Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche took a key step towards confirmation after meeting demands to rein in a settlement deal President Donald Trump reached with the IRS this year.
The California Democratic (CADEM) Party on Sunday announced that it backs a ballot measure to charge the state’s 200 billionaires with a one-time, five-percent tax on their net worth, a measure that has faced opposition from California Democrats, including the state's governor. The state party's executive board narrowly voted to back Proposition 40, known as...
The Hill Nation Summit returns to Washington on Wednesday, July 15 for the second annual event. In the true bipartisan spirit of its host partners, The Hill and NewsNation, this is a summit where both sides come to be reasonable, in a series of back-to-back news making conversations. This second year agenda will focus on...
In today's issue: ▪ Hill Nation Summit brings the heat ▪ Senators to grill Blanche, Clayton ▪ House GOP breaks logjam ▪ Michigan Senate primary tests Democrats Key members of President Trump’s administration and some of the most prominent lawmakers on Capitol Hill will be featured in the second annual Hill Nation Summit on Wednesday. The Hill and...
U.S. Central Command (Centcom) announced on Tuesday night that it completed an additional round of strikes on "dozens" of military targets near the Strait of Hormuz and Iran's coastal region at 10 p.m. EDT. The strikes came after the U.S. resumed a naval blockade at 4 p.m. EDT, with over 20 U.S. Navy warships and...
President Trump on Tuesday warned Iran that the U.S. is "going to hit them very hard" after the fourth day of U.S. strikes on the Islamic regime. Trump spoke with Fox News's Trey Yingst about the conflict, saying that the U.S. will gradually expand its strikes across Iran's infrastructure. "We're going to hit them very...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday will hold the Economic Diplomacy Action Group's (EDAG) first meeting, two years after it was established during the Biden administration. The committee, made up of federal agency leaders, will "shape the contours and focus of U.S. economic statecraft to advance U.S. foreign policy priorities," including "American leadership in AI," a State...
The European Union (EU) is considering banning social media for children, following similar efforts seen in the United Kingdom and Australia to restrict children's access to social media platforms. On Monday, a 156-page report given to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen suggested restricting access to social media for children under the age of...
A man was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer in St. Augustine, Fla., on Tuesday following an incident involving federal immigration officers. Four people inside a car at a Wawa gas station ran off on foot following "an encounter" with Homeland Security Investigations and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in a parking lot at...
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) says acting Attorney General Todd Blanche called the Trump administration's $1.776 billion "anti-weaponization" fund “a mistake” in what the senator described as a courtesy meeting before Wednesday’s hearing to review Blanche's nomination to lead the Justice Department. According to Durbin, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, when outrage over...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy Your feedback matters to us. Take our brief newsletter survey to help us improve the newsletters you read every day. The Big Story Warsh touts 'sea change' at Fed in first hearing as chief Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh...
The American public’s trust in major institutions is near an all-time low, according to a recent Gallup poll. The survey, which the firm conducted from June 1-15, found that 27 percent of 1,001 respondents had either a great deal of confidence or average confidence in 14 core U.S. institutions. That is 1 percentage point lower...
{beacon} Technology Technology Your feedback matters to us. Take our brief newsletter survey to help us improve the newsletters you read every day. The Big Story Apple, OpenAI suit spotlights battle over physical AI Apple’s trade secret lawsuit against OpenAI is putting a spotlight on a growing battle over physical, consumer-facing AI products as...
