Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent downplayed Elon Musk's announcement that he is forming a new political party in response to President Trump signing his massive tax and spending plan that is expected to add trillions to the national debt.
Rep. Joaquin Castro said Sunday there should be an investigation into whether staffing shortages at the National Weather Service made it harder to respond to the devastating flash flooding in Central Texas.
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday that Republicans are confident President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" will be an electoral winner in the 2026 midterm elections.
As of today, we know of no data showing differences between children raised by same-sex and opposite-sex couples in terms of social development, mental health, sexual behavior, substance abuse, or academic achievement.
New York State Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, who appears to have secured a win in New York City's Democratic mayoral primary, said Wednesday that his platform would be successful with candidates outside of his city. “Do you think that is a platform that would work for other candidates running in other parts of the country?” MSNBC’s...
Rep. Kat Cammack (R-Fla.) on Wednesday said her offices were evacuated due to "imminent death threats against me, my unborn child, my family, and my staff," which she claims "erupted" following a news report about her ectopic pregnancy. The Wall Street Journal published an article on Sunday where Cammack shared the challenges she faced getting treatment for a...
President Trump on Wednesday called for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be pardoned and his corruption trial canceled. “I just learned that Bibi has been summoned to Court on Monday for the continuation of this long running, (He has been going through this “Horror Show” since May of 2020 – Unheard of! This is...
House Republicans cleared their first funding bill for fiscal 2026 on Wednesday, approving more than $450 billion to fund the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), military construction and other programs. The House voted mostly along party lines on Wednesday afternoon to approve the funding plan, with only two Democratic lawmakers, Reps. Jared Golden (Maine) and...
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...
