CNN is back to its sanctimonious schtick about holding truth to the power of the presidency, even after spending the last four years serving as the president’s unofficial communications shop. This started with a leaked confidential “low confidence” intelligence memo that seemingly undermined the Trump administration’s characterization of its strikes on Iran. The memo was reported by CNN’s Natasha […]

The White House on Friday released a video with testimonials from workers about the benefits of President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” as it seeks to ramp up pressure on Republicans ahead of planned Senate votes this weekend. In a video first shared with The Hill, eight people who attended Trump’s event at the White House...

Presented by The Coalition to Strengthen America's Healthcare {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story SCOTUS upholds Obamacare preventive care mandate The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a key Affordable Care Act requirement that insurance companies cover certain preventative measures recommended by an expert panel. © AP Justices upheld the constitutionality of...

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story  US-Canada trade talks explode President Trump said Friday he was suspending trade talks with Canada and would soon announce a higher tariff rate on the U.S.’s northern neighbor. © Getty Images In a post on social media,...

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story  Supreme Court upholds Texas age verification law  The Supreme Court ruled Friday that Texas’ age-verification law for porn websites is constitutional and does not violate the First Amendment. © Leon Neal, Getty Images In a 6-3 decision along ideological lines authored by Justice Clarence Thomas, the Supreme Court upheld a Texas law...

Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said Friday it's “premature” for anyone to be claiming that Iran will not try to continue its nuclear program. “The Iranian regime had not made a decision to build a bomb, was not pursuing the mechanism of a bomb, even though it was enriching uranium,” he said in Friday comments on...

A coalition of environmental groups on Friday sued over the Trump administration's plans to build a detention center in the Everglades that critics have dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.” The suit seeks to block the Trump administration from building the new facility on a Florida airfield, the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport (TNT) near Big Cypress National...

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) took a swipe at President Trump’s national security team in a rare interview as part of a recent pattern of public comments urging the president to consider military intervention in Iran and elsewhere more favorably. “He’s got some pretty rabid isolationists over at [the Department of Defense] — you could argue...

The Senate parliamentarian on Friday ruled that a Republican attempt to charge migrants a $1,000 fee when applying for asylum violates the Senate’s Byrd Rule and cannot be included in the GOP megabill to enact President Trump’s legislative agenda. The mandatory $1,000 fee for asylum applications is one of several immigration-related fees the parliamentarian, Elizabeth...

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) requested interviews with a series of top aides in former President Biden’s inner circle as part of his investigation into the president’s mental state. Comer sent letters Friday — saying information was needed “as part of our aggressive investigation into the cover-up of [Biden's] cognitive...