Presented by AstraZeneca {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story CMS targets hospitals with site-neutral drug rule The Trump administration is proposing an expansion of a policy that will require Medicare to pay the same rate for the same service, regardless of whether it’s delivered in an outpatient hospital or independent physician office. ...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story After Trump's sanctions threat, Russia attacks again Russia hit Ukraine with another large-scale overnight attack as the clock ticks on President Trump’s 50-day deadline for more sweeping sanctions if Moscow doesn’t end its war. Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik,...
Officials in the community of King Cove, which has about 870 residents and is on the south side of the Alaska Peninsula, sent an alert calling on those in the coastal area to move to higher ground.
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story GOP split on whether Trump should fire Powell Republican lawmakers are split over if President Trump should fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, with some pushing him to nix the central bank head and others encouraging...
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) butted heads on Wednesday over the safety of the New York City subway system and the accuracy of crime data statistics. In testimony before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Duffy warned Nadler not to call him a liar after the congressman said Duffy has “misrepresented”...
Wednesday’s Hill Nation Summit was packed with lawmakers and major figures on both sides of the aisle, and made clear that President Trump has an iron grip on the Republican Party. Republican speakers were notably deferential to and confident in Trump, while Democrats struggling to coalesce around a strategy to come back from their crushing...
Republican support is rolling in for a new legislative push in the House to direct the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release more files on the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, despite President Trump’s urging to drop the matter. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), who is leading the push with Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), announced on social...
Former Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) holds a double-digit lead over Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears (R) in the state’s gubernatorial race, according to a poll released on Wednesday. The survey, conducted by the Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University, showed Spanberger leading Earle-Sears 49 percent to 37 percent among registered voters...
Amid reports that President Trump may attempt to fire the head of the Federal Reserve, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Wednesday that it’s unclear if the president has the power to do it. “Can the president fire Jerome Powell? I’m really not sure,” Johnson, a former constitutional lawyer, told reporters in the Capitol. “I have been not...
The Democratic Women’s Caucus is demanding an investigation into the treatment of women in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody, accusing the Trump administration of “medical neglect” in cases that include the loss of one woman’s unborn child. The Trump administration recently rescinded Biden-era guidance on treatment of migrants in detention, including those detailing...
Democratic leaders must offer a viable vision for American education that speaks to the urgent needs of working-class parents, rather than allowing President Trump to claim Education Independence Day.
Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) opened his remarks Wednesday at the Hill Nation Summit by saying that postcongressional life was “fabulous. We don’t have Matt Gaetz anymore.” The remark from McCarthy, who has had a long-running feud with former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), drew laughter from the audience. “The party is so much stronger now,”...
A new poll found that 63% of voters disapprove of the Trump administration's handling of the Epstein investigation, with Democrats and independents leading the disapproval and Republicans split.
