Conservative commentator George Will expressed doubt about the potential impact of the “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE), arguing his column has the same power as the advisory board led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. “They are an advisory committee with no formal power. My column periodically advocates cutting certain items from the budget. My...
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Thursday that he and President-elect Trump's "border czar" Tom Homan have set a meeting date to discuss deportation plans. "I am looking forward to sitting down and speaking with the border czar next week, I believe we have a meeting on the 12th, and I want to hear...
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) said the proposed “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) will be a “waste of time” unless Congress acts on the “things that they're talking real big about.” “The key to the whole thing is in that room. If Congress doesn't have the guts to do those things that they're talking real big...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) criticized some of the alleged cost-cutting proposals related to veterans' health care, Medicare and Social Security by the "Department of Government Efficiency" (DOGE). "Doesn’t get lower than gutting some of the only lifelines left for veterans, seniors, widows, and the disabled," Ocasio-Cortez wrote in a Thursday post on social platform X,...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Women's health research needs funding boost, report says Roughly 9 percent of the National Institutes of Health’s research spending between 2013 and 2023 went toward women’s health research, according to a new report from The National Academies of Science,...
A report from Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee says they are “convinced” foreign adversaries are behind anomalous health incidents (AHI), faulting the intelligence community for stonewalling their efforts to investigate the mysterious ailments. It’s an assertion that earned swift pushback from the intelligence community, who contested that conclusion and called accusations regarding their cooperation...
Vice President-elect JD Vance will travel to North Carolina on Friday to survey hurricane relief efforts, a spokesperson told The Hill. He is scheduled to visit Fairview, N.C., weeks after Hurricane Helene devastated the state and others throughout the region. Vance will host meetings with first responders and families devastated by the disaster in addition...
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy had few good answers Thursday for how the new "Department of Government Efficiency" (DOGE) will meet its lofty goals of slashing $2 trillion in spending during a buzzy meeting with GOP lawmakers. In a session that included both House and Senate Republicans, the two businessmen appointed by President-elect Trump to...