President Trump announced Saturday he approved new fuel economy standards that eliminate an electric vehicle (EV) mandate introduced under the Biden administration. The 2024 EV mandate aimed to facilitate the transition from gas-powered to EVs by setting new pollution standards for automakers' vehicle fleets, which were intentionally difficult to meet without introducing new electric or...
Former Kennedy Center employees accused the iconic performing arts venue's leadership in a letter to Congress of halting planned waterproofing repairs earlier this year. In the Thursday letter, David Seide, an attorney representing the whistleblowers, shared internal documents which he said challenged the Kennedy Center board's claims that these leaks constituted the venue's immediate closure. ...
CNN reported its journalists have been barred from joining the press pool traveling with President Trump this weekend. They were set to board Air Force One Saturday to cover his visit to Knoxville for a college football game. The outlet had been scheduled to serve as this weekend's TV press pooler — a rotating group...
President Trump cancelled almost $1 billion in federal funding Friday using the controversial “pocket rescission" process, which allows him to sidestep congressional approval. Most of the cancellations targeted Health and Human Services (HHS) programs serving undocumented immigrants and unaccompanied children in court, as well as similar initiatives under the agency's Minority Health office and the...
The Alabama Attorney General’s Office announced Friday it reached a minimum $100 million settlement deal with TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, days before a state court was set to hear arguments surrounding the app's potential mental health effects on minors. TikTok has 45 days to respond to the settlement, which could balloon to $300...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story GOP senators not happy with Trump's embrace of Xi after China helped Iran Republican senators are dismayed over President Trump’s lavish welcome of Chinese President Xi Jinping to the U.S. after the discovery that Iran used...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare The Big Story Senate Democrats question if Kennedy struck a deal in vaccine lawsuit A group of Senate Democrats are questioning whether Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sought a workaround in an ethics agreement after they noticed discrepancies in...
Francesca Hong, a former democratic socialist candidate in the Wisconsin gubernatorial race, said Friday she regrets her controversial CNN interview in which she stated she wanted to “cancel Thanksgiving.” In an interview with WISN, a local ABC affiliate, anchor Matt Smith reflected on Hong’s time on the campaign trail and asked if there was anything...
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Iran pitches 7-day plan Iran has shared a seven-day plan with the U.S. to end fighting between the two countries, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restart talks for a final peace deal, Tehran’s foreign minister told multiple outlets Thursday in New York City....
The White House defended the pro-President Trump television campaign that aired this week ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, saying that “patriotism isn’t partisan.” “The announcements are a reminder for Americans to love their country and know why it’s worth defending — at home, at the border, and abroad,” the White House wrote in a...
Iran has shared a seven-day plan with the U.S. to end fighting between the two countries, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restart talks for a final peace deal, Tehran’s foreign minister told multiple outlets Thursday in New York City. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told a group of reporters at the United Nations General...
The Supreme Court on Friday blocked a directive for Missouri Republicans to use their favored congressional map, again, making clear to officials they must return to an old design for November after the state’s messy redistricting battle. The decision is a blow for the GOP, which fought to use a more favorable 7-1 House map...
A group of Senate Democrats questioned whether Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. potentially concealed an agreement to collect money from a settlement with a vaccine manufacturer despite pledging to divest from the lawsuit. At the time of his confirmation process last year, Kennedy was still involved in a lawsuit carried out...
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Appeals court sides with Pentagon on Anthropic blacklisting The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit sided with the Trump administration in its blacklisting of the artificial intelligence firm Anthropic, allowing the Pentagon to label the AI firm a supply chain risk. Patrick Sison, Associated Press The...
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the prediction market Kalshi on Friday, determining states can regulate prediction market platforms like gambling in the latest blow to the industry. In a unanimous ruling, the three-judge panel sided with Ohio and Tennessee, finding Kalshi did not show its sports-event contracts are "swaps" that typically...
