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Scavenger hunts, Christmas mass, Cajun-fried turkey: Capitol Hill’s favorite holiday traditions

House lawmakers on both sides of the aisle agree that the holidays are a time for family, friends, and showing people that they care.

Palau signs memo with Trump administration to take 75 migrants from US

Palau, a small archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean, signed a memo of understanding with the Trump administration to take up to 75 “third-country nationals,” in exchange for $7.5 million in foreign aid. The agreement would allow migrants who have never been charged with a crime “to live and work in Palau, helping address local...

Palau signs memo with Trump administration to take 75 migrants from US

Palau, a small archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean, signed a memo of understanding with the Trump administration to take up to 75 “third-country nationals,” in exchange for $7.5 million in foreign aid. The agreement would allow migrants who have never been charged with a crime “to live and work in Palau, helping address local...

Newsom proclaims state of emergency in multiple Southern California counties due to storms

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) declared a state of emergency in several southern counties on Wednesday, as a powerful winter storm swept through the state. Newsom issued the proclamation in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, and Shasta counties, unlocking additional state resources and assistance to aid in the emergency response. He warned...

Newsom proclaims state of emergency in multiple Southern California counties due to storms

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) declared a state of emergency in several southern counties on Wednesday, as a powerful winter storm swept through the state. Newsom issued the proclamation in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, and Shasta counties, unlocking additional state resources and assistance to aid in the emergency response. He warned...

Rollins threatens Minnesota’s SNAP benefits under new ‘pilot program’

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins sent a letter on Tuesday to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) requiring him to conduct recertifications for Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients in four counties. “As part of the recertification process, ensure SNAP households in Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington, and Wright counties meet all eligibility requirements for SNAP, including by accounting...

Republicans ready to jump off ObamaCare cliff 

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Republicans ready to jump off ObamaCare cliff Republicans are gearing up to let enhanced ObamaCare subsidies expire at the end of the month. The deadline was Monday for people on Affordable Care Act plans who want to enroll in coverage...

Watch live: Trump participates in Hanukkah celebration from White House

President Trump will participate in a Hanukkah celebration at the White House Tuesday evening. The event comes as Jewish groups in the U.S. have urged their counterparts to increase security precautions after an attack during a Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, over the weekend. It was also recently revealed that a history-making menorah —...

Biden: ‘If we don’t lead, who leads the world? Russia? China?’

Former President Biden, during a Monday meet-and-greet event for his presidential library, urged the United States to press ahead as a world leader.  “If we don't lead, who leads the world? Russia? China?” Biden asked. “We have to. We owe it to our own families, we owe it to the world and we can get...

The big challenges facing banks

Presented by the Bank Policy Institute — {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy PRESENTED BY THE BANK POLICY INSTITUTE The Big Story Bank experts tackle changes facing industry, consumers The banking sector is changing fast, with policymakers, industry leaders and consumers figuring out how to grapple with the benefits and risks of an...

Susie Wiles comes under the spotlight after Vanity Fair remarks

White House chief of staff Susie Wiles is grappling with a controversy of her own making after she made a number of startling admissions in a series of interviews with Vanity Fair. In an article published Tuesday that drew on 11 interviews with Wiles over the past year, the chief of staff offered blunt assessments...

Republican tensions boil over as over ObamaCare deadline approaches

Republican tensions boiled over on Tuesday in the Capitol over the fate of expiring ObamaCare subsidies that could play an outsized role in the race for the House next year. Republican moderates lashed out at House GOP leadership just hours after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) backtracked on his plan to vote this week to extend...

The Memo: White House closes ranks around Susie Wiles amid Vanity Fair furor

President Trump led an effort to close ranks around White House chief of staff Susie Wiles on Tuesday, seeking to contain damage of Wiles’s own making. The furor was kicked off by a move that stunned Washington. Wiles — known both for a relative aversion to the spotlight and for imposing some discipline on the...

Two additional Heritage Foundation board members leave amid Carlson-Fuentes fallout

Two more Heritage Foundation board of trustees members resigned on Tuesday in the wake of the conservative think tank's president defending an interview between conservative pundit Tucker Carlson and white nationalist Nick Fuentes. "No institution that hesitates to condemn antisemitism and hatred — or that gives a platform to those who spread them — can...

Hegseth, Democrats battle over Sept. 2 boat strike video release

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Democrats are battling over publicly releasing the video of the U.S. military’s Sept. 2 attack on an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the Caribbean, a controversial operation in which two boatwrecked survivors were killed, spurring war crime allegations. Democrats have been pressing the Pentagon for weeks to release the video of the Sept. 2...

Sen. Chris Murphy after boat strike briefing: There’s ‘no fentanyl’ and ‘no legal justification’

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said Tuesday’s classified briefing with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirms the Trump administration has no legal or national security justification for the strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific.  A member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Murphy said in a...

Makary denies plans for COVID-19 black box warning

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty Makary on Monday denied recent reports suggesting plans for his agency to add a black box warning onto COVID-19 vaccines. CNN reported last week that the FDA was considering adding a black box warning onto the COVID-19 vaccine, citing two sources familiar with agency plans. A black box...

Federal judge disinclined to temporarily halt White House ballroom construction

A federal judge said Tuesday he is not inclined to temporarily halt President Trump’s White House ballroom construction project at the request of a preservationist group that sued. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, said the National Trust for Historic Preservation failed to show it would face harm...

Mick Foley cuts ties with WWE, says Trump’s Reiner comments ‘final straw’

WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley said Tuesday he is cutting ties with the professional wrestling organization, citing its close relationship with the Trump administration. Foley, who’s long been critical of President Trump, said the president’s comments on the death of acclaimed actor-director Rob Reiner were the “final straw” compelling the wrestler to inform WWE...

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