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Trump says Israel agreed to terms for 60-day ceasefire in Gaza, warns Hamas to take deal
President Trump said on Tuesday evening that Israel has agreed to the “necessary conditions” to “finalize” a 60-day ceasefire in the war-torn Gaza Strip and pushed the Palestinian militant group Hamas to take the deal, warning that it will “not get better.” “My Representatives
Gillibrand apologizes to Mamdani over 'jihad' remark
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) has reportedly apologized to New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani over saying he had referred to “global jihad” in the past. A readout that Politico obtained said Mamdani and Gillibrand talked Monday night on a call amid voting on
Speaker Johnson: Inclement weather is ‘part of the problem’ for House votes on megabill
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Tuesday inclement weather in Washington, D.C., is “part of the problem” House Republicans are grappling with as they look to fast-track their “big, beautiful bill” through the chamber this week. The House is scheduled to convene at 9 a.m. EDT
73 percent of investors expect market volatility to persist through 2025: Gallup
A majority of surveyed investors are expecting volatility in the stock market to persist through 2025, according to a new survey that was released on Tuesday. The new Gallup poll found that nearly 3 in 4 surveyed investors, 73 percent, think there will be more stock market
Record Medicaid cuts head to House
Presented by Vaccinate Your Family {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Senate sends massive Medicaid cuts to House The massive Senate-passed GOP domestic policy legislation puts the House in a tough position on Medicaid. © The Hill, Greg Nash Some moderates
Senate passes GOP policy bill with energy changes
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Senate passes GOP policy bill with energy changes The Senate on Tuesday passed its version of Trump's "big, beautiful bill" — but the chamber dropped its proposed excise tax on solar and wind. © Greg Nash Vice
Senate passes Trump tax bill
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Senate GOP jams through Trump megabill Senate Republicans voted Tuesday to push through a major package to advance President Trump’s tax agenda, after leaders
Trump and Musk are fighting again
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Trump, Musk reignite feud President Trump and his onetime ally Elon Musk are at each other's throats once again, after winding down tensions last month following their public blowout. © Evan Vucci, Associated Press Musk renewed
Judge blocks Trump effort to dismantle African development agency
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked President Trump’s appointment of a new head of the U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF), indefinitely halting his directives to massively slash the agency’s workforce and grant funding. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon found that
Trump-Musk feud reignites over the 'big, beautiful bill'
The public and messy feud between President Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk was reignited this week over the president’s “big, beautiful bill” as Congress works to get the massive package to Trump’s desk by July 4. Musk on Monday said he would back primary challengers
FBI determines headquarters will remain in DC
The FBI announced Tuesday it would not be moving its headquarters outside of D.C., abandoning plans hatched under the Biden administration to move the bureau to the Maryland suburbs. The bureau will leave the crumbling Hoover Building and instead occupy space at the Ronald
EU's top diplomat urges Iran to resume nuclear talks
The European Union's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas urged Iran to resume talks on ending the country’s nuclear program while speaking with Tehran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. “Negotiations on ending Iran's nuclear programme should restart as soon as possible.
Lisa Murkowski’s Strategy on Trump Budget Bill Is Already Backfiring
It looks like Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski is getting exactly what she voted for, even though it’s not what she wanted. Murkowski was the crucial vote Tuesday in passing Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” through the Senate. But right after the vote, she said she’d backed
Johnson, Trump push wary House Republicans for July 4 passage
A cross-section of GOP lawmakers is wary of the Senate package and wants to take their time.
Mamdani slams Trump arrest threat: 'If you speak up, they will come for you'
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani slammed President Trump’s threat to investigate his immigration status and arrest him over his opposition to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) raids. Trump said during a Tuesday press conference at a detention
Penn to ban trans women from sports, remove trans swimmer's records in deal with Trump administration
The University of Pennsylvania has agreed to ban transgender women from participating on its women’s sports teams and remove the records of Lia Thomas, a former student and the first transgender woman to win a NCAA Division I national championship, the Education Department
5 takeaways as Senate ships Trump’s megabill to House
Senate Republicans endured a 26-hour slog before finally passing President Trump’s ambitious tax and spending package early Tuesday afternoon, putting it one giant step closer to reaching the president's desk. The bill now heads to the House, where questions surround whether
LA mayor: Trump administration lawsuit 'an attempt to overturn the will of the city'
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass bemoaned the Trump administration's lawsuit challenging the city's sanctuary status and attacking its immigration policies. “The lawsuit is an attempt to overturn the will of the city, calling for a halt to long-standing policy to protect immigrant
House conservatives threaten floor revolt over Trump megabill
A handful of hard-line House conservatives are threatening to tank a Wednesday procedural vote for the party’s reconciliation bill, a revolt that would bring the lower chamber to a screeching halt and potentially derail GOP leadership’s plan of clearing the legislation by July
Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial: Jurors reach verdict on 4 of 5 counts
The 12-member jury in the Sean “Diddy” Combs criminal trial ended deliberations for the evening Tuesday after reaching a verdict on four counts facing the rap mogul, but failing to unanimously vote on the fifth.
