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98 Minnesota mayors warn state fiscal policies are hurting cities, residents and local budgets

Nearly 100 Minnesota mayors united to challenge state fiscal policies, citing vanishing $18 billion surplus and looming deficit threatening local services.

It’s time to treat Bill Clinton like Prince Andrew — and banish him from polite society

Why is Bill Clinton still being entertained not just by high society but by...

After Being Tapped for Interim Leadership Roles at Heritage, Legal Scholars Cully Stimson and Hans von Spakovsky Resign

‘We regret leaving what has long been the premier conservative institution . . .’

Making the Senate Work

If Republican senators agree that the Senate needs to do more, they shouldn’t futz...

U.S. signs new health deals with 9 African countries that mirror Trump’s priorities

The U.S. government has signed health deals with at least nine African countries, part of its new approach to global health funding, with agreements that reflect the Trump administration's interests and priorities and are geared toward providing less aid and more mutual benefits.

Is inflation really so bad? 

We’ve had so much inflation over the past five years, consumers are still reeling from the adjustment, even though our annual inflation is now back down to a reasonable range.  

Trump says he believes Hegseth denial on boat strike order ‘100 percent’

President Trump said late Sunday that he has complete confidence in Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, even as the commander in chief said he would look into allegations that Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” aboard an alleged drug boat in September. "I don't know anything about it. He said he did not say...

How to avoid scams while shopping online for Cyber Monday deals

Around 74 million people are expected to shop Cyber Monday deals this year, spending an estimated $14.2 billion.

Immigrant investor program is a boon — Trump is right to expand on it

Can you name a federal program responsible for creating or supporting 7 million high-paying jobs, attracting $75 billion in private investment, and generating $14.5 billion in tax revenue in the last four years? Here's one other key detail: The program didn’t cost taxpayers a dime in that period. All of these benefits are byproducts of...

Hegseth in hot water over boat strike order

Morning Report is The Hill’s a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today's issue: ▪ Health care crunch time ▪ Hottest Senate races ▪ Trump’s sinking polls ▪ Honduran presidential election Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing bipartisan scrutiny over his reported order to strike a boat in the Caribbean a second time, killing two survivors who were clinging to the ship’s wreckage...

Who will think of all the poor drunk drivers and murderers being deported?

Some journalists are working overtime to make habitual drunk drivers and even murderers seem like sympathetic characters.

GOP lawmakers lack confidence in Trump’s plans to tackle costs

Republican senators are panning President Trump's latest proposals to help Americans cope with high prices and a slowing economy, a sign of waning confidence among GOP lawmakers in Trump’s ability to overhaul the nation’s $30 trillion economy. Capitol Hill Republicans are becoming more sensitive to how Trump is responding to higher prices as they face...

Republican dissenters spark discharge petition clash with Johnson

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is staring down a potential political firestorm in the coming weeks as a few Republican dissenters aim to use a rare procedural mechanism to force legislation on a stock trading ban and Russian sanctions onto the House floor. His colleagues’ attempts to sidestep him on these issues puts Johnson in a...

Post-Thanksgiving flight delays could continue into beginning of week

Widespread post-Thanksgiving flight delays due to winter weather could continue through the beginning of the week, according to officials. There were 11,273 flight delays within, into or out of the United States on Sunday, according to the flight-tracking website FlightAware, with 831 cancellations within, into or out of the country. The recent delays also follow...

Trump fires back at Walz over MRI comments: ‘If they want to release it, it’s okay’

President Trump on Sunday took a swing at Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) over comments the governor made in which he pressed the president to “release the MRI results.” “Governor Walz asked you to release the MRI records,” a reporter on Air Force One noted to Trump. “Governor Walz? You mean, the incompetent governor? So,...

Karl Rove on midterms: Republicans need health care agenda or they’ll be ‘in deep trouble’

GOP strategist Karl Rove said Republicans need to have a health care agenda ahead of the midterm elections or they’ll be in “deep trouble” with their voters. In an interview Saturday on Fox News’s “Journal Editorial Report,” Rove said Republicans need to have a health care plan to share with voters next year, along with...

Bacon says he doesn’t see ‘moral clarity’ from White House on Russia-Ukraine war

Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) said on Sunday he thinks the White House lacks “moral clarity” on the issue of Ukraine and called on the administration to be a more forceful advocate of the democratic nation amid ongoing peace talks to end the war with Russia. “I would like to see the president be a stronger...

Lawmakers raise alarms about possible war crimes after second boat strike report

Several lawmakers are pressing the Trump administration for answers after multiple outlets reported Friday that the U.S. conducted a follow-up strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat in September. CNN and The Washington Post reported that on Sept. 2, the U.S. struck a vessel it accused of trafficking drugs off the coast of Venezuela a second...

Hassett touts market response to report that he’s the frontrunner to replace Powell at the Fed

National Economic Council (NEC) Director Kevin Hassett on Sunday touted the market response to a Bloomberg report last week suggesting Hassett is broadly considered the frontrunner among candidates to replace Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. The president’s top economic adviser, in an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” called the Bloomberg report a “rumor”...

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