Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) are working on a deal to fund the federal government and start the Senate’s August recess, but they face opposition from President Trump’s allies who want to rack up more GOP accomplishments. Thune’s top priorities are to confirm a package of 74 Trump...

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare   The Big Story What’s next for Fauci? The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted on party lines to hold Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress. © Natasha Kaiser The vote came after Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination more than 100 times in a hearing last week. The...

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Political appointee placed at Interior IG, Democrat says The Trump administration has installed a former White House official and author of the Project 2025 Republican policy playbook at what is supposed to be an independent internal watchdog at the Interior Department, a House Democrat...

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Senate Democrats introduce bill to roll back press restrictions at Pentagon Senate Democrats introduced a new bill on Thursday to roll back Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s news media restrictions at the Pentagon, stating that those are...

A local judge in Washington, D.C., on Thursday formally dismissed the felony charge accusing Olympic canoeist David Hearn of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro backed away from the case.  D.C. Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman will decide later whether prosecutors can try to charge him again down the road. “Given...

Marsha Blackburn leads Tennessee's Republican gubernatorial primary despite Trump staying neutral, while key congressional races reshape the state's map.

Michigan House Republicans cut future funding for Rx Kids after questioning its voter registration ties and payments to undocumented recipients.