Attorney General Merrick Garland gave a tearful goodbye while warning of the risks of "grave injustice" for those who abuse the Justice Department's power. Much of Garland's parting remarks were a defense of the agency he's led the last four years while making veiled nods to the anxieties of those with a stake in the...

Click for more from The Hill {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Trump EPA, Interior picks poised for confirmation Environment watchers faced a split screen on Thursday as President-elect Trump's picks to lead the Interior Department and Environmental Protection Agency both faced confirmation hearings. © Greg Nash The Burgum hearing:...

Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said Pam Bondi, President-elect Trump’s nominee for attorney general, was “terrified” of contradicting the incoming president in her confirmation hearing before the Judiciary Committee. “She was terrified, I think, of contradicting Donald Trump in any way, saying anything to displease Donald Trump,” Schiff stated during a Thursday interview on MSNBC. “The...

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story UnitedHealth CEO blames drug companies for high costs In his first public remarks since the murder of a top executive, UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty acknowledged systemic flaws in the U.S. health care system but placed the blame...

Three Republican-led states will be allowed to move forward with a lawsuit to restrict access to mifepristone, a Texas federal judge ruled Thursday, months after the Supreme Court rejected an earlier argument in the case. U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, who was appointed during President-elect Trump's first term, said Idaho, Missouri and Kansas can intervene...

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story  Trump's Treasury nominee takes center stage Scott Bessent, President-elect Trump's pick to lead the Treasury Department, appeared before the Senate Finance Committee Thursday for a confirmation hearing. © Greg Nash Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) introduced Bessent,...

Democratic North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein issued an executive order Thursday that he believes will further protect reproductive health care access across the state.   The order directs Cabinet agencies to protect women’s medical privacy, protect doctors providing abortions in the state and not cooperate with efforts to impose penalties, investigations or prosecutions of those...

Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) decision to shake up leadership on the House Intelligence Committee sent shockwaves throughout the panel and beyond, fueling concerns on both sides of the aisle about the influence of the MAGA-right and how sensitive national security matters will be handled in the looming Trump era. Johnson declined to reappoint Rep. Mike...

President Biden on Thursday continued his farewell tour of Washington, D.C., with wide-ranging final remarks to U.S. service members, touting his defense record while praising the military and urging them to remember their oath to uphold the U.S. Constitution. “Our commitment to honor, to integrity, to unity, to protecting and defending not a person or...