President Trump on Tuesday said it was “critically important” for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to maintain exclusive authority over prediction markets, following several lawsuits against states for attempting to either ban or enact regulations for betting markets. “It is critically important that the CFTC’s exclusive authority over Prediction Markets is maintained, and that...

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Trump boasts physical at Walter Reed went ‘perfectly’ President Donald Trump underwent his third medical checkup in a little more than a year Tuesday at Walter Reed National Medical Center, and declared that doctors had given him a clean bill of health. © Alex Brandon, Associated...

A fierce battle is underway to shape public perceptions of a deal to end the war in Iran — even though no such agreement has been arrived at and progress toward it was called into question by fresh U.S. attacks on southern Iran on Monday. Despite those strikes, serious negotiations are plainly taking place. The...

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Hassett: Energy prices will drop ‘like nothing you’ve ever seen before’ National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said energy prices are going to fall at an unprecedented rate once Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz. ©...

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story DOE eyes using plutonium for nuclear power The Energy Department may allow up to five companies to use its surplus plutonium, which has historically been used in nuclear warheads, as fuel. © Ted Shaffrey, Associated Press The department has selected the firms for “advanced...

A major defense policy bill released by House Republicans Tuesday looks to maintain limits on how many U.S. troops can be moved from Europe and South Korea and bars construction of the first “Trump-class” battleship until the Navy can prove it has the technology to make it. The draft text of the legislation, known as the...

Texas redistricting forced Reps. Al Green and Christian Menefee into an incumbent-on-incumbent Democratic runoff in Houston's 18th District.