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No Deal —Why Trump shouldn’t touch LIRR union fight

Labor unions representing Long Island Rail Road employees went full-steam ahead this month toward a destructive strike, only to hit the brakes when the Hochul administration didn’t blink.

Appeals court rejects Trump bid to unseat Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook

A federal appeals court Monday rejected President Trump's move to fire Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook.

Arnold Schwarzenegger urges vote against new California districts

Arnold Schwarzenegger on Monday entered the national battle over U.S. House control, urging voters to reject a California ballot proposal to rejigger districts that he said would erode democratic principles and allow politicians to "take the power away from the people."

Trump says he would have lowered flags for Minnesota slayings if asked. But he didn’t call governor

President Donald Trump defended his order that flags be lowered to half-staff after last week's slaying of conservative activist Charlie Kirk by suggesting he would have done the same following the assassination of a Minnesota Democratic state lawmaker this summer had he been asked by the state's governor.

Trump administration joins Republicans’ campaign to police speech in reaction to Kirk’s murder

Vice President JD Vance on Monday jumped onto the conservative movement demanding consequences for those who have cheered Charlie Kirk's killing, calling on the public to turn in anyone who says distasteful things about the assassination of his friend and political ally.

Dark clouds emerge for Trump on economy

Dark clouds formed over President Trump’s economy Friday after the July jobs report showed the labor market only gaining 106,000 jobs over the last three months. The report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) suggested the economy and labor market are much weaker than previously thought, and will raise questions about whether the president’s...

Senate leaving Russia sanctions power fully in Trump’s hands

Republican senators are getting ready to leave Washington without advancing a major sanctions bill against Russia, giving President Trump sole discretion over whether to follow through on his threats against Russian President Vladimir Putin if he refuses to halt his war against Ukraine. Trump has given an Aug. 8 deadline for Putin to stop fighting...

Navarro on jobs report: ‘It’s either incompetence or political interference’

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro on Friday slammed the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) for a series of reports on job growth he deemed inaccurate. The longtime Trump adviser said the BLS had an “unsettling pattern” of presenting the public with the wrong information. “The BLS doesn't seem to be able to get that...

Trump administration revokes Biden era abortion rule for veterans

The Trump administration revoked a Biden era abortion rule on Friday that allows veterans to receive abortions under their medical package. The Department of Veteran Affairs is reversing a 2022 rule that provided access to abortion counseling and abortions to certain pregnant veterans in addition to VA beneficiaries. “We take this action to ensure that...

Senate approves more than $180 billion in 2026 funding before August recess

The Senate on Friday passed its first tranche of government funding bills for fiscal year 2026 ahead of its upcoming August recess, but Congress is bracing for a potentially messy fight to prevent a shutdown when they return in September.  The chamber approved three bills that provide more than $180 billion in discretionary funding for...

Kevin O’Leary on Trump’s BLS firing: ‘Don’t shoot the messenger’

“Shark Tank” investor Kevin O’Leary on Friday criticized President Trump for proposing the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) head be fired after reporting a decline in job growth. Hours before his comments, Trump slammed Commissioner Erika McEntarfer in a Truth Social post alleging she altered job reports to favor former Vice President Harris during the...

Charlamagne tha God floats Jon Stewart for 2028 bid

Charlamagne tha God shared a soft endorsement for Jon Stewart in an interview set to be published Saturday after discouraging former Vice President Kamala Harris from launching another White House bid in 2028.  “I would love to see Jon Stewart run in 2028,” Charlamagne told Fox News’s Lara Trump. “If we’re talking about like a...

Apple faces steep tariffs

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Apple anticipates $1.1B price tag from tariffs next quarter Apple expects to face $1.1 billion in tariff-related costs next quarter on top of $800 million from the prior three months. © Alberto Pezzali, Associated Press The iPhone-maker, which has been hit particularly hard by President Trump’s tariff push, still reported strong quarterly...

CDC bars expert groups from advising on vaccines

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story CDC bars expert groups from advising on vaccines The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) told some expert groups that they will no longer be able to help review scientific data used to issue vaccine recommendations. ©...

Texas flood survivors speak out

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Flood survivors decry ack of aid, ‘toxic pit’ conditions Communities hit by the deadly Independence Day floods face a desperate and confused recovery bereft of state and federal aid, survivors told a field hearing of the Texas Legislature in Kerrville on Thursday. © AP...

Trump rages over bad jobs report

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Trump axes labor statistics chief after bad jobs report President Trump ordered the firing of the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics following a dismal jobs report he blamed squarely on the appointee of former...

Vance hits critics of Sydney Sweeney ad campaign

Vice President Vance mocked critics of an American Eagle jeans ad featuring Sydney Sweeney in an interview published Friday, blaming Democrats for public discourse arguing the commercial endorses eugenics.  “So you have a pretty girl doing a jeans ad and they can't help but freak out. It reveals a lot more about them than it...

5 questions Trump faces after dismal jobs report; BLS commissioner firing

President Trump’s economic pitch took a serious hit Friday after the latest federal jobs report revealed stunning weakness in the labor market. He responded by firing the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) for what he called politically-motivated revisions that lobbed off hundreds of thousands of job gains earlier this summer. The dismal...

Tesla found partly liable for fatal autopilot crash

A federal jury on Friday found Elon Musk’s Tesla partially liable for a fatal 2019 crash involving the electric vehicle maker’s autopilot system. The Miami jury determined Tesla was 33 percent responsible for the crash and ordered the company to pay several million dollars in damages. The family of Naibel Benavides sued the EV maker...

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