The Trump administration on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the University of California for alleged “deliberate indifference” to harassment against Jewish and Israeli students at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). It follows a previous lawsuit against UCLA for claims of unaddressed antisemitism on campus and a civil rights investigation into the school. ...

Former oil and gas executive Alex Mealer, who was backed by President Trump, is projected to defeat state Rep. Briscoe Cain and win the GOP primary for Texas’s newly drawn 9th Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ. Mealer, who was supported by some House GOP leadership, beat Cain, who was endorsed by Gov. Greg...

Rep. Christian Menefee (D-Texas) is projected to defeat Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) in a Democratic primary runoff for the Houston-based 18th Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ. Menefee, the 37-old-lawmaker who won a special election to fill the remainder of the late Rep. Sylvester Turner’s (D-Texas) seat in January, is almost certain to win...

The polls are now closed in Texas, where Sen. John Cornyn (R) and state Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) are duking it out for the GOP nod in the Lone Star State's marquee Senate race.   The winner in Tuesday's election will face off against Democrat James Talarico, a state lawmaker, this November. President Trump's...

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...