President-elect Trump said Monday that California had the chance to “maintain their forests” amid the ongoing Los Angeles-area wildfires. “The problem is it's so dry, it was always so dry there, and it's just … it's just a mess. They could’ve, you know, maintained their forests, and — as I said they have to do,”...
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) said Monday that California doesn't “deserve” funding after wildfires unless they "make some changes." “If you go to California, you run into a lot of Republicans, a lot of good people, and I hate it for them, but they are just overwhelmed by, by these inner-city woke policies with the people...
The confirmation hearing for President-elect Trump's pick for the next the secretary of Veterans Affairs, former Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.), has been delayed by a week until Jan. 21. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), the chair of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, said in a statement on Monday that Collins had submitted all of his paperwork in...
Florida Republican leaders in the state Legislature pushed back on Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) call for a special session to implement President-elect Trump’s immigration agenda, calling the move “premature.” In a letter addressed to their fellow legislators, state Senate President Ben Albritton (R) and state House Speaker Daniel Perez (R) said they were not aware...
Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna asked community members to be patient with local officials, as residents eagerly await permission to return to their homes in Southern California, where tens of thousands of acres have been decimated by wildfires in the past week. At a press conference on Monday, Luna said officials are still searching...
President-elect Trump and congressional Republicans are plotting how to address the nation’s debt limit this year. The debt ceiling, which caps how much money the Treasury can owe to pay the country’s bills, was reestablished earlier this month after being suspended for the past year and half. The national debt now stands at more than...
Special counsel David Weiss defended his handling of the Hunter Biden investigation in a final report capping his multiyear probe into the president’s son. Weiss pushed back against President Biden’s decision to pardon his son, as he was facing both tax and gun charges in two different states. Read the report below.
The Laken Riley Act on Monday cleared a second procedural hurdle in the Senate as talk turns to an amendment push by Democrats in order to potentially make alterations to the bill. Senators voted 82-10 on the motion to proceed to the legislation, allowing the chamber to begin debate. The legislation would mandate federal detention...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Trump to decide fate of free preventative care under ACA The Trump administration will have to decide whether to defend a key part of the Affordable Care Act, after the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case challenging...