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DAYS THE BUDGET IS LATE: 52
ALBANY AUTOPSY ANGST: National Democrats entrusted their...
A civilian employee with the Navy admitted Wednesday to falsely reporting an active shooter at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey. Base emergency protocols were activated, and law enforcement officials arrived on the scene Tuesday after Malika Brittingham said she heard five to six gun shots. Brittingham first reported the alleged shots in a text...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Federal layoffs day or two away, says budget director Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought told House Republicans in a Wednesday call that layoffs of federal workers will be coming in a day...
Cuba’s foreign minister on Tuesday accused Secretary of State Marco Rubio of pursuing a “personal and corrupt agenda” that he said runs counter to President Trump’s stated goals of peace in Latin America. In a sit-down interview with The Associated Press, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla said Rubio, whose parents are Cuban immigrants, has made...
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick called convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein the “greatest blackmailer ever” in an interview published Tuesday. Lutnick told "Pod Force One" host Miranda Devine that Epstein was a “disgusting person” from whom he and his wife kept their distance. The Commerce secretary, who was Epstein’s ex-neighbor, described to Devine his interaction with the...
The federal government shutdown, which began Wednesday, marks the 21st such closure in 50 years. Most of those shutdowns have lasted less than a week, but the longest in U.S. history was over a month long.
Late night comedian Jimmy Kimmel on Tuesday night tore into President Trump over the government shutdown while also criticizing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for his speech decrying "fat generals" in the U.S. military. "I was recently the victim of a government shutdown," Kimmel, who was reinstated last week ABC after a brief suspension. "They are...
Vice President Vance said he can have a beard in his current role but that he was clean-shaven while in the military, defending Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for declaring soldiers have to shave their facial hair. Hegseth told the U.S. military’s senior-most officers Tuesday that he no longer wants to see “fat generals and admirals”...
Senate centrists in both parties are trying to put together a deal to reopen the federal government. A group of them huddled on the Senate floor Wednesday afternoon, after Democrats voted for the second time in two days to block a House-passed stopgap funding measure. Three members of the Democratic caucus voted for the House-passed...
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday backed President Trump’s plans to use cities he deems dangerous because of their crime levels as a “training ground” for the military, though he seemed to draw a distinction in suggesting it would be National Guard members taking part in such actions. “I can tell you what‘s in...
House Democratic leaders let loose on Pete Hegseth on Wednesday, hammering the Defense secretary over new directives to the nation’s generals urging an end to “woke” policies at the Pentagon and a return to “male standards” on the battlefield. Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.) characterized Hegseth’s speech, delivered Tuesday at the Quantico Marine base in Northern...
The vice president laughed off a question about AI-generated videos posted by President Trump depicting House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) wearing a sombrero. “Oh, I think it’s funny. The president’s joking, and we’re having a good time,” Vance said. “You can negotiate in good faith while also poking a little bit of fun at...
Policymakers, investors, businesses and government officials are eager for the latest look into the slowing U.S. job market. But they won't be getting it until well after the federal government reopens. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the agency responsible for calculating the monthly jobs report, is one of dozens of government agencies unable to...
