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The U.S. economy grew far slower than expected in the final three months of 2025, according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) rose at an annualized rate of 1.4 percent during the fourth quarter. Economists expected the U.S to economy to have grown at a...

President Trump will welcome governors to the White House on Friday morning for a working breakfast. The annual meeting between Trump and state leaders — typically a bipartisan gathering — has been overshadowed by the president's attacks on Democratic Govs. Wes Moore (Md.) and Jared Polis (Colo.). The National Governors Association (NGA) said earlier this...

Pass the ROTOR Act and then continue the urgent work of closing the remaining safety gaps.

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Maybe next time AOC ventures abroad, she might want to do her homework.

[Watch Whole Hog Politics live: Join us today at 9 am ET at TheHill.com as Chris Stirewalt and host Bill Sammon break down this week’s political news and answer questions from a live online audience.] You’d have to say that Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff is the most vulnerable Democratic incumbent this year. But you could...

U.S. fighter jets intercepted Russian warplanes on Thursday after they were detected near Alaska.  The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) detected, tracked and intercepted two Russian Tu-95s bomber planes, two Su-35s fighter planes and one A-50 spy plane until they departed the Alaskan ADIZ, officials said in a statement released late Thursday. The defense...

Actor Eric Dane, best known for his role as Dr. Mark Sloan ("McSteamy") on ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" has died at the age of 53.

More than 320,000 vehicles manufactured by Nissan North America, Inc. have been recalled due to an engine failure risk, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Late last month the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works held a hearing on the federal environmental review and permitting process for such infrastructure projects as pipelines, powerplants, fossil energy extraction, mining, refinery equipment, ad infinitum.  So broken is the process that — believe it or not — there was bipartisan agreement that reform is necessary. So broken is...

A Democratic group dedicated to expanding their presence at the state legislature-level is rolling out a six-figure investment on Friday ahead of a May special election for a Michigan Senate seat, a true bellwether race that could have consequences for the upper chamber’s majority.  The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC) is spending $250,000 in the special election to support Democrat Chedrick Greene’s candidacy and...

Three Vietnam War veterans on Thursday filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration to bar it from constructing his proposed triumphal arch in Washington's Memorial Circle, arguing that it does not have congressional approval. The veterans, along with an architectural historian, argue the construction of the structure — dubbed "Independence Arch" by the White House...

Former Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton (D) on Thursday released a new campaign ad featuring several Prairie State residents, including Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), all saying, "F--- Trump." "They said it, not me," Stratton says in the video posted on her social media. She added that she's "not scared of a wannabe dictator. I'm running...

President Trump on Thursday said he will direct the Department of Defense and other agencies to release its files about UFOs and "alien and extraterrestrial life" to the public. "Based on the tremendous interest shown," Trump wrote on Truth Social, "I will be directing the Secretary of War, and other relevant Departments and Agencies, to...