Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., denied Democrat voters have been celebrating Charlie Kirk’s assassination, even as professionals across various sectors are facing repercussions for doing so.
President Trump, ever fixated on the New York Times, is now suing the paper for $15 billion with no clear trigger – the latest he's levied against the press since retaking office.
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said a person cannot be prosecuted for speech but that he supports other consequences for celebrating the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Poll: Support for Israeli military action in Gaza hits new low in U.S. A new Gallup poll measures Americans’ approval of Israel’s military action in Gaza at 32 percent, the lowest point recorded since the question was...
A gambling tax provision in President Trump’s megabill that passed Congress earlier this month is ruffling feathers on both sides of the aisle. Tucked into the approximately 1,000-page tax and spending cuts plan is a measure that experts say will make it more expensive for gamblers to lose, and that some Republicans say they weren’t even...
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Susan Monarez to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), putting a longtime government scientist at the helm of an agency being upended by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Monarez, 50, is President Trump’s second pick for the job. She was confirmed on a...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story CDC director poised for confirmation Susan Monarez was poised to be confirmed to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday, putting a longtime government scientist at the helm of an agency being upended by Health...
Senate Republicans are moving swiftly to clear key hurdles in their effort to pass a set of spending bills before the August recess and get the ball moving toward avoiding a government shutdown in two months. Appropriators are crafting a three-bill package that covers full-year funding for the departments of Agriculture (USDA), Veterans Affairs (VA),...
President Trump on Tuesday claimed that the Wall Street Journal wants to settle the defamation lawsuit he filed after the outlet reported on a letter Trump allegedly sent to Jeffrey Epstein. “It's in the lawyer's hands. I've been treated very unfairly by The Wall Street Journal,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One, when asked...
India has overtaken China as the leading exporter of smartphones to the U.S., as Apple continues to shift production in the face of the Trump administration’s tariffs, according to new research released Monday. Canalys, a global tech market analyst firm, found that 44 percent of U.S. smartphones were manufactured in India in the second quarter...
A new analysis on the Trump administration’s tariff policies found several industries could face cost increases of up to 4.5 percent. The Washington Center for Equitable Growth found prices rising from 2 to 4.5 percent, with particular vulnerability to the manufacturing sector and the repair and maintenance industries, including auto repair shops. Researcher Christopher Bangert-Downs...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Tuesday announced that she would not run for Georgia governor in 2026, throwing cold water on speculation that had been swirling for months. In a lengthy post on the social media platform X, Greene decried "constant rumors" about her political ambitions, including chatter that she might launch a campaign...
More than 20 states filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Department of Health and Human Services, challenging a provision in President Trump’s enormous tax and spending package that bars certain health care nonprofits from receiving Medicaid reimbursements. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBA) includes a provision that bars health care nonprofits that provide...
Democrats on the Senate Health Committee launched an investigation on Tuesday into Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s firing of all members of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) vaccine advisory panel. Led by ranking member Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who caucuses with Democrats, the lawmakers asked for detailed information...
A group of 20 states filed a Monday lawsuit against the Trump administration to prevent the government from collecting personal data from food stamp recipients. The coalition of lawyers argues the effort violates privacy laws by requesting individuals’ immigration status, birthdates and home addresses, according to the Associated Press. California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) said...
Republican strategist Karl Rove said Tuesday that far-left mayoral candidates will make it harder for Democrats to gain ground. “The more that we get people like this representing the face of the Democratic Party, the harder it is to win back voters in the middle of American politics,” Rove said on Fox News’s “America’s Newsroom”...
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is giving a gaga review to Lady Gaga after being spotted among the cheering crowd at one of the "Abracadabra" singer's concerts. "It was a fabulous show in San Francisco!" Pelosi, the 85-year-old Speaker Emerita, said in a Tuesday post on X. "The most fun I’ve had in a long time," Pelosi said...
