THE NYC PARTY. The political world is buzzing over the New York City Democratic mayoral primary, unexpectedly won by Zohran Mamdani, the 33-year-old Ugandan-born Muslim socialist who, in the course of his brief career in politics, has advocated defunding the police, freeing criminals, having the city take over grocery stores, and more. Mamdani does not have […]
House Republicans cleared their first funding bill for fiscal 2026 on Wednesday, approving more than $450 billion to fund the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), military construction and other programs. The House voted mostly along party lines on Wednesday afternoon to approve the funding plan, with only two Democratic lawmakers, Reps. Jared Golden (Maine) and...
White House budget chief Russell Vought faced heat from both sides of the aisle Wednesday as he sought to make the case to senators to pass the administration’s roughly $9 billion in proposed cuts to foreign aid and public broadcasting funds. Vought testified before the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee to defend the special request from...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story US could default on its debt by August: analysis The federal government risks defaulting on its debt sometime this summer or early fall without action to address its debt ceiling, according to the Bipartisan Policy Center...
Presented by The Coalition to Strengthen America's Healthcare {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Anxieties converge over newly remade CDC advisory panel Health and Health Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr's remade vaccine advisory panel kicked off its two-day meeting Wednesday despite calls to delay the proceedings, including by Sen. Bill...
Susan Monarez, a longtime federal health official nominated by President Trump to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), faced senators in a confirmation hearing Wednesday, providing a first glimpse of her personal views and any signs of daylight between herself and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. While Monarez...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story NATO finds leeway on defense spending goal NATO leaders on Wednesday agreed to a major defense spending increase while leaving room for some alliance countries to not hit the new spending goals thanks to very particular...
It’s crunch time for negotiations over the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap. After a high-stakes meeting with Treasury Department Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday, House Republicans in the SALT Caucus and a key GOP senator reported “progress” but no deal, leaving one of the thorniest issues in the party’s tax and spending bill...
As the dust settles on Iranian sites hit by U.S. bombs and missiles over the weekend, there's growing tension over how much the military operation set back Tehran's nuclear program. The Trump administration is blasting assessments from U.S. intelligence agencies about the damage inflicted by strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities, while apparently endorsing an...