Congressional Republicans plan to bypass the Senate filibuster and pass the SAVE America Act's voter ID and proof of citizenship rules via reconciliation.
President Donald Trump rejected calls for AI guardrails and singled out Dario Amodei, as David Sacks challenged the industry's push to pace the frontier.
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani claims the Trump administration is illegally expanding a rule that allows feds to deny green card and visa applications based on welfare status.
President-elect Trump has announced former Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.), a chaplain in the Air Force Reserve, as his pick for the next Secretary of Veterans Affairs. A lawyer by trade and a member of Congress from 2013 to 2021, Collins is a staunch supporter of Trump and was one of his biggest defenders in the...
Presented by American Chemistry Council — With Republicans securing control of the House, Senate and White House in the election, they are poised to claw back major legislation Democrats have passed to fight climate change. {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Republican trifecta puts IRA under siege With Republicans securing...
President-elect Trump is quickly testing the will of Senate Republicans, asking them to back controversial picks to his Cabinet such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), while at the same time demanding they give him more power by easing recess appointments. His dual calls essentially demand loyalty from GOP senators to...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Pentagon UFO office gets more than 700 reports The All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) received 757 reports of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) from May 1, 2023, to June 1, 2024, a declassified report said just a...
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R) said that President-elect Trump choosing Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) to serve as attorney general was "very surprising," though he has "trust" in the confirmation hearing process. "As for that particular nomination, look, we have a process under the Constitution where the Senate provides advice and consent. And I trust that...
House Republicans are probing allegations of discrimination by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in Florida following the termination of an agency employee who advised a survivor assistance team to skip homes with President-elect Trump campaign signs. The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure is calling on FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell to brief the panel...
Pressure is building on the House Ethics Committee to release its findings on former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who President-elect Trump said he will nominate to be attorney general. Such a move would be highly unusual, since the committee has no jurisdiction to investigate a former lawmaker, and does not typically release information on investigations...
Eighteen Republican attorneys general sued the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Chair Gary Gensler on Thursday for allegedly overstepping the agency’s authority in its enforcement actions against the cryptocurrency industry. The states, led by Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman, argue that the SEC has sought to “unilaterally wrest regulatory authority away from the States”...
Colorado’s Gov. Jared Polis (D) said he was “excited” by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination for the Secretary of Health and Human Services. “I’m excited by the news that the President-Elect will appoint @RobertKennedyJr to @HHSGov. He helped us defeat vaccine mandates in Colorado in 2019 and will help make America healthy again by shaking...
Italian and Norwegian jets responded under NATO authority on Tuesday to multiple Russian aircraft “not adhering to international norms.” NATO Allied Air Command said on Thursday that Italy’s air force intercepted a Russian Coot-A over the Baltic Sea, and Norway’s air force “took off to identify multiple Russian aircraft flying in international airspace off the...
Republican David McCormick is projected to defeat Sen. Bob Casey (R-Pa.) in one of the nation's preeminent battlegrounds, according to Decision Desk HQ, adding to the party's margins after it took back control of the upper chamber earlier this week. The win by McCormick, a wealthy ex-hedge fund CEO, marked the culmination of a decade-long...
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) will revive plans for the nation’s first traffic congestion-pricing plan in New York City at a reduced rate after delaying the controversial plan earlier this year. Under the proposal, set to begin in January, most vehicles entering Manhattan below 60th Street will be subject to a $9 charge, down...
The United States is investing in marine energy technology to help meet clean energy goals, with the Marine Energy Technologies Acceleration Act providing $1 billion for research, demonstration projects, workforce development and streamlined permitting.
