For more than a year, Sen. Steve Daines has been arduously cultivating support in Congress to permanently extend President Trump's first-term tax cuts.
U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell rejected the Justice Department's demand that she recuse herself from a case involving President Trump, saying Wednesday that the allegations against her were "innuendo and basic legal disagreements."
President Trump and his aides mounted a defense Wednesday of the administration's accidental release of missile attack plans to a journalist, telling lawmakers the mistake didn't affect the successful military operation in Yemen and that no classified information was revealed.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said messages sent inadvertently to a reporter in a group chat were not "war" plans, they were "attack" plans used to update key U.S. officials on action taken against Houthi rebels in Yemen.
Sen. Rand Paul, following in the footsteps of his father, is reintroducing a one-sentence bill to eliminate the federal Department of Education, but the legislation may have more traction now as President Trump has already taken steps to dismantle the agency.
The Rand Corporation is warning lawmakers they need to prepare for the sudden emergence of advanced artificial intelligence "wonder weapons" in cyberspace.
Former Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is concerned about the Trump administration’s recent cuts to research grants through the National Institutes of Health (NIH). “I’m worried on a lot of fronts,” Sebelius said during The Hill’s "Health Next Summit." “The kinds of cuts that were just announced are devastating and will set...
The United States Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit upheld U.S. District Judge John McConnell’s ruling Wednesday, keeping a block on the Trump administration’s plans to freeze federal loans and grants through an Office of Management and Budget (OMB) memo. Chief Judge David Barron, an appointee of former President Obama, and Circuit Judges Lara...
GOP fundraiser Eric Levine called for President Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff to be fired over the diplomat’s recent comments about Russian President Vladimir Putin, arguing the president’s close friend was “duped” by the Palestinian militant group Hamas during hostage negotiations. Levine, who previously raised money for Sen. Tim Scott’s (R-S.C.) short-lived 2024 presidential campaign,...