President Trump on Thursday claimed his recent "most favored nation" executive order could cause U.S. drug prices to "drop like a rock" in just a matter of weeks, saying the savings will be "incalculable." In a briefing to discuss the newly released Make America Healthy Again Commission's report on children's health, Trump ended the event...
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) on Thursday criticized the recent House GOP's sprawling package to enact President Trump’s tax priorities and cut spending, while swiping at his colleagues in the lower chamber for setting “the bar way too low” in their goal to generate savings. “They just kept talking about $1.5 trillion. They set the bar...
The House Republicans’ campaign arm is encouraging members to take an aggressive stance in messaging on the “One Big Beautiful Bill” of President Trump’s tax cut and spending priorities and make it a key part of their 2026 midterm messaging. The memo from the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), first shared with The Hill, comes...
The Supreme Court cleared the way Thursday for President Trump to fire two Democratic-appointed independent agency leaders, for now, over the dissents of the court’s three liberal justices. The emergency order lifts a lower decision reinstating the two officials, handing the president a win in his quest to expand control over all aspects of the federal bureaucracy. But...
Retail giant Walmart is slashing about 1,500 corporate jobs after the company announced last week it plans to raise prices due to looming tariffs. “We are reshaping some teams in our Global Tech and Walmart U.S. organizations where we have identified opportunities to remove layers and complexity, speed up decision-making, and help associates innovate rapidly,”...
President Trump is set to host a private dinner Thursday night with the top investors in his meme coin, who spent millions of dollars to secure a spot at the exclusive event, fueling Democratic accusations of corruption. More than 200 investors in $TRUMP will dine with the president at his golf club outside of Washington, D.C.,...
President Trump said Thursday that autism must not occur naturally, citing figures inflating the spike in autism and suggesting the administration's Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission could provide answers. “When you hear 10,000, it was 1 in 10,000, and now it's 1 in 31 for autism, I think that's just a terrible thing. It...
{beacon} WASHINGTON AND THE NATION are on edge after two staffers with the Israeli Embassy were fatally shot in an apparent politically motivated, antisemitic attack at an event outside the Capital Jewish Museum. The staffers, Sarah Milgrim, 26, and Yaron Lischinsky, 30, were a couple and known figures in the Israeli-American political community in...
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Thursday condemned the fatal shooting at the Capital Jewish Museum in a statement on the social platform X after "Fox & Friends" played a clip of her earlier in the day declining to offer a response to the violent event. “I am appalled by the deadly shooting at the Capital...
The House passed President Donald Trump's "one big, beautiful bill" on Thursday morning, but two defecting Republicans took to social media to decry the spending plan.