Senators voted Friday to pass legislation to prevent cuts to the District of Columbia's local budget after city officials warned the District faced a $1 billion hit under a stopgap government funding bill approved by the Senate moments earlier. The bill, which allows D.C. to continue operating at its adopted fiscal 2025 budget, passed by...

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Dr. Oz’s charm offensive Dr. Mehmet Oz, President Trump’s pick to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), largely dodged questions from Democrats on Friday about whether he supported potential cuts to Medicaid. © Greg Nash,...

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) praised his colleague Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) during an interview this week, stating the Pennsylvania lawmaker has “come a long way” and is the “only” Democrat in the upper chamber “speaking common sense.”  “John Fetterman has come a long way. He’s had all kind of health issues since he got here,...

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Fund for veterans exposed to toxics faces chopping block Democratic lawmakers and veterans’ groups are fuming over a provision in the stopgap federal spending bill passed by lawmakers this week. © (AP Photo/Simon Klingert, File The provision would cut a Department of Veteran Affairs...

Interim Kennedy Center Director Richard Grenell, who was appointed by President Trump told Fox News Digital this week that he has a plan to get the institution out of debt.

South African Ambassador to the U.S. Embrahim Rasool was criticized by Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday over his remarks about President Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump comforted a mother whose son died from fentanyl poisoning, telling her, “He’s up there watching you" and “he’s so proud of mom."

The Senate approved the House-passed stopgap bill on Friday despite significant Democratic division.

FBI Director Kash Patel on Friday said that the agency is investigating the recent surge in swatting incidents on conservative media figures and others.