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Trump launches probe laying groundwork for tariffs on critical minerals

President Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order directing the Commerce Department to open a national security investigation that would lay the groundwork for the administration to impose tariffs on critical minerals, the latest sector to potentially face tariffs as part of Trump’s growing trade war. Trump signed an order initiating the probe, known as...

White House removes wire spot from press pool

The White House is making changes to which outlets are included in the press pool covering President Trump, and doing away with the spot normally reserved for wire services covering his daily activities. A source in the West Wing confirmed the changes to The Hill on Tuesday evening and said moving forward, the press pool...

Zuckerberg suggested spinning Instagram off into separate company

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg previously considered spinning off Instagram into a separate company in the face of growing antitrust concerns and competing interests with Facebook. The revelation comes from a 2018 document that was displayed as Zuckerberg took the stand in the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) trial against Meta, the parent company of Facebook and...

HHS cuts threaten HIV/AIDS response

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story HHS cuts threaten HIV/AIDS response The Trump administration is potentially undoing decades of work to mitigate the HIV epidemic and holding up upcoming progress by slashing the country’s public health workforce, experts say. © AP When Health...

Trump executive order backs change to Medicare negotiation pushed by drug industry

A new executive order signed Tuesday by President Trump directs Congress to change a key provision of the law allowing Medicare drug price negotiations, a move that would fix one of the drug industry’s biggest complaints. The order applies to what the industry calls the Inflation Reduction Act’s “pill penalty,” where small molecule drugs — typically...

House Democrat says DOGE access at NLRB, DOL may be ‘technological malfeasance’

Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), the ranking member on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, is calling for an investigation into the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) access to data at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the Department of Labor (DOL). In a letter addressed to Luiz Santos, the acting inspector general for DOL,...

Trump administration refers NY AG Letitia James for possible prosecution over allegations of mortgage fraud

New York Attorney General Letitia James faces mortgage fraud allegations stemming from property purchases decades ago in which she allegedly listed her father as her husband.

White House quietly floats millionaire tax hike proposal in Congress as GOP leaders signal opposition

House Republicans are looking for ways to pass President Donald Trump's policies via the budget reconciliation process.

Biden returns to podium for first time to slam Trump’s Social Security plans: ‘Wreck it so they could rob it’

President Joe Biden held his first major speech since leaving office on Tuesday in Chicago for the Advocates, Counselors and Representatives for the Disabled conference.

Army takes control of federal land along New Mexico border to increase security, protect the environment

Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum announced the U.S. Army will take control of federal lands along the U.S.-Mexico border in order to increase security and protect the environment.

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