Vice President-elect JD Vance is undergoing a planned surgery on Friday, according to a spokesperson.  “The Vice President-elect is having long-planned, minor sinus surgery and will be back to work tomorrow,” said Vance spokesperson William Martin in a statement to The Hill. Fox News reported earlier Friday that the surgery is taking place at George...

Investigators said the deceased suspect in the Las Vegas Cybertruck explosion was suffering from PTSD and left behind notes in his phone detailing his motive for the attack during a Friday news conference. Matthew Livelsberger’s body was recovered from inside the destroyed vehicle alongside camp fuel canisters and firework mortars. The authorities said Livelsberger was...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Friday defied his most conservative critics to retain his gavel in the next Congress, overcoming threats from a group of far-right lawmakers leery of his leadership record and commitment to spending cuts. The victory puts Johnson in the driver’s seat of the lower chamber just as President-elect Trump is poised...

Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) clapped back a President-elect Trump after he blasted President Biden for awarding her and Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) the Presidential Citizens Medal this week.  “Donald, this is not the Soviet Union,” Cheney wrote Friday on social platform X. “You can’t change the truth and you cannot silence us.” Cheney was...

U.S. Steel’s president and CEO declared President Biden’s decision to block the company from being acquired by the Japanese corporation Nippon Steel “shameful” and “corrupt” in a Friday afternoon statement. “President Biden's action today is shameful and corrupt. He gave a political payback to a union boss out of touch with his members while harming...

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Surgeon General wants alcohol to come with cancer warning The U.S. surgeon general on Friday called for health warning labels on alcohol to include risks of certain cancers. © Getty “Alcohol is a well-established, preventable cause of cancer...

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Biden loosens rules for hydrogen credits The Biden administration on Friday finalized fairly strict climate rules for the nascent hydrogen energy industry — but the rules contain new flexibilities that are expected to make them somewhat less stringent than an initial proposal. © AP...

The driver behind a terrorist attack in New Orleans planned to use a transmitter to detonate two bombs he placed on Bourbon Street and had additional explosive devices at a rental home he set on fire. This update, shared in a joint statement from the FBI and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF),...

President Biden on Friday awarded the Medal of Honor to seven U.S. Army soldiers, most of whom received it posthumously for service during the Korean War, in his last ceremony as commander in chief awarding the country's highest military honor. The soldiers honored Friday were recognized for distinguished acts of bravery as they rushed through...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) said she would include legislation regarding the state’s involuntary commitment standards in her new executive budget following a series of violent subway attacks that have prompted questions about mental health.  “Currently hospitals are able to commit individuals whose mental illness puts themselves or others at risk of serious harm,...