Morning Report is The Hill's a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here or using the box below: In today's issue: ▪ New global trade levies, deadline ▪ US sending more weapons to Ukraine ▪ Trump, Netanyahu tout Iran victory ▪ RFK Jr. sued over vaccine restrictions ▪ Texas flood response enters Day 5 Trump rekindles trade war, with Aug. 1...
In the nearly 900 pages of President Donald Trump's tax and spending bill are several provisions that parents and guardians may want to pay close attention to.
Dan Osborn, an industrial mechanic who lost a Senate bid as an independent against Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) by single digits last year, is launching another bid for the upper chamber – this time for Sen. Pete Ricketts' (R-Neb.) seat. In his launch video, Osborn contrasts his working-class background as an industrial mechanic and military veteran...
Kevin O’Connor, who served as President Biden’s physician during his term, asked the House Oversight Committee Saturday to postpone scheduled testimony over disagreements on the scope of the questions the Republican-led committee can ask him. O’Connor is scheduled to give a deposition on Wednesday as part of the committee’s probe into Biden’s mental acuity and...
Churches and other houses of worship registered as tax-exempt nonprofits can endorse political candidates to their congregations, the IRS said on Monday. The decision, first reported in The New York Times, was communicated in a court filing intended to settle a lawsuit filed by two Texas churches and a group of Christian broadcasters. 501(c)(3) nonprofit...
President Trump praised FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino for going “back to the basics” in a Truth Social post, as the two men have come under fire from right-wing influencers over a report disproving several conspiracy theories about disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. “We have the Greatest Law Enforcement professionals in the...
President Trump told reporters Monday that he planned to visit Texas on Friday after deadly flash floods swept through central Texas over the weekend. At least 100 people are dead across six counties, including more than two dozen counselors and young campers from a Christian summer camp for girls. “That was a terrible event, terrible...
President Trump on Monday directed the Treasury Department to take a strict approach to limit which projects can get access to wind and solar tax credits. The recently passed Republican megabill ends the tax credits for wind and solar tax credits unless solar or wind farms start producing electricity by 2028 – or unless they start construction...
President Trump said he was "all for" lasting peace with Iran but "ready, willing and able" to strike if Tehran poses additional threats to the U.S., speaking alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Monday. Trump offered wide-ranging remarks to the press in what was initially billed as a private dinner...
President Trump on Monday indicated there may be some wiggle room for nations to negotiate on trade despite his fresh threat of additional tariffs going into effect on Aug. 1 Trump spoke to reporters hours after he issued letters to roughly a dozen countries informing them that they would face tariff rates of 25 percent...
President Trump said Monday his administration would send Ukraine additional weapons after his administration imposed a pause on some shipments to Kyiv. "We're going to send some more weapons. We have to. They have to be able to defend themselves. They're getting hit very hard now,” Trump told reporters during a dinner with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
