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Trump Won’t Let the GOP Go Its Own Way So Easily

Trump has been doing a lot of ‘lashing out’ lately, and his foremost sources of irritation seem to be his fellow Republicans.

Business lobby calls on Congress for reliable infrastructure spending; diesel export ban slammed

The current federal infrastructure law is set to expire on Wednesday, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is sounding the alarm.

Surprise! Barron Trump is dating like any other college student

Barron Trump, the youngest son of President Trump, has reportedly dated a girlfriend he met at New York University for more than a year.

Florida attorney general seeks temporary injunction against OpenAI over AI safety risks

Florida's Attorney General James Uthmeier went to court Monday seeking an injunction to pause OpenAI's artificial intelligence developments, asserting that its harm is immediate and irreparable unless judicial involvement puts a stop to it.

Roberts faces calls to press Alito for recusal

House Judiciary Committee Democrats asked Chief Justice John Roberts to detail how the Supreme Court plans to enforce its code of conduct, arguing Justice Samuel Alito violated its policies by raising flags connected to the “Stop the Steal” effort at his two homes. The group accuses Alito of violating one provision that bars justices from...

2.2M Americans over 55 still have student loan debt: Report

Millions of Americans older than 55 have yet to clear their student loan debt, according to the Federal Reserve Board's 2022 Survey of Consumer Finances released Wednesday. The survey showed 2.2 million individuals above 55 have student loan debt, and an analysis from the New School's Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis shows it is impeding...

Bipartisan Missouri lawmakers blast Johnson for smaller radiation exposure bill 

Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Bipartisan Missouri lawmakers blast Johnson for smaller radiation exposure bill Democratic and Republican lawmakers from Missouri blasted Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) decision to schedule a House vote next week on an extension of the Radiation Exposure...

AI lobbying surge

Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story  AI lobbying surged in 2023 The number of lobbyists working on issues related to artificial intelligence (AI) surged in 2023 compared to the previous four years as the federal government considered AI regulation, according to a report released by the advocacy group Public Citizen on...

Fox News anchor to Alina Habba: Biden ‘not responsible’ for Trump trial

Fox News anchor and legal analyst Shannon Bream pushed back on an assertion made by Alina Habba, one of Donald Trump's attorneys, that President Biden is responsible for the criminal charges the former president faces in New York. "And Joe Biden unfortunately can't really do anything in office," Habba said as she joined Bream, the...

Sanders, Murray holding hearing on ‘Republican abortion bans’

Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) announced a hearing to examine the past two years since the Supreme Court Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade and the impact of the subsequent "Republican abortion bans." The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, which Sanders chairs, will hold the hearing June 4, titled...

Cleveland Fed taps new chief

  Presented by BP — {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   PRESENTED BY  The Big Story  Cleveland Fed taps new chief The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland announced Wednesday that Beth Hammack, a Goldman Sachs executive and longtime finance industry leader, will be the next president and CEO. © Federal Reserve Bank of...

North Korea sends fleet of balloons carrying excrement to South Korea

North Korea sent a fleet of balloons carrying excrement and trash into South Korea, according to multiple reports. “As already warned by the [North Korean] vice minister of National Defence, a large amount of waste paper and rubbish are being scattered in the border and deep areas of the ROK from the night of May...

Biden predicts next president will appoint ‘a couple justices’

President Biden predicted during a speech Wednesday that the next president will be able to appoint two new Supreme Court justices, while warning against former President Trump winning another term. “Guess what, the next president, they’re going to be able to appoint a couple of justices and I’ll be damned—” he said at a rally...

Allied troops had air cover to win on D-Day. Ukrainian troops need it too

The battle against tyranny takes place in different skies from Normandy, but both the underlying values and the way to victory are still the same. Without better air defense, Ukraine can't win.

Nikki Haley writes ‘Finish them’ on artillery shell during Israel visit

Nikki Haley, a former GOP presidential candidate and United Nations ambassador, wrote "Finish them" on an artillery shell while on a trip to Israel this week. Haley was photographed signing the shell Tuesday in a social media post by Danny Danon, Israel's former ambassador to the United Nations and a member of the Israeli Parliament....

62 percent worn out by presidential campaign coverage: Survey

Nearly two-thirds (62 percent) of Americans say they feel worn out by the high volume of news coverage of the 2024 presidential campaigns and candidates, according to a Pew Research Center survey published Tuesday. About one-third (35 percent) of respondents, on the other hand, said they “like seeing a lot of coverage of the campaign...

Sanders, Wyden scrutinize data firm over ‘sky-high’ medical bills

Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Ron Wyden (D-Oreg.) are scrutinizing a data analytic firm over concerns the services it provides to insurance companies are leaving patients with "sky-high medical bills." The senators issued a letter last week to Travis Dalton, president and CEO of the healthcare data analytics firm MultiPlan, stating their concerns over reports...

Fewer Americans plan to donate to political campaigns: Survey

Less Americans are planning to donate to political campaigns compared to 2020, according to a new survey from LendingTree. According to the survey, 26 percent of Americans are intending to give to a political campaign this year. In comparison, 36 percent of Americans said they were planning to give money to a political campaign in...

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