Sen. Ron Johnson says the spending cuts in President Trump's "big beautiful bill" amounts to a "rounding error" in the amount of money Uncle Sam spends each year.
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday that Democrats are lying about the impact President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" will have on Medicaid, casting a pall over the legislation and giving them cover to vote against the sweeping proposal.
Scientists in Mexico are studying a metal orb found in Colombia, which they believe could have extraterrestrial origins, but experts doubt its alien origin.
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is set to host a town hall in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Tuesday evening, his first appearance since leaving the Biden administration earlier this year. The event, organized by VoteVets, is part of a broader effort to lift veterans' voices during the Trump administration. Buttigieg, who ran an unsuccessful Democratic...
Democrats are planning to put as much scrutiny as they can on President Trump’s plan to accept the gift of a plane from Qatar to serve as Air Force One, arguing that the ethical and national security lapses in accepting the jet will resonate with the public. They also want to cast the Department of...
The Medicaid portion of the House GOP's massive domestic policy bill would result in 10.3 million people losing Medicaid coverage by 2034, and 7.6 million people going uninsured, according to a partial (CBO) Congressional Budget Office estimate. Republicans released the estimates just ahead of the start of Tuesday's markup of the Energy and Commerce portion...
Small business optimism dipped in April for the fourth month in a row, according to the monthly National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) survey released Tuesday. April was also the second consecutive month in which the small business optimism index fell below the 51-year average of 98, in the poll of small business owners. In...
Plus: Biden revelations ignite new Democratic divisions {beacon} PRESIDENT TRUMP on Tuesday pushed for a realignment between the U.S. and strategic partners in the Middle East on the first major foreign trip of his second term, underscored by the opulent, lavender carpet rollout he received from Saudi Arabia. The welcome party from Saudi Crown...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Tuesday evening will host a prayer vigil on the House steps honoring law enforcement officers who were killed in the line of duty. It is a tradition for families of fallen officers and coalition leaders to attend the Police Week event. The vigil is scheduled to begin at 6:15 a.m....
President Trump has criticized the current Air Force One as "much smaller" and "much less impressive" compared to other world leaders' jets, and has faced backlash for accepting a luxury jet from Qatar as a gift.
The tech industry is breathing a sigh of relief after the U.S. and China agreed to substantially lower tariffs, underscoring the prospect of de-escalation in a trade war that has been particularly challenging for the sector. The two countries appear to be walking back from a costly tit-for-tat exchange on tariffs, announcing a 90-day...
Major League Baseball has reinstated Pete Rose, "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, and a number of other former players who were previously banned from the game for life, potentially clearing the way for their induction into the Hall of Fame. The lifting of the ban, which was first reported by ESPN, is a major moment for the...
President Trump made his first stop on his Middle East swing in Saudi Arabia Tuesday, where he received a warm welcome from Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and top U.S. and Saudi business leaders. Trump secured hundreds of billions in investments from Saudi Arabia on Tuesday and took steps to reframe relations with the Middle...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) warned Trump administration officials that they would soon face a "problem" if they continued arresting her fellow Democratic colleagues. Ocasio-Cortez specifically called out Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and "Border Czar" Tom Homan, and accused the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) of using “public intimidation." “If anyone’s breaking the law in...
Microsoft on Tuesday began laying off nearly 3 percent of its total workforce — or about 6,000 employees. “We continue to implement organizational changes necessary to best position the company for success in a dynamic marketplace.” a Microsoft spokesperson told The Hill in an emailed statement. The Washington state-based tech company has a total of...
The U.S. has an immediate and actionable vital national security interest in the economic survival, recovery and growth of Argentina. On April 11, the International Monetary Fund approved a $20 billion balance-of-payments loan to Argentina to shore up the country’s foreign-exchange reserves. On the same day, the World Bank Group and the Inter-American Development Bank...
More than 100 House Democrats urged the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to spare a crisis service for LGBTQ youth from federal funding cuts, calling the plan, part of a leaked budget proposal, “ill-advised” and dangerous in a letter addressed Tuesday to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. An internal budget document first reported...
