ARE GOP DOOMERS OVERREACTING? This has been the week that a deep sense of pessimism about the upcoming midterm elections set in among Republicans around the country. Not just the political class of consultants and others intimately involved in campaigns — they have been pessimistic for a while, although their sense of foreboding seemed to rise […]
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Californians divided over billionaire tax A recent poll shows Californians are split on the one-time tax that would charge the state’s 200 billionaires with a 5 percent tax on their net worth, a measure set to...
Vaccination coverage for measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) among kindergarteners in the U.S. remains below the ideal rate needed to best prevent widespread outbreaks, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with the number of exemptions going up. The CDC on Monday released the latest figures on vaccine...
One-third of Americans approve of President Trump’s job performance, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos survey. The poll, conducted from Friday through Monday, found that 33 percent of 1,166 respondents approved of the job Trump is doing, while 64 percent disapproved. The poll had a margin of error of 3 percentage points. The president’s approval rating,...
An Iraqi plan to develop a pipeline that would export oil through Syria and avoid future disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz is expected to take four years to reconstruct, likely costing at least $15 billion, Reuters reported Monday, citing two sources with knowledge of the project. Those sources told Reuters the plan would take...
Progressive House lawmakers and far-left Democratic candidates are traveling to Uruguay this week to challenge President Trump’s "Donroe Doctrine" in Latin America. The lawmakers are participating in the PanAmerican Congress in Montevideo, Uruguay, which is set to take place Aug 21-23, The Hill has learned. “We need to build a durable and lasting coalition of...
Former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) on Sunday laid out his view of the contrast between Republicans and Democrats, with less than three months before the midterms. In a post on social platform X, Gingrich wrote the GOP has “an opportunity to win a historic victory this fall” but only if it can “define what the...
A federal appeals court panel on Monday upheld an order that disqualified Sigal Chattah from the top federal prosecutorial job in Nevada, ruling that the Justice Department’s effort to sidestep Senate confirmation is unlawful. A three-judge panel for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed in a 36-page opinion that Chattah cannot continue to...
The House Ethics Committee said Monday that it is investigating allegations of sexual misconduct against Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.). The panel said in a statement that it is “reviewing allegations” that Gomez “may have engaged in sexual misconduct in violation of the Code of Official Conduct or any other applicable standard of conduct, including engaging...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) asked the Supreme Court on Monday to hear its challenge to Texas’s law requiring public school classrooms to post the Ten Commandments. Representing a group of parents from various faiths, the civil liberties organization says the law violates the First Amendment's religious protections. “As a rabbi and parent, forcing a...
President Trump told reporters on Monday that critics who are opposed to his proposed White House ballroom are disloyal to the country. "The people that are opposing the ballroom are people that in my opinion are very disloyal to our country,” Trump said in the Oval Office. “And I think we’re doing well. I think...
Multiple White House officials on Monday took Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) to task for his harsh criticism of President Trump at a campaign rally over the weekend. White House communications director Steven Cheung said Ossoff “has to be the biggest … loser in politics,” and referred to the lawmaker using a crude play on his...
President Trump will meet with Ryder Williams at the White House Monday afternoon, after the teen saved a 10-year-old from drowning last month in California. “We’re going to bring this heroic young man, and his family, into the White House with, perhaps, the boy he saved, to give him a High Civilian Honor,” Trump wrote...
