Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and country music star Brad Paisley sang West Virginia's state song "Country Roads" in Kyiv on Wednesday amid Russia's ongoing war on Ukraine. Manchin said the song is "known and loved all over the world" and celebrated that he and Paisley, who is an ambassador for Ukraine’s United24 fundraising campaign, could bring "this...

Donald Trump Jr. on Thursday knocked Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) for what he called “campaigning in Ohio” amid heavy rains and flooding in the Sunshine State. “Fort Lauderdale is under water and DeSantis is campaigning in Ohio right now instead of taking care of the people suffering in his state,” Trump Jr. wrote on...

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) slammed Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) over her comments defending Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, who was arrested Thursday for his alleged role in leaking Pentagon files. “McCarthy’s top lieutenant is siding with one of the biggest traitors America has seen,” Swalwell wrote in a tweet on Thursday. “I’m sorry, Marge,...

Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Ohio's Vance, Brown come together on East Palestine A February train derailment in northeastern Ohio has brought about a rare display of unity from the Buckeye State's bipartisan pair of senators. © AP Photo/Kevin Wolf In...

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Wholesale inflation sees huge drop The Labor Department’s producer price index, which measures the prices that businesses pay to each other, rose just 2.7 percent annually in March, the lowest reading since January 2021. © AP...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered a review of intelligence access after the arrest of an Air National Guardsman who is thought to have leaked troves of classified documents online. Austin said he was directing the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security Ronald Moultrie “to conduct a review of our intelligence access, accountability and control procedures...

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Arrest made in probe of Pentagon document leak Authorities arrested 21-year-old Jack Teixeira in connection to the leak of classified documents online, though it's unclear how the records were obtained. © WCVB-TV via AP Attorney General...

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) voiced his support for a six-week abortion ban passed by the Florida legislature Thursday, saying that he would sign the bill if he was still governor of the state. "Not true. I am 100% pro-life and if I was still governor, I would sign this bill," Scott said in reply to...

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), in authoring current House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries's (D-N.Y.) entry in the Time 100 list, said Democrats "will make progress" under his leadership. "In becoming the first ever Black congressional leader, Hakeem has made history. Under his leadership, Democrats will make progress," she wrote in her entry about Jeffries...

The U.S. State Department on Thursday said it’s “disappointed” by China’s decision to uphold the death penalty with a two-year suspended death sentence for “wrongfully detained” U.S. citizen Mark Swidan. “Today the People’s Republic of China’s Jiangmen Intermediate Court denied wrongfully detained U.S. national Mark Swidan’s appeal, and upheld his death penalty with a two-year...