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Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Medical school advocates warn Trump order could impede aspiring doctors President Trump’s executive order to dismantle the Department of Education could make it harder for medical students to become doctors, a nonprofit group warns, given institutions rely on...

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Trump defends Tesla amid backlash, financial woes The White House is going to bat for Tesla as Elon Musk’s electric vehicle (EV) company suffers from financial woes and faces increasingly violent backlash. © Pool via AP President Trump and top administration officials have touted Teslas on...

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Trump doubles down on Fed rate cut pressure President Trump pressured the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates for the second time this week after it held off. © Greg Nash “Egg prices are WAY DOWN...

Weeks of violent protests at Elon Musk’s Tesla showrooms and charging stations are fueling concerns political tensions could be reaching a boiling point amid anger and frustration over Musk's efforts to slash the federal bureaucracy. From vandalized Teslas to gunshots at dealerships, protests have popped up across the nation amid anger and frustration over Musk's...

Columbia University said Friday it has agreed to a list of demands from the Trump administration as its seek to begin talks to restore $400 million in federal funding. After the administration cut off the funds over what it called failure to protect students from antisemitism, the federal government outlined steps the university would have...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) swiped at Rep. Gabe Evans (R-Colo.) at a rally in his district Friday, telling his constituents they "deserve better."  "I hear that you have a representative that has not done a town hall," Ocasio-Cortez told a crowd at the second stop of her "Fighting Oligarchy" tour with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) eliminated its Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, firing those responsible for oversight of the Trump administration’s immigration policies. The New York Times first reported the move, indicating that more than 100 staff members of the office were put on administrative leave for the next 60 days. In...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that Argentina’s former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and the country’s former minister are barred from visiting the U.S. due to their involvement in "significant corruption " while in public office.  Rubio said on Friday that Kirchner and Argentina’s former Minister of Planning Julio Miguel De Vido “abused their...

Sens. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) have challenged the legality of a recent order of United States Agency for International Development (USAID) leadership asking its staff to shred and burn the agency's classified documents and personnel records. The Democratic lawmakers wrote a letter Friday to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who is the...

Plus: Bernie Sanders & AOC's huge crowds {beacon} GOP defense hawks brace for Trump changes PRESIDENT TRUMP UNVEILED the sixth generation F-47 fighter jet Friday, as top Republicans in Congress warned him against reported plans to shake up the U.S. military command abroad. Trump was flanked by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other...

Germany, the UK, Denmark, and Finland have updated their travel advisories for the US due to the Trump administration's immigration enforcement crackdown, with warnings for transgender and nonbinary travelers, and harsh consequences for those who do not comply with entry requirements.

Edmunds, a popular online automotive resource, says its data shows a “potential shift” in buyers’ feelings toward Tesla vehicles — based partly on a record-high number of Tesla trade-ins.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick raised alarm over “fraudsters” receiving Social Security benefits, as Trump allies have ramped up rhetoric about potential waste in the program amid a major restructuring effort at the agency that oversees the program. During an appearance on the "All-In" podcast that was released on Thursday, Lutnick said the government doesn’t “have...

A federal judge chastised a Justice Department attorney Friday, expressing doubt about the legality of the Trump administration's use of the Alien Enemies Act. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg has sparred all week with the Trump administration over whether last weekend’s deportation flights deliberately ignored his orders to turn around airborne planes. President Trump himself has repeatedly...