House Republicans nixed text aimed at protecting banks from cannabis crackdowns from a government funding bill after blowback from fellow GOP lawmakers. The measure was included in the party’s initial version of its annual financial services and general government bill, one of
Microsoft vice chair and president Brad Smith sought to ease government scrutiny by acknowledging the company's shortcomings in allowing a recent China-backed hack to take place during a House hearing Thursday. As the sole witness at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing,
Millions of borrowers on the SAVE Plan will get to skip their July payment.
The United States will send another Patriot missile system to Ukraine as the country struggles with continued Russian bombardment Russian on its cities and energy infrastructure. President Biden approved the system’s deployment last week after several high-level meetings, The
Former President Trump floated further cuts to the corporate tax rate during a Business Roundtable event Thursday with some of the country's most powerful executives, according to a source in attendance. The former president delivered his pitch shortly after White House chief
Republican senators buzzed about former President Trump's pitch to get rid of taxes on tips after meeting Thursday with the presumptive GOP nominee on Capitol Hill, a move intended to elicit support from voters working in the service industry. “One of the other senators made
President Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday signed a bilateral security agreement between the two countries, marking a major milestone in long-term support from the U.S. for Ukraine in its defensive war against Russia. The two presidents signed the
Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) stock appears to have risen after former President Trump’s “pep rally” meeting with House Republicans on Capitol Hill. Johnson has come under fire from hard-line conservatives for cutting deals with President Biden — which sparked an effort by
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas failed to disclose three trips that were paid for by GOP mega-donor Harlan Crow, according to information obtained by the Senate Judiciary Committee and released Thursday. According to the panel, Thomas did not disclose information on three
President Biden posted on social media apparently making a subtle dig at President Trump after it was reported he made comments disparaging Milwaukee, the capital city of a key swing state. “I happen to love Milwaukee,” Biden posted Thursday on the social media platform X. His
President Biden on Thursday ruled out the possibility of commuting the sentence of his son Hunter Biden after a jury delivered a guilty verdict this week on three charges related to the purchase of a gun in 2018. Biden was asked by a reporter whether he would commute his son's
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) said former President Trump criticized the $61 billion for Ukraine passed under Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) leadership and signaled his disinterest in sending the war-torn country more support during his Thursday meeting with House Republicans.
President Biden on Thursday pushed back on a reporter's line of questioning about the Gaza cease-fire proposal during his press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. A reporter asked Biden for an assessment of Hamas’s response to the proposal and to describe
Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked legislation to protect in vitro fertilization, a reproductive rights procedure that has gained popularity in recent years to help people have families. Senate Democrats sought to codify federal protections for IVF as anti-abortion
Ukraine’s supporters have agreed to move forward with a $50 billion loan to Kyiv, financed by profits from frozen Russian assets in Europe and the U.S., the leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) countries announced Thursday. The agreement marks a significant achievement for
Two MAGA soldiers appeared to be starstruck by Donald Trump during the former president’s meeting with House Republicans Thursday. Unfortunately for the country, they’re some of the top lawmakers in the country. In a press conference held shortly after the reunion, House
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and its charitable partner will invest $11.1 million in bolstering drought resilience across the Colorado River basin, the parties announced Thursday. The funds, which will come from the Inflation Reduction Act, will enable the Foundation
We can only hope that before he speaks before Congress, Mr. Netanyahu will be as candid and specific on the nuclear portion of the Biden deal as he has been about the rest of it.
Former President Trump made a trip to Washington on Thursday to meet with members of the House and Senate — striking a unified tone with Republican lawmakers as the November election inches closer. Following the two closed-door meetings, he spoke briefly to the press, saying
Secretary of State Antony Blinken refused to say Thursday whether the U.S. could pursue a separate deal with Hamas to free American citizens still held hostage by the organization in Gaza, while negotiations with Israel over a potential cease-fire continue. Hamas negotiators
Former President Trump doesn't think Milwaukee itself is "horrible," but the crime in the city is, his campaign clarified Thursday, after reports circulated that he dissed the site of the upcoming Republican National Convention. Dylan Johnson, a Trump campaign spokesperson,
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has uncovered a pattern of civil rights violations, discrimination and excessive force in the Phoenix Police Department. According to a DOJ report released Thursday, Phoenix police discriminate against Black, Hispanic and Native American people
Welcome to The Hill's Campaign newsletter {beacon} Campaign Report Campaign Report The Big Story What Trump wants from Hill Republicans Former President Trump met with Republicans on Capitol Hill on Thursday as the GOP looks to coalesce heading into a contentious November
Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) is leading Republican candidate Kari Lake by 3 points in a new survey of one of this year's most closely watched Senate races. An AARP poll released Thursday found Gallego leading Lake 48 percent to 45 percent, with 6 percent undecided. Because the
Legislation to establish a national right to in vitro fertilization (IVF) was blocked by Senate Republicans on Thursday, amid a push by Democrats to put the GOP on defense over reproductive rights ahead of the November elections. The bill needed 60 votes in order to move
Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Tesla shareholders on track to approve Musk pay package Elon Musk said Tesla shareholders are on track to approve a massive pay package worth as much as $56 billion, after it was struck
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) sought to make a statement about former President Trump's criminal conviction Thursday, repeating the word "guilty" 34 times in a row, once for each of the former president's guilty counts in the Manhattan hush money case. The move by Schiff came at
The former president's convention city did not take kindly to criticism.
The head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Thursday the agency was “too hands-off” with regulating aircraft manufacturers before a door blew out of a Boeing plane in January, causing weeks of scrutiny into the company’s manufacturing safety. FAA Administrator
It is hard to get nine random Americans to agree with each other on abortion. It is even more difficult if those nine Americans happen to serve on the Supreme Court. But right-wing legal groups and lower-court judges have now done the impossible: They got a unanimous ruling
Former President Trump touted that he has a “great relationship” with Republican members of Congress following meetings he held on Capitol Hill with GOP representatives and senators. Trump said in brief remarks to reporters following those meetings that he and the Republican
Donald Trump has transferred $4.6 million of donations to his campaign into his businesses by charging the campaign for travel and food expenses, according to a new report from Forbes . Federal Election Commission filings show that Trump’s aviation company, Tag Air, has charged
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) on Thursday spoke and shook hands with former President Trump during a meeting at the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the first time the two leaders have spoken since their falling out in 2020. “We had a really positive
Donald Trump’s trip to Capitol Hill on Tuesday was supposed to be about his agenda if he wins the election in November. Instead, his meeting with House Republicans was about as coherent as one of his rally speeches. “Like talking to your drunk uncle at the family reunion,” one
The Senate has confirmed three nominees to a bipartisan energy regulatory board. The upper chamber on Wednesday confirmed the nominations of Republican Lindsay See and Democrat David Rosner to become members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. On Thursday, the Senate
The occupation of the president’s office is forcing a reckoning between what the left claims to stand for and what it actually promotes.
In a major blow to dastardly labor rights that cruelly curtail righteous corporate greed, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Starbucks on Thursday. The ruling comes amid an ongoing battle between the heroic $25 billion corporation and the evil National Labor Relations Board’s
