ICE TO SEE YOU: Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office is advising local governments that zoning and state environmental laws can stymie Immigration and Customs Enforcement from building or expanding detention...
New York Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul is accused of a free speech "hit job" after signing a law letting Letitia James fine groups contacting union members.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is coming under a congressional microscope over reports he ordered a second strike to take out survivors or an earlier strike on a boat allegedly carrying drus and traffickers in the Caribbean. The strike is part of a larger operation of boat strikes that have killed dozens of people. Hegseth retains...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Sunday evening made light of the mounting scrutiny he faces over a report that he gave an order to “kill everybody” aboard an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean in September. In a post on the social platform X, the Defense secretary included a mock cover of a children’s book...
President Trump said he has invited the families of the two West Virginia National Guard members who were shot in Washington last week to the White House. U.S. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom died last week after the shooting, which took place blocks from the White House on Wednesday. US Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe,...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
