With less than a year to go until the United States of America’s 250th birthday, it is worth standing back and looking with awe at those years. The U.S. did not just become the richest, strongest, and freest country on Earth. It did so while remaining a stable constitutional democracy for 2 1/2 centuries, with […]
Moscow pounded Kyiv and other cities in Ukraine with the largest missile and drone attack since the three-year war in Eastern Europe started, less than a day after President Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin’s military launched 550 drones and missiles at Ukraine during the overnight attack, according to Ukraine’s air force....
Cargo theft is a growing epidemic in the US, with criminal rings exploiting weaknesses in digital infrastructure and low enforcement, and Congress must act to pass the Combating Organized Retail Crime Act to address the crisis.
President Trump said late Thursday that he expected to know the Palestinian militant group Hamas’s decision on his “final” peace proposal for a ceasefire with Israel within the next 24 hours. Trump announced late Tuesday that Israel has agreed to the “necessary conditions” to finalize a two-month ceasefire with Hamas, a U.S. government-designated terrorist group. ...
White House budget chief Russell Vought faced heat from both sides of the aisle Wednesday as he sought to make the case to senators to pass the administration’s roughly $9 billion in proposed cuts to foreign aid and public broadcasting funds. Vought testified before the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee to defend the special request from...
Presented by The Coalition to Strengthen America's Healthcare {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Anxieties converge over newly remade CDC advisory panel Health and Health Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr's remade vaccine advisory panel kicked off its two-day meeting Wednesday despite calls to delay the proceedings, including by Sen. Bill...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story US could default on its debt by August: analysis The federal government risks defaulting on its debt sometime this summer or early fall without action to address its debt ceiling, according to the Bipartisan Policy Center...
Susan Monarez, a longtime federal health official nominated by President Trump to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), faced senators in a confirmation hearing Wednesday, providing a first glimpse of her personal views and any signs of daylight between herself and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. While Monarez...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story NATO finds leeway on defense spending goal NATO leaders on Wednesday agreed to a major defense spending increase while leaving room for some alliance countries to not hit the new spending goals thanks to very particular...
It’s crunch time for negotiations over the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap. After a high-stakes meeting with Treasury Department Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday, House Republicans in the SALT Caucus and a key GOP senator reported “progress” but no deal, leaving one of the thorniest issues in the party’s tax and spending bill...
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said that former Vice President Harris would be president if she had used the same campaign playbook as Zohran Mamdani in his apparent win in the Democratic primary for New York City mayor. “Look, he ran a brilliant campaign. And it wasn’t just him. What he understood and understands — campaign’s...
As the dust settles on Iranian sites hit by U.S. bombs and missiles over the weekend, there's growing tension over how much the military operation set back Tehran's nuclear program. The Trump administration is blasting assessments from U.S. intelligence agencies about the damage inflicted by strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities, while apparently endorsing an...
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte clarified his comment where he referred to President Trump as "daddy", stating that he meant it in the sense that some European countries ask the US to stay with them, and not as an actual nickname.
Attorney General Pam Bondi tussled with Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) on Wednesday as he pressed the head of the Department of Justice (DOJ) over foreign influence concerns related to President Trump’s meme coin dinner. Merkley has repeatedly voiced concerns about Trump’s involvement in the crypto space, including the dinner the president hosted for the...
An American Airlines flight was diverted to Las Vegas due to a smoking engine on Wednesday. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement obtained by The Hill’s sister network NewsNation that an American Airlines flight "returned safely" to Harry Reid International Airport early Wednesday morning Pacific time after "an engine issue" was reported....
The House on Wednesday unanimously adopted a resolution condemning the shootings in Minnesota earlier this month that left a state lawmaker and her husband dead and two others wounded. The resolution cleared the chamber in an overwhelming 424-0 vote, a strong, bipartisan show of disapproval for the attacks that shook Minnesota and Washington, putting a spotlight on...
