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Judge halts Trump’s $10 billion social safety net funding freeze

A federal judge on Friday paused the Trump administration's $10 billion social safety net funding freeze, temporarily restoring grants to five Democratic-led states. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) had said earlier in the week that the freeze — impacting child care and family assistance funding in California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New...

Trump calls for one-year 10 percent cap on credit card interest rates

President Trump on Friday night called on credit card companies to cap interest rates at 10 percent. “Please be informed that we will no longer let the American Public be ‘ripped off’ by Credit Card Companies that are charging Interest Rates of 20 to 30%, and even more, which festered unimpeded during the Sleepy Joe...

Washington National Opera to leave Kennedy Center amid Trump takeover

The Kennedy Center on Friday confirmed the Washington National Opera (WNO) will leave the renowned venue. “After careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to part ways with the WNO due to a financially challenging relationship,” a Kennedy Center spokesperson told NewsNation. “We believe this represents the best path forward for both organizations and...

Federal judge blocks Trump from cutting childcare funds to Democratic states over fraud concerns

Minnesota, California, New York, Colorado and Illinois won a temporary victory Friday in a lawsuit over a federal funding freeze related to fraud concerns.

How woke Hollywood stifles messages of freedom

Films that are individualistic tend to be very successful — but Hollywood wants to...

As Pentagon escalates Kelly investigation, Senate GOP grows uneasy 

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story As Pentagon escalates Kelly investigation, Senate GOP grows uneasy Senate Republicans are growing increasingly uneasy with the Pentagon’s investigation into Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced his office is escalating its probe...

Democrats to introduce stock trading discharge petition next year

Rep. Seth Magaziner (D-R.I.) said that House Democratic leadership will introduce a discharge petition in January to force action on a bill banning stock trading by members of Congress, the president, the vice president and their immediate families. The effort comes after some House Democrats railed against a bipartisan bill by Magaziner and Rep. Chip...

Brown University shooting manhunt enters fifth day: What we know

More than five days have passed since a gunman killed two people and injured nine others at Brown University, with authorities still searching for the shooter.  Authorities have released photos and video of a person of interest in Saturday’s shooting in Providence, R.I., and the FBI is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for...

Senators hold Coast Guard admiral promotion over swastika, noose classification in policy manual

Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) has placed a hold on the nomination of Adm. Kevin Lunday to serve as head of the Coast Guard after the service backtracked on keeping swastikas and nooses labeled as hate symbols, instead moving forward by listing the images as “potentially divisive.” The new Coast Guard workplace harassment policy, which downgrades...

Trump approval rating slips: Survey

A Reuters/Ipsos poll released Tuesday found that President Trump's approval rating slipped to nearly its lowest point in his second term. The poll found that 39 percent of American respondents said they approve of Trump's handling of the presidency while 59 percent said they disapprove of Trump's job performance. Pollsters also found that Trump's approval...

Dalio joins billionaires backing Trump accounts

Presented by the Bank Policy Institute — {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy PRESENTED BY THE BANK POLICY INSTITUTE The Big Story Ray Dalio, wife to donate to 300,000 Trump accounts The hedge fund billionaire and his wife, Barbara, will contribute $250 each to thousands of children in their home state of Connecticut. ...

Climate research center faces ‘break up’

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Vought: Science foundation to break up climate center The National Science Foundation will “break up” a climate and weather research lab in Colorado, according to White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought. © Mark Schiefelbein, Associated Press The Foundation, an independent...

House passes Marjorie Taylor Greene’s anti-trans bill 

The House passed a bill Wednesday sponsored by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) that would criminalize gender-affirming procedures and medical care for minors. Greene had secured a deal with leadership to bring her bill to the floor in exchange for her support of a rule advancing the National Defense Authorization Act last week. It passed...

ACA subsidies set to expire. Moderate Republicans rebel

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care   The Big Story ACA subsidies set to expire. Moderate Republicans rebel Congress is poised to leave town for the rest of the year without addressing the ObamaCare enhanced subsidies, letting them expire on Dec. 31. But a group of House moderates is forcing Speaker Mike Johnson...

Federal report says Arctic just had its warmest year ever, heating twice as fast as global average

A federal report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the Arctic region experienced its warmest year ever, heating twice as fast as the national average. Surface air temperatures from October 2024 to September 2025 were the highest on record since at least 1900, and the last 10 years have been the warmest on...

Judge blocks DHS policy limiting lawmaker access to detention facilities

A federal judge has blocked a move by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to limit lawmakers' access to immigration detention facilities. Lawmakers have a right to make unannounced visits to detention centers, but DHS in July sought to curb visits with a new policy requiring lawmakers give a week’s notice before any visit. U.S. District Judge...

Congressional Democrats’ approval lowest since 2009: Survey

Just 18 percent of respondents approve of the job congressional Democrats are doing, according to a Quinnipiac survey released Wednesday, while 73 percent disapprove. That approval rating marks a new low since Quinnipiac began asking the question in 2009, surpassing the 19 percent of voters who approved of Democrats in July. The results come about...

Kamala Harris: Democrats ‘very much stuck in the past’

Former Vice President Harris said in a new interview that members of her party were “very much stuck in the past” and suggested Democrats “give a lot of lip service to listening to people” but don’t actually engage. “In some ways, we are very much stuck in the past, and so we're not speaking in...

Fani Willis gives full-throated defense of 2020 election subversion case

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) defended her office’s 2020 election subversion case against President Trump and his allies with vigor Wednesday at a state Senate hearing scrutinizing the prosecution. Across three hours of testimony, Willis denied deciding to pursue charges against Trump before taking office and doubled down on the credentials of prosecutors she hand-picked for the case. The top Georgia prosecutor also stood by the...

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