It looks like the days are numbered for the terrorist-infested UN Relief and Works Agency, as UNRWA loses support from major European nations that have long backed it.
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett on Wednesday said the Federal Reserve has "been way behind" on cutting interest rates before its narrow vote later in the day. "Well I think the futures markets expect that the Fed is going to cut rates, a kind of small amount of a quarter of a percent," Hassett...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said she made a deal on Wednesday to change her "no" vote on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to allow her anti-transgender bill to be voted on next week. "I made a deal and changed my NO vote on the rule to a Yes in exchange for a floor...
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) criticized the Trump administration for canceling wind energy projects on Tuesday. Since President Trump returned to office in January, his administration has halted approvals of green energy projects across the country, including wind farms. “You cannot weaponize these things and just for political purposes put your thumb on the scale,”...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Senate Democrats introduce bill to block Trump from putting face on dollar coin Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) introduced legislation Tuesday to prevent President Trump or any sitting or living former president...
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE – President Trump on Tuesday called Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s (D-Texas) entrance into the Texas Senate race a “gift to Republicans.” “She’s a low-IQ person. I can’t imagine she wins,” Trump told reporters while en route to a speech in Pennsylvania. “Maybe she’ll get the Democratic nomination, but I think it’s a gift...
. The bipartisan backers of a new bill to extend enhanced ObamaCare subsidies say it represents Congress’s last best chance to avoid a cost cliff for millions of Americans at the start of next year. The legislation introduced Tuesday, spearheaded by Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), is the latest effort to break the logjam and stave off the price...
ATLANTA — The Trump administration is considering an executive order to regulate artificial intelligence that would prevent states from putting guardrails on the technology, arguing there should be only one set of rules. The move has stirred concern among child-safety advocates because it would affect how states regulate AI for minors. Still, clinical psychologist Eileen Kennedy-Moore told "Raising...
Vogue’s former Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour called out Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy for urging airline passengers to “dress a little better” to encourage more civil behavior. “It was ironic to hear our Secretary of Transport urging the public to be polite the same week our president was calling a female journalist 'piggy' and 'ugly.' Maybe they...
At least one person is dead after a shooting at Kentucky State University (KSU) in Frankfort, Ky., on Tuesday afternoon, according to authorities. The Frankfort Police Department (FPD) said on Facebook that one person has died and another is in "critical condition." Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) said on the social platform X that he...
President Trump will give remarks Tuesday evening from Pennsylvania about his economic agenda, which he has graded an "A-plus-plus-plus-plus-plus." Since returning to the Oval Office in January, Trump has made sparingly few domestic trips to tout his agenda. But with the 2026 midterms on the horizon and Republicans struggling to sell their signature legislative accomplishment,...
Providing tax credits to caregivers to relieve them of their financial and personal burdens could benefit millions of Americans and the broader economy, advocates backing legislation to do so said Tuesday at an event hosted by The Hill. Lance Robertson, a former assistant secretary on aging with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said he’s less concerned about President Trump potentially running for a third term in office, pointing to the 79-year-old’s age and potential well-being. “I've softened, to your question, on this notion of a third Trump term because time of life and state of mind,” Newsom, a likely 2028 presidential contender,...
Related video: Lawmakers To Press Hegseth For Boat Strike Video As Trump Admin Stalls A D.C. Circuit panel issued a Tuesday order dissolving an administrative stay on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s military transgender ban. In a 2-1 ruling, the court said a lower court didn’t offer Hegseth enough deference in issuing its stay. “The Hegseth...
Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (D) is calling on the U.S. to follow Australia’s lead and ban children younger than 16 from using social media. “When it comes to our adolescents, it’s either going to be adults or the algorithms. One of them is going to raise the kids,” Emanuel said in a video on...
President Trump is watching closely as Netflix and Paramount battle for control of the entertainment giant Warner Bros. Discovery. While Netflix is projecting confidence its agreement to acquire the valuable Warner Brothers studios will hold with investors and clear government regulators, the president’s cozy relationship with Paramount is being seen as a wild card that...
