Donald Trump is not yet the sitting president of the United States, but people across the planet would hardly realize that based solely on international news. Since winning a second term in the White House, Trump has hosted world leaders from Italy to Argentina, as well as billionaires Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos, as global […]

Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Musk emerges as Trump foreign policy wild card Elon Musk has increasingly waded into foreign politics from the perch of his social platform X — a development that experts say likely raises questions for U.S. allies about his role in foreign policy in...

President-elect Trump is heading to Capitol Hill Wednesday evening to meet with Senate Republicans and visit the Rotunda, where the late former President Carter is lying in state. With his inauguration just weeks away, Trump will discuss his legislative priorities in closed-door meetings with GOP allies. Earlier this week, the incoming president expressed his support...

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), the new Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee chair, did not immediately endorse Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Trump’s pick to be Health and Human Services secretary, after meeting with him Wednesday. Cassidy wrote on the social media site X that he and Kennedy had a “frank conversation” and...

Click for the latest from The Hill {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Companies decline to drill in Alaska wildlife refuge Alaska on Wednesday sued the Biden administration over restrictions the federal government imposed in December on oil and gas leases in the Arctic. © AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson No oil or gas...

Plus: 🔥Thousands flee as Los Angeles burns {beacon} Evening Report © AP Photo: Charlie Neibergall, Jacquelyn Martin Trump's legal troubles barrel toward a conclusion THE INVESTIGATIONS AND PROSECUTIONS of President-elect Trump are speeding to an end less than two weeks before his inauguration for a second term in the White House. Trump’s legal woes...

Shareholders of UnitedHealth Group (UHG) are calling on the company's board of directors to release a report on how its policy of limiting or delaying access to health care may be impacting the company's brand and the economy overall. The proposal by shareholders asked that the UHG board of directors produce a report looking into...

President Biden welcomed his first great-grandchild into the world on Wednesday after his granddaughter Naomi had a cesarean section birth in Los Angeles. Biden, 82, is believed to be the first sitting president to be a great-grandfather while in office according to The Associated Press.  He lauded the healthy birth of a 10-pound, four-ounce boy...

The Red Cross Cross and Salvation Army are already mobilizing to help victims.

More Senate Democrats have indicated they plan to vote to advance the Laken Riley Act in a procedural vote this Friday. The bill — which is named for the Georgia nursing student who was killed by an immigrant from Venezuela who crossed the border illegally — cleared the House on Tuesday with support from all...