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Key Sens. Cruz, Cantwell look to break college sports logjam in Congress with a bipartisan bill

Two key senators involved in a long-simmering debate over fixing college sports will introduce a bipartisan bill designed to break a congressional logjam that would regulate payments to players, limit them to one "free" transfer over their careers and create a "Lane Kiffin Rule" to restrict coach movement during the season.

‘Standing up for taxpayers’: Ron DeSantis puts Florida’s property tax on the chopping block

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday aggressively moved to make his state the first in the nation to eliminate most residential property taxes, citing wasteful spending by local governments and the need to help residents struggling to afford increasing costs.

Dems in Congress say conditions dire at N.J. detention site facing protests, reported hunger strike

Democratic members of Congress on Wednesday said they observed dire conditions within a federal immigration detention center in New Jersey where protesters have been demonstrating for days and asserting that detainees are on a hunger strike.

Trump’s Cuba gambit: Leverage to corner Iran and moderate Sunni camp

President Donald Trump has delivered the clearest signal yet: no Iran deal unless the remaining moderate Sunni Camp members finally join the Abraham Accords. This linkage marks a sharp departure from past U.S. diplomacy, which rewarded regional partners’ inaction. These governments have long demanded American protection while refusing to normalize relations with the U.S.’s biggest […]

US military struck Iran’s ground control station; shot down 4 drones 

The U.S. military intercepted and shot down four Iranian one-way attack drones and struck an Iranian ground control station in Bandar Abbas that was about to launch a fifth drone, a U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told The Hill on Wednesday. Bandar Abbas is a port city on the southern coast of the...

Court allows Mahmoud Khalil to remain free while he petitions Supreme Court

A federal appeals court judge on Tuesday allowed pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil to remain free as he takes his case against the Trump administration to the Supreme Court. Judge Thomas Hardiman of the 3rd Circuit, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, put the circuit court’s prior ruling that Khalil’s case needed to pass...

Warren proposes AI tax

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Warren proposes taxing AI companies so ‘winnings’ ‘benefit all Americans’ Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is calling for an overhaul of the U.S. tax code to tax artificial intelligence companies, arguing the gains from AI should “benefit...

Andy Kim responds to Mullin on ICE facility protest: ‘This was never about me’

Democratic Sen. Andy Kim (N.J.) fired back at Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin on Wednesday, after the latter slammed the senator for attending a protest outside of a migrant detention facility in the Garden State. During Wednesday’s cabinet meeting at the White House, Mullin said that Kim “complained” about being hit by pepper ball spray at...

An inside look at the US’s Ebola screenings

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story An inside look at the US’s Ebola screenings The Hill’s Laura Kelly traveled to Uganda to document the on-the-ground situation surrounding the Ebola outbreak in the country. While federal authorities say they’ve launched enhanced screening procedures at certain...

Zelensky pleads with Trump, Congress to supply Patriot missile interceptors

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday urged President Trump and members of Congress to supply Kyiv with Patriot missile interceptors to help end its conflict with Russia.  “Frankly, while we have achieved significant success in defending against all types of drones, Ukraine has not yet built its own capability to produce anti-missile defense systems. When...

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