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Texas Republicans denounce GOP statewide candidate over xenophobic post

Prominent Texas Republicans are denouncing Bo French, a Republican nominee to join the state’s railroad commission, after he made a xenophobic post describing a group of Asian American students...

Trump unloads on AOC, Mamdani for laughing during sacred 9/11 ceremony at Ground Zero

President Donald Trump called the moment "terrible" after video showed AOC and Zohran Mamdani appearing to laugh during the Ground Zero ceremony.

GOP gov candidate recounts miracle water landing as dispatch audio reveals desperate search for sinking plane

Dispatch audio captures the frantic search for Tom Tiffany after his plane lost power and plunged into Lake Wausau in darkness Saturday night.

Congress Is a Living Advertisement for Term Limits

The age and frail health of too many powerful leaders in Washington is a...

Trump says he’ll consider releasing 9/11 records after families’ request

President Donald Trump said Sunday that he will look into requests from families of Sept. 11 victims to release records that could shed light on Saudi Arabia's alleged role in the attacks 25 years ago.

Vance, GOP committees ask Supreme Court to strike down coordination limits

Vice President-elect JD Vance and Republican committees asked the Supreme Court to overturn federal limits that restrict political parties from coordinating spending with candidates on the grounds that they violate the First Amendment. Limits on contributions to candidates are much lower than they are to party committees such as the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC)...

MAP: Flu season is here, especially in these states

Flu activity spiked in states across the U.S. during the last week of November, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Biden eyes relaxed limits for pesticide

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Advocates push back on EPA pesticide move The Biden administration is proposing to raise a key threshold determining how much of a pesticide that’s commonly used in agriculture is considered concerning in the environment — spurring ire from environmental advocates. © AP Photo/Pablo Martinez...

Health insurers step up security, scrub websites of leadership information

The killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is spurring other major health companies to remove the photos of executives from their websites, close buildings and even switch to a virtual investor day rather than an in-person public event. Amid rising security concerns, companies have removed previously public information from their websites. UnitedHealth Group, the parent company...

Trump’s billionaire Cabinet

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story  The billionaires stocking Trump’s next administration President-elect Trump made headlines when he tapped Elon Musk, the richest person in the world, to co-lead the “Department of Government Efficiency” — but he’s just one of several billionaires named...

Tillis backs Bondi, Patel; says he trusts committees for other Trump picks

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) announced his support of President-elect Trump’s nominees for attorney general and FBI director in a Friday post on social platform X.  “My position on supporting Trump nominees is quite clear. And I'm looking forward to leading the charge to get Pam Bondi and Kash Patel confirmed,” Tillis wrote Friday.  “While Breitbart...

Trump team digs in on Hegseth

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Trump says he's sticking with 'winner' Hegseth for DOD chief President-elect Trump joined Vice President-elect JD Vance in doubling down on Pete Hegseth for the top Pentagon role. © Greg Nash, The Hill In a post...

Senate Republicans launch inquiry into unpublished NIH study

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Senate GOP launches inquiry into puberty blockers study Senate Republicans are launching an inquiry in the National Institutes of Health a little over a month after a report revealed a grant recipient withheld data on a study examining...

Ex-bodyguard of late UnitedHealthcare CEO calls fatal shooting ‘just baffling’

A former bodyguard of the late UnitedHealthcare CEO was dumbfounded by the lack of security for Brian Thompson after he was killed in a fatal shooting, sparking a manhunt in New York City. “It was baffling, to be honest with you. You know, you get at somebody in the number one healthcare organization in the United...

Watch live: Biden honors veterans at event ahead of Pearl Harbor anniversary

President Biden is set to give remarks Friday honoring American veterans and their families a day before the 83rd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Biden is attending a special live performance of PBS's "The Eyes of the World: From D-Day to VE Day" at the White House. The program was created and narrated...

Evening Report — Dems’ youth surge

Presented by Southern Company — Plus: Johnson woos adversaries. {beacon} Evening Report © AP Photo/Alex Brandon Younger Democrats vie for influence in House A YOUTH MOVEMENT is underway among Democrats in the House. Several Democrats are challenging their older peers for key committee positions in the lower chamber, as the party reckons with an...

California Capitol in Sacramento evacuated over threat

The California Capitol building was evacuated on Friday morning after an email threat according to local law enforcement. “On December 6, 2024, an email threat was received at the State Capitol,” California Highway Patrol wrote in a post on X. “At the direction of Joint Rules, the Capitol and Swing Space have been temporarily evacuated...

DNA samples among new leads in UnitedHealthcare manhunt: What to know 

Authorities have collected DNA evidence in their hunt for the suspect in the midtown Manhattan killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The suspect has so far evaded capture, two days following Thompson's death in what has been described by police as a premeditated attack. On Friday, officials said DNA evidence linked to the crime has...

Insurance CEO shooting suspect likely left NYC: Police

Law enforcement officials believe the suspected gunman who fatally shot United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Wednesday has now left New York City on a bus. The New York Police Department (NYPD) told News Nation live footage shows the suspect quickly fled the scene after the shooting, riding uptown on a bicycle before heading to...

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