Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, said during a recent interview that sanctions levied against her by the U.S. government are going to “hurt me” and have serious implications on her life.  “It’s very serious to be on the list of the people sanctioned by the U.S.,” Albanese told...

Canada has had three times as many measles cases as the U.S. this year, according to the Canadian government and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data. Canada has faced 4,206 measles cases this year, according to a government website, with 1,450 in Alberta, 2,301 in Ontario and 140 in British Columbia. However, the...

Texas Republicans introduced a proposed set of new House lines on Wednesday, putting the party one step closer to gaining five seats in 2026. The new proposed map is likely to most directly impact lawmakers situated near or in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Austin, Houston and the southern border, as Republicans look to net five...

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), the former House Speaker, backed a congressional stock trading ban on Wednesday after a Senate panel narrowly voted to advance the bipartisan proposal. The Honest Act, introduced by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), was originally called the Preventing Elected Leaders from Owning Securities and Investments, or PELOSI, Act — a nod to...

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story US-China competition looms large in Trump's AI plan The Trump administration is increasingly framing the race to dominate artificial intelligence (AI) as an existential competition with China to determine the future of the powerful technology. © Susan Walsh, Associated Press It’s a mindset that has permeated the administration’s...

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Fed holds rates steady despite double dissent The Federal Reserve kept short-term interest rates steady Wednesday, but the vote saw the first double dissent from Fed board officials in more than 30 years. © Greg Nash...

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story EPA delays methane restrictions for oil and gas The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is delaying the implementation of restrictions on planet-warming methane emissions from oil and gas drilling as it considers unwinding the requirements entirely. © Matthew Brown, Associated Press file The Biden administration...

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) challenged Fox News’s Greg Gutfeld to a bench press contest on Wednesday after Gutfeld mocked him on his show the prior night. “Here’s a deal for @Gutfeldfox. (Never heard of him til he spent 8 mins criticizing what I bench press),” Swalwell said in a post on the social platform X,...

Samuel L. Jackson is defending wind farms in a video released a day after the Trump administration said it was considering additional hurdles for wind energy development. "Motherf---ing wind farms: Loud, ugly, harmful to nature. Who says that?" Jackson said as he shook his head in a video released Wednesday by the European energy company Vattenfall. "These...