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World Cup bank holiday in the UK

There’s lots of talk in England about declaring a bank holiday should the Three Lions really bring football home. Keir Starmer has refused to confirm whether England would get...

Football might be coming home — but Prince William is staying home (for now)

England’s king-in-waiting, Prince William, certainly hopes football will be coming home. It is no...

Jack Smith thrust back into spotlight at Blanche hearing over exposed senators’ messages

Sen. John Kennedy demanded answers on whether Jack Smith read his emails and shared them with Attorney General Garland during the confirmation hearing.

Todd Blanche says ‘no closed investigations’ in Epstein case, vows DOJ will pursue new suspects

Todd Blanche told senators the Justice Department will prosecute anyone linked to Jeffrey Epstein's sex-trafficking operation if new evidence emerges.

Powerful LGBTQ+ group’s endorsements could tank vulnerable Dems over radical youth trans agenda

The Human Rights Campaign endorsed 29 candidates in battleground districts for 2026, raising questions about alignment with the group's stances.

Trump says ICE can’t give up traffic stops: ‘Important and effective’

President Trump on Wednesday said Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) should continue utilizing traffic stops, calling the tactic one of the agency's "most important and effective" crime-fighting tools. "The men and women of ICE are doing a GREAT job, one that has to be done," Trump wrote on Truth Social, praising the agency's efforts to...

The Gavel: Justices make their case for Supreme Court funding

Two Supreme Court justices appeared before Congress on Tuesday to testify on the high court’s annual budget request, a showing that was rare for several reasons.   Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett, a liberal and conservative appointed by presidents of different political parties, sat side by side in back-to-back hearings as they defended the court’s roughly $228 million ask for fiscal year 2027.   The House and...

Watch live: 2026 Hill Nation Summit

The Hill Nation Summit returns to Washington on Wednesday, July 15 for the second annual event. In the true bipartisan spirit of its host partners, The Hill and NewsNation, this is a summit where both sides come to be reasonable, in a series of back-to-back news making conversations. This second year agenda will focus on...

Trump’s America has stopped apologizing for existing, and it made all the difference

A country that supplies its allies' energy and demands they fund their own defense is not begging for a seat at the table. It is the table.

Fetterman, Oz headline Hill Nation summit; DDHQ launches election forecast

In today's issue: ▪ Hill Nation Summit brings the heat ▪ Senators to grill Blanche, Clayton ▪ House GOP breaks logjam ▪ Michigan Senate primary tests Democrats Key members of President Trump’s administration and some of the most prominent lawmakers on Capitol Hill will be featured in the second annual Hill Nation Summit on Wednesday. The Hill and...

Cheaper medicines exist — middlemen are keeping them out of reach

Patients aren't making the final call and neither are their doctors.

US hits ‘dozens’ of military targets in additional round of strikes

U.S. Central Command (Centcom) announced on Tuesday night that it completed an additional round of strikes on "dozens" of military targets near the Strait of Hormuz and Iran's coastal region at 10 p.m. EDT. The strikes came after the U.S. resumed a naval blockade at 4 p.m. EDT, with over 20 U.S. Navy warships and...

Trump to Iran: ‘We’re going to hit them very hard’

President Trump on Tuesday warned Iran that the U.S. is "going to hit them very hard" after the fourth day of U.S. strikes on the Islamic regime. Trump spoke with Fox News's Trey Yingst about the conflict, saying that the U.S. will gradually expand its strikes across Iran's infrastructure. "We're going to hit them very...

Rubio to host diplomacy meeting ‘critical to advancing’ US economy

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday will hold the Economic Diplomacy Action Group's (EDAG) first meeting, two years after it was established during the Biden administration. The committee, made up of federal agency leaders, will "shape the contours and focus of U.S. economic statecraft to advance U.S. foreign policy priorities," including "American leadership in AI," a State...

European Union considers social media ban for children

The European Union (EU) is considering banning social media for children, following similar efforts seen in the United Kingdom and Australia to restrict children's access to social media platforms. On Monday, a 156-page report given to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen suggested restricting access to social media for children under the age of...

Man in Florida killed by truck while fleeing ICE agents

A man was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer in St. Augustine, Fla., on Tuesday following an incident involving federal immigration officers. Four people inside a car at a Wawa gas station ran off on foot following "an encounter" with Homeland Security Investigations and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in a parking lot at...

Durbin says Blanche told him DOJ ‘anti-weaponization’ fund was ‘a mistake’

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) says acting Attorney General Todd Blanche called the Trump administration's $1.776 billion "anti-weaponization" fund “a mistake” in what the senator described as a courtesy meeting before Wednesday’s hearing to review Blanche's nomination to lead the Justice Department. According to Durbin, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, when outrage over...

Warsh’s hill debut

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   Your feedback matters to us. Take our brief newsletter survey to help us improve the newsletters you read every day. The Big Story Warsh touts 'sea change' at Fed in first hearing as chief Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh...

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