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Hagerty urges FCC to punish Verizon over release of Senate phone data

Verizon handed over phone data from Senator Bill Hagerty and other GOP senators to Jack Smith's team investigating President Donald Trump and 2020 election.

Turning Point issues major endorsement in critical Senate race as Trump hints at weighing in

Turning Point Action has endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in his bid to unseat longtime incumbent Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, in a high-stakes Senate race.

Epstein victims use Super Bowl commercial to pressure Pam Bondi over withheld files

Super Bowl commercial targets Pam Bondi over Jeffrey Epstein files, with women demanding truth from attorney general. DOJ disputes claims it failed transparency compliance.

Rubio blasts China over ‘unjust and tragic’ 20-year sentence for Hong Kong democracy activist Jimmy Lai

Secretary of State Marco Rubio calls Jimmy Lai's 20-year sentence "unjust" as Hong Kong convicts the 78-year-old democracy activist under national security law.

Bipartisan Senate bill targets money laundering linked to drug trafficking, terrorism

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Sen. Amy Klobuchar introduced a bipartisan measure to crack down on money laundering by increasing penalties and ensuring laws apply to systems used by drug traffickers and terrorists.

Klobuchar weighs in on deepfake video of her talking about Sydney Sweeney

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) addressed the deepfake video that went viral last month of the senator’s likeness offering a “vulgar and absurd critique” of actress Sydney Sweeney’s “great jeans” ad campaign. In a New York Times op-ed, the moderate Democrat called on Congress to pass legislation to protect Americans from the harms of deepfakes, saying...

Texas House passes GOP-friendly map after weeks of Dem resistance

The Texas state House passed a new set of GOP-friendly congressional lines on Wednesday, putting the party one step closer toward adopting a new map that sparked a redistricting arms race across the country. The lower chamber approved the new maps on party lines, 88-52, in the first of two key votes. Republicans cleared the final...

Obama endorses Newsom’s redistricting plan in California

Former President Obama endorsed California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) redistricting plan in California on Wednesday, calling it a smart and measured approach.  “Over the long term, we shouldn’t have political gerrymandering in America, just a fair fight between Republicans and Democrats based on who’s got better ideas,” Obama wrote in a post on the social...

MAGA, MAHA split on pesticides

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Pesticides test MAHA, MAGA alliance The “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) movement may be on a collision course with its Republican allies over pesticides and toxic chemicals, The Hill’s Rachel Frazin reports. © iStock MAHA, a movement...

National Guard presence causes headaches, backlash in DC

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story National Guard presence causes headaches, backlash in DC A National Guard vehicle collided with a civilian car early Wednesday morning in Washington, D.C., an incident that comes as a new poll found a majority of the...

Gabbard to slash offices, nearly half of staff at ODNI

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard plans to slash 40 percent of the agency’s staff by October in a move she said would help transform the head of the intelligence community into “ODNI 2.0.” Gabbard's cuts would reassign roles or eliminate various centers within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), including those that...

MAHA’s power tested by pesticides

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Pesticides test MAHA, MAGA alliance The “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) movement could be on a collision course with its Republican allies over pesticides and toxic chemicals. © Greg Nash The New York Times reported last week that a draft of the Trump administration’s...

Most Americans oppose Russia seizing Ukrainian land: Poll 

Most Americans are opposed to Russia receiving Ukrainian territory at the end of the war, according to a new poll that comes as President Trump has suggested "land swaps" should be part of a peace deal. When asked in The Economist/YouGov poll about “how much of Ukraine’s territory” they want Russia to have at the...

DC officials say Trump crackdown is about immigration, power

Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) and other officials in Washington, D.C., say the Trump administration's crime crackdown is really about exerting power and elevating immigration enforcement — not making D.C. safer. While top Trump officials say the high-profile deployments have had the immediate effect of stifling crime in the District, local critics are raising questions about...

Sanders backs Trump plan to take stake in Intel

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) voiced support Wednesday for the Trump administration’s plan to potentially take a stake in Intel, suggesting it aligned with an earlier effort to secure returns from CHIPS and Science Act investments. “I am glad the Trump administration is in agreement with the amendment I offered three years ago to the CHIPS...

What to know about school phone bans

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story What to know about school cellphone bans More and more U.S. students will be entering cellphone-free zones this year as states and school districts have implemented restrictions either in the classroom or the moment a child enters the building. © Keith Srakocic, Associated Press Increased punishments, Yondr pouches and...

FTC sues LA Fitness for making it too hard to cancel gym memberships

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a lawsuit against the operators of LA Fitness on Wednesday, alleging the popular gym chain makes the process of canceling memberships too difficult for consumers. “The FTC’s complaint describes a scenario that too many Americans have experienced – a gym membership that seems impossible to cancel,” Bureau of Consumer...

Trump takes aim at Fed’s Cook

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Trump finds next Fed target President Trump called for the resignation of Federal Reserve board of governors member Lisa Cook following allegations by the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) that she committed mortgage...

Texas city named best real estate market in 2025

McKinney, Texas has been ranked as the most attractive real estate market in the U.S. by WalletHub, with five other Texas cities in the top 10 and three Louisiana cities in the bottom three.

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