Chief Justice John Roberts said Wednesday he doesn’t think about retiring, but he once asked two longtime friends to intervene if his health is ever in decline. “I've sat down with them and said, 'I want at the appropriate time' — because you don't always notice that you're slipping — 'I want the two of you...
President Trump said Wednesday he was not considering softening the 145 percent tariff on imports from China. Reporters in the Oval Office asked if the president would consider reducing levies on the foreign nation, to which he succinctly responded, “No.” In early April, the Trump administration announced tariff exemptions on electronics such as phones, computers...
House GOP moderates are telling Republican leaders they will not walk the plank and vote for Medicaid cuts in the party’s “big, beautiful bill” only to see the Senate strip them out — their latest warning shot in the effort to enact President Trump’s legislative agenda. In the past, GOP leaders have corralled the conference around...
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) asked a witness in a House hearing on transgender athletes Wednesday to play a game of “Trump or trans.” “This hearing has nothing to do with improving government efficiency,” Crockett said during the Delivering on Government Efficiency subcommittee meeting. “It’s another attempt by Republicans to distract from their demonic and disastrous...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story 2nd F/A-18 falls into Red Sea as Houthis agree to ceasefire The Navy lost a second F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet from an aircraft carrier in the Red Sea on a mission to target Houthi rebels...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) banged her gavel almost 50 times in an effort to silence Ranking Democratic member Melanie Stansbury (N.M.) during a House subcommittee hearing Wednesday afternoon. The hearing, which focused on trans women in sports, devolved into heated crossfire between Democrats and Republicans on multiple occasions. However, the hearing got especially intense when Stansbury...
Tensions are rapidly escalating between nuclear powers India and Pakistan after India on Tuesday struck what it says were terrorist targets deep inside Pakistan, which says its military shot down five Indian fighter jets. India on Tuesday launched what it said were retaliatory strikes against Pakistan, the most significant attack in decades, coming two weeks...