House Democratic leaders are holding firm in opposition to the Republicans’ spending bill, brushing aside new threats from the Trump administration to use the shutdown to advance mass firings of federal workers and drastic cuts to programs Democrats hold dear. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said the threats — aired on Wednesday by President...
A civilian employee with the Navy admitted Wednesday to falsely reporting an active shooter at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey. Base emergency protocols were activated, and law enforcement officials arrived on the scene Tuesday after Malika Brittingham said she heard five to six gun shots. Brittingham first reported the alleged shots in a text...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Federal layoffs day or two away, says budget director Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought told House Republicans in a Wednesday call that layoffs of federal workers will be coming in a day...
Cuba’s foreign minister on Tuesday accused Secretary of State Marco Rubio of pursuing a “personal and corrupt agenda” that he said runs counter to President Trump’s stated goals of peace in Latin America. In a sit-down interview with The Associated Press, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla said Rubio, whose parents are Cuban immigrants, has made...
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick called convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein the “greatest blackmailer ever” in an interview published Tuesday. Lutnick told "Pod Force One" host Miranda Devine that Epstein was a “disgusting person” from whom he and his wife kept their distance. The Commerce secretary, who was Epstein’s ex-neighbor, described to Devine his interaction with the...
The federal government shutdown, which began Wednesday, marks the 21st such closure in 50 years. Most of those shutdowns have lasted less than a week, but the longest in U.S. history was over a month long.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., demanded "serious" movement on Obamacare subsidies, while Republicans push for votes to reopen government.