ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE — President Trump on Tuesday said he would prefer not to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies that are set to expire at the end of the year, but acknowledged it may be necessary to reach an agreement on health care legislation. Trump, in response to a question from The Hill, told...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Questions hang over Ukraine peace talks President Trump touted significant progress in his peace push after Ukraine agreed to a trimmed-down version of a 28-point peace plan, but the thorniest issues in the war reportedly remain...
Democratic officials in 20 states and Washington, D.C., sued the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Tuesday, alleging that its recent changes to the Continuum of Care (COC) housing program have thrown it into “chaos.” The complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island, says that HUD’s reversal of its “Housing First”...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the U.S. Navy to complete by early next month a review of the Department of Defense's (DOD) complaint against Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) over his recent remarks alongside other lawmakers. Hegseth referred the allegations against Kelly, a retired Navy captain, to Navy Secretary John Phelan and ordered Phelan to report back with findings by...
The House Energy and Commerce Committee is planning to consider a slate of 19 bills related to kids online safety and privacy next week amid a new push to pass protections for young users. The panel will hold a hearing Dec. 2 to consider the legislation, including a new version of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), which fell short in the House last year after clearing the...
A former Louisiana health official who ordered his state health department to stop promoting mass vaccinations was quietly appointed as the top deputy at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Dr. Ralph Abraham’s appointment was not announced by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the agency did not return a request for comment. However, it confirmed his hiring to...
Former deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes said on Tuesday the Trump administration's peace proposal to end the war between Ukraine and Russia amounted to "a surrender plan." "We need to stop calling these things peace plans," Rhodes told anchor Nicolle Wallace on MS NOW, formerly MSNBC. "This is a surrender plan. This is literally...
An infant has died from whooping cough in Kentucky, the third such instance in the past 12 months, state health officials said Monday. The infant and their mother were not vaccinated against the illness, officials from the Kentucky Department for Public Health (KDPH) noted in a release. In June, KDPH officials said two infants in...
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) has filed a suit against the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), arguing its leader abused his authority in forwarding a criminal referral regarding the lawmaker’s mortgage. The suit is the first of its kind after FHFA Director Bill Pulte has made four criminal referrals for Democrats alleging they committed some type of mortgage...
The Trump administration on Monday asked a federal court to overturn a Biden-era rule limiting deadly soot pollution. In a court filing, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) argued that the Biden-era rule tightening limits was procedurally flawed and therefore should be vacated. It said that the Biden administration took a “shortcut,” making the rule stricter “without the...
