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Corporate leaders flee the result of left-wing agendas they supported

For years, radical socialist politicians insisted that corporate America needed more regulation, higher taxes and a greater role in advancing political causes.  CEOs eagerly signed onto fashionable initiatives, from...

Hochul is running from her high-spending past — but Mamdani ties may sink her re-election hopes

Gov. Kathy Hochul knows her re-election hopes could depend on whether she can shake...

Trump says US will ‘obliterate’ Iranian power plants if Strait of Hormuz not reopened

President Trump on Saturday threatened to "obliterate" Iran's power plants if it doesn't reopen the Strait of Hormuz within the next two days. Trump's warning comes one day after he hinted that the U.S. was "winding down" its military operation in Iran, claiming the U.S. was "getting very close" to achieving its objective. "If Iran...

Trump gives Iran 48-hour ultimatum to reopen Strait of Hormuz or face strikes on power plants

Trump warns Iran it has 48 hours to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz or the U.S. will strike and obliterate its power plants, starting with the largest.

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CNN’s reporting on Strait of Hormuz riles White House

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story CNN’s reporting on Strait of Hormuz riles White House Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth set the tone for the day when he ripped into CNN at the Pentagon’s Iran briefing on Friday morning. © Adobe Stock The...

Trump aims to loosen ethylene oxide standards

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Trump aims to loosen ethylene oxide standards The Trump administration proposed Friday to loosen rules surrounding emissions of a cancer-causing gas from sterilizer plants. © AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposed rule to loosen requirements for sterilizer plants that emit...

Senate Democrat calls for investigation into Texas drone incidents

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), the ranking member on the Senate’s Aviation Subcommittee, is calling for an investigation into the government’s use of high-energy lasers in anti-drone technology following two incidents in Texas last month that led to airspace closures. Duckworth asked the inspectors general for the departments of Transportation, Defense and Homeland Security in a...

Senate committee finds Medicare Advantage overpayments cost seniors billions

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Senate committee finds Medicare Advantage overpayments cost seniors billions A report by the Senate Joint Economic Committee (JEC) found that overpayments to Medicare Advantage (MA) plans caused Medicare Part B premiums to rise for all beneficiaries, including those on Traditional Medicare (TM). AP According...

House Democrat moves to sanction Ogles over anti-Muslim posts

Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) on Thursday filed a resolution to censure Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) over several of his anti-Muslim posts on the social platform X, including one referring to New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D). "Ogles, a Congressman long known for his racist rhetoric, recently tweeted, 'Muslims don't belong in American society,' 'Pluralism is...

Fed, Powell score victory in DOJ fight

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Judge quashes grand jury subpoenas of Fed, Powell A federal judge ruled that Justice Department subpoenas of the Federal Reserve and its chair, Jerome Powell, may not be enforced, according to court filings unsealed Friday. ...

White Houses wages meme war

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story The White House’s 'memeification' of war From “Grand Theft Auto” to “SpongeBob SquarePants,” the White House has turned to memes from pop culture and video games to sell President Trump’s war with Iran. © Photo Credit The videos follow a broader trend in the Trump administration’s social media...

Judge rules Trump administration unlawfully refused to request CFPB funding

A federal judge ruled Friday that the Trump administration unlawfully took the position last year that it couldn’t request more funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).  U.S. District Judge Edward Davila ordered the agency’s acting director, Russ Vought, to continue requesting the necessary funds from the Federal Reserve to carry out the CFPB’s obligations.  It’s a legal loss for top Trump administration officials as they look to curtail the consumer watchdog agency. Created in the wake of the...

Grenell exits Kennedy Center; Trump picks new executive director

Ric Grenell is leaving his role as head of the Kennedy Center, a source close to the Trump Kennedy Center confirmed to The Hill on Friday. President Trump announced in a Truth Social post that Matt Floca, the current vice president of operations, would succeed Grenell as CEO and executive director, pending approval from the...

White House eyes intervention as Iran operation spikes fertilizer prices

The White House is looking at intervening to help farmers facing high fertilizer prices as a result of the U.S.-Israeli military operation in Iran. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins said Friday the White House was looking at "every potential avenue to keep" these prices down. She said she was having conversations with lawmakers to seek...

Fetterman on supporting Mullin for DHS secretary: ‘Why can’t you just give someone a chance?’

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) is urging Democratic colleagues to “give someone a chance” and consider backing Sen. Markwayne Mullin’s (R-Okla.) nomination for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary. Fetterman reaffirmed on Thursday that he would vote to confirm Mullin, who is set to appear before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on...

Top Iranian official responds to Hegseth’s claim leaders ‘hiding’ like ‘rats’

A top Iranian official condemned Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s comparison of Iranian leaders to “rats” on Friday. “Iran’s leadership is in no better shape, desperate and hiding, they’ve gone underground. That’s what rats do,” Hegseth said during a Friday morning press conference. Ali Larijani, the secretary of the country’s Supreme National Security Council, criticized Hegseth’s...

‘Wrong move’: Grassley criticizes Trump lifting sanctions on Russian oil

At least one Republican senator is criticizing the Trump administration’s moves to lift restrictions on Russian oil amid a gasoline price hike spurred by the conflict in Iran. Sen. Chuck Grassley (Iowa) wrote in a post on the social platform X, “Temporarily removing sanctions 4 Russian oil is [the] wrong move.” He added that money...

Michigan lawmaker on synagogue attack: ‘Something like this unfortunately was bound to happen’

Michigan state Rep. Samantha Steckloff (D) said the attack on a synagogue in the Detroit suburbs on Thursday felt “bound to happen” amid a nationwide rise in antisemitism and threats against Jewish institutions. An armed Lebanese man, later identified as Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, rammed his car into Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township, Mich., causing...

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