President Donald Trump on Thursday named Adam Telle as the acting Army secretary following the departure of Dan Driscoll amid widespread reports of tensions with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Maryland voters will get to decide in November on a congressional redistricting amendment being pushed by Democrats as part of nationwide battle for control of the U.S. House in future elections.
The rapid development of so-called “AI agents,” which promise to transform the way consumers travel, shop and even receive medical care, is going to demand cooperative industry action to ensure open and competitive markets.
Republican budget hawks got steamrolled this week as the House passed a bill to advance President Trump's agenda, sending concerns though financial markets about permanently higher U.S. deficit levels. Following the pandemic, the U.S. national debt ratcheted up to a new plateau of around 120 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) after the government sent...
Elias Rodriguez, the man accused of killing two Israeli Embassy staffers Wednesday night outside a Jewish museum in Washington, made his first court appearance this week, where a picture of the criminal case against him so far began to come into focus. The killings of Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, 26, a young...
House Republicans are sending a clear and early warning to their Senate allies as the bill encompassing President Trump’s domestic priorities heads to the upper chamber: Don’t water it down. House GOP leaders spent weeks in delicate talks with Republican holdouts before cobbling together a fragile agreement that could thread the needle between conservatives’ demands...
Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) wrote a Friday letter urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) not to drop its prosecution against Boeing, which the Trump administration did later in the day. Initial charges alleged that the aircraft company mislead regulators before two 737 planes crashed in Indonesia and Ethiopia, killing 346 people,...
Booz Allen Hamilton, a consulting firm, said Friday it is planning to cut 2,500 jobs as the Trump administration seeks to reduce government spending levels by discontinuing federal contracts. The federal shift is projected to decrease Booz Allen’s fiscal 2026 revenue by 3 percent, as most of the company’s earnings are rooted in government contracts. ...
The Pentagon on Friday released new rules for reporters that cover the building, banning journalists from certain areas without an official escort or prior approval, heavily curtailing press access to military officials. Reporters can now only wander certain hallways, mostly near the Pentagon’s entrances and the food court, with the areas off limits including Defense...
Four top lawyers at Paul Weiss said Friday they would depart from their roles as partners at the law firm to form their own practice. “We were disappointed not to be able to tell each of you personally and individually the news that we have decided to leave Paul, Weiss to start a new law...
Presented by The Coalition to Strengthen America's Healthcare {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Budget bill faces Senate opposition over Medicaid Just like the House, some of the biggest, and most contradictory, tension in the Senate surrounds Medicaid. Several Republican senators have forceful objections to changes to the federal insurance program included...
Actor Jussie Smollett made a $50,000 payment to a local Chicago charity to settle the city’s lawsuit against him, according to a Friday statement. The legal battle stemmed from Smollett’s false police report in 2019 claiming he had been the victim of a hate crime. “I've made a $50,000.00 donation to Building Brighter Futures (BBF)...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story How senators plan to change the Trump bill Senate Republicans say they’re going to rewrite the 1,000-plus page package the House narrowly passed Thursday to enact President Trump’s agenda. Here are some of the areas they...
