Senate Republicans on Monday formally got the ball rolling on their bid to invoke the so-called nuclear option and change the chamber’s rules in order to expeditiously confirm dozens of President Trump's stalled nominees in the coming weeks. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on Monday started the process of making the rules change on...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) warned Republicans on Monday that they’ll regret their decision to reexamine the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Jeffries said Democrats will use their participation in a newly launched GOP investigation of the rampage to highlight President Trump’s role in fomenting the violence that day. “Republicans will...

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story New York AG enters fight over abortion shield laws New York Attorney General Letitia James is now intervening in a lawsuit filed by the Texas attorney general over the Empire State’s abortion shield law. © AP The...

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) on Sunday called Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. a “joke” amid turmoil in Kennedy’s own department. “You looked at that appearance before Congress, and it just confirms what all of us around this table have known for decades: Robert F Kennedy Jr. is...

Count billionaire Ken Griffin as one of those in the business community questioning President Trump's hostility toward the Federal Reserve. Griffin, the founder and CEO of Citadel and a supporter of the president, criticized Trump's "interventions" in central bank policy in a Wall Street Journal op-ed published Sunday. "While the U.S. benefits from a large stock of credibility accumulated...

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Rising power prices become political problem for Trump Rising power prices are becoming a political liability for Republicans as electricity costs outpace inflation. © AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast A recent Consumer Price Index report found electricity prices were rising at double the rate of inflation, having...

Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee on Monday launched a probe into the Trump administration’s decision to revoke 37 officials’ security clearances, and questioned the rationale behind listing them publicly. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard last month stripped clearances from a number of current and former intelligence officials who have ties to the Biden...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune plans to use a 'nuclear option' parliamentary maneuver to expedite confirmation of about 40 lower-level nominees this week.

President Trump linkws the random stabbing death of a Ukrainian refugee, Iryna Zarutska, in Charlotte to upcoming North Carolina senate race between Roy Cooper and Michael Whatley.

The House Oversight Committee has released a tranche of files related to Jeffrey Epstein on Monday evening.