President Trump signed a proclamation on Wednesday that bars individuals from 12 countries from entering the United States and that places additional travel restrictions on people from another seven countries. The president cited national security concerns, in announcing the ban, which officially takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on Monday. The proclamation — which echoes a...
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought was grilled by both sides of the aisle over the administration’s sweeping cost-cutting plans as he testified before House appropriators Wednesday afternoon. Vought faced a wide-ranging list of questions during a budget hearing, as lawmakers pressed him over President Trump’s latest spending cut requests, the Department...
Newly obtained video shows a DoorDash driver's attempt to deliver food to a customer at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport last month not only breached perimeter security but also failed to trigger an immediate response.
The Blue Dogs are calling on Congress to work together to deliver pragmatic policies that most Americans agree on, to solve the issues facing the country and deliver results to the American people.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) gave a new name to the “big, beautiful bill” on Wednesday, calling it the “Well, We’re All Going to Die Act.” Schumer appeared at a press conference alongside Sens. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and stood next to a sign that read “Well, We’re All Going to...
Former President Biden on Wednesday rebuked claims from President Trump and other Republicans that he was not the one making decisions at the end of his time in the White House after Trump ordered an investigation into the matter. “Let me be clear: I made the decisions during my presidency. I made the decisions about...
Candidates running for the Democratic nomination for mayor of New York City faced off for the first time on the debate stage just ahead of the start of early voting next week. Nine candidates answered questions during a chaotic two-hour debate in which they often took aim at each other, particularly the front-runner, former New...
CNN conservative commentator Scott Jennings on Wednesday congratulated Democrats for “getting rid of” former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre after recently revealing her decision to become an independent. “I’d like to congratulate Democrats for ridding yourselves of this untalented mediocrity,” Jennings said on CNN’s “The Arena with Kasie Hunt.” “I mean, this is the...
President Trump has restricted foreign student visas at Harvard University, an action that takes place amid an ongoing battle between the Trump administration and the Ivy League school. “Admission into the United States to attend, conduct research, or teach at our Nation’s institutions of higher education is a privilege granted by our Government, not a...
President Trump on Wednesday signed a proclamation banning travel into the United States for individuals from a dozen countries, citing national security concerns. The proclamation, which echoes a travel ban Trump instituted in his first term, fully restricts the entry of nationals from Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran,...
President Trump on Wednesday ordered an investigation into actions taken by then-President Biden, citing questions about Biden‘s cognitive state toward the end of his term. Trump directed the counsel to the president, in consultation with Attorney General Pam Bondi, to probe "whether certain individuals conspired to deceive the public about Biden's mental state and unconstitutionally...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Trump tax bill would add $2.4 trillion to deficits: CBO President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” would add $2.4 trillion to the nation’s deficit over roughly the next decade, a new cost estimate from the Congressional Budget...