ICE-Tracking App Skyrockets in Popularity After Trump Team Freaks Out
Trump officials got a lesson in the Streisand effect—whereby attempts to suppress information only circulate it further—as their outrage over ICEBlock, a free iPhone app that monitors the activity of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, propelled the app to the top of
Trump administration wants to axe all of NOAA's climate research
The Trump administration wants to zero out climate research at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), according to a newly released budget document. The document calls for no funding to go to the agency’s climate laboratories or regional climate data and
Senate passes big changes to student loans in reconciliation bill
The Senate’s version of President Trump's “big, beautiful bill” passed Tuesday would make significant changes to student loan programs, worrying advocates that borrowers will face higher monthly payments. The reconciliation bill revamps the types of student loan repayment
USAID cuts could result in 14M additional deaths: Research
A study published Monday found that the closure of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) could result in more than 14 million additional deaths globally by 2030, including 4.5 million deaths of children younger than 5 years. The findings were released hours
Chip Roy on Senate changes to GOP megabill: ‘Travesty'
Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) on Tuesday railed against the Senate version of the GOP’s tax and spending bill, calling it a “travesty” and saying he expects to see significant changes in the House before it lands on the president’s desk. In an interview on Fox News’s “The Faulkner
RFK Jr. Gets Terrible News in Court on Plan to Upend Health Department
In a week dominated by Trump’s budget bill, Democrats can take some solace in a legal victory over Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and DOGE. On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Melissa DuBose of Rhode Island issued an injunction that blocks RFK Jr. from moving on with his
Judge rejects Apple’s bid to dismiss DOJ antitrust case
A federal judge on Monday rejected Apple’s request to dismiss the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) antitrust case against the iPhone maker in an early win for the agency. U.S. District Judge Julien Xavier Neals denied the effort by the tech giant to throw out the case, which
Roughly 30 percent of 2024 voters used mail ballot: Research
Nearly a third of the ballots cast in the 2024 presidential election were submitted by mail, despite efforts to discourage the method embraced in eight states and Washington, D.C., which have adopted "all" or "mostly" mail elections.
Buck Moon, 'Swift Planet' and more: How to enjoy July's night sky events
The first full month of summer arrives bearing several celestial treats for skywatchers.
Federal judge finds HHS mass layoffs likely unlawful
A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that the mass layoffs carried out at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) likely went against the law and there is sufficient evidence to support claims of irreparable harm as a result. U.S. District Judge Melissa R. DuBose, an
GOP megabill to face final gauntlet in House
✈️ Plus: Netanyahu to visit White House {beacon} GOP megabill to face final gauntlet in House PRESIDENT TRUMP's “big, beautiful bill” cleared the Senate by the barest margin possible Tuesday, setting up a final uncertain path through the House with the clocking ticking toward a
Trump says Lara Trump would be 'great' as Thom Tillis replacement
President Trump said that his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, would be a great candidate for the Senate seat in North Carolina to replace Sen. Thom Tillis (R), who recently said he would not seek reelection. When pressed on whom he would want to run for Tillis’s seat, President
44 percent say US becoming less patriotic: Survey
Forty-four percent of Americans said the country is becoming less patriotic, significantly more than the share who said Americans are becoming more patriotic, according to a survey published Tuesday. The Economist/YouGov poll found that 44 percent of Americans said they think
Lisa Murkowski Gives Infuriating Defense of Vote for Trump Budget
Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska on Tuesday supplied the deciding vote for Senate Republicans to pass Trump’s signature budget bill. After doing so, she registered concerns about the disastrous piece of legislation, even while defending her vote. The bill, if also
READ: Senate's megabill to enact Trump's policy agenda
The Senate passed a 1,016-page measure Tuesday that enacts major planks in President Trump's second-term agenda, from tax cuts to Medicaid regulations, green energy limits to the debt limit. The upper chamber worked on the bill for weeks and approved it after 27 hours of debate
Senate Judiciary Democrats launch probe into whether Trump officials violated court orders
Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee opened an investigation Tuesday into whether the Trump administration violated various court orders in carrying out deportation flights to foreign countries. The probe was sparked by a whistleblower complaint from a fired career
Senate Republicans shock the House with a supercharged megabill
How GOP senators put a big, beautiful stamp on President Donald Trump's signature legislation.
Surprise! Trump’s New Fragrance Sucks
Step right up: For a limited time, you, too, could smell like Donald Trump. The president’s latest business venture is a pair of colognes that retail for $249 per 3.3-ounce bottle. The scent is called “Victory 47-45” for men and women, a nod to his dual election wins. The
What made the cut in Senate's nearly 1,000-page policy megabill?
Senate Republicans on Tuesday jammed through a major package advancing President Trump’s tax priorities, paid for by a host of cuts to the social safety net, including Medicaid and food assistance. The bill also slashes green energy and includes changes to student loan
Possible 2028 Democrats target Vance on GOP megabill tiebreaker
Democrats considered potential candidates for the 2028 presidential election quickly pounced on Vice President Vance for casting the tiebreaking vote to pass President Trump’s massive tax and spending bill in the Senate. From Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) to former
Harris rips GOP megabill after Senate passage: ‘There is still time to stop this’
Former Vice President Kamala Harris slammed the “big, beautiful bill” and highlighted its cuts to several welfare programs, hours after the GOP megabill narrowly cleared the Senate Tuesday. “Thanks to Senate Republicans, 17 million people will lose their health care,” Harris
Deadline to submit claim in $95M Siri settlement is Wednesday: What to know
If you haven't yet submitted your claim, now is your last chance.
Omaha City Council member launches bid for Bacon seat in House
Omaha City Council member Brinker Harding has launched a bid for Rep. Don Bacon’s (R-Neb.) seat. “I'm running for Congress because I'm choosing to fight for America's future, to make America more like its heartland, and to make the next 250 years a new golden age for America,”
Trump Bizarrely Rambles About Florida Instead of Answering Question
Donald Trump took off on a winding rant about his summer vacation plans Tuesday when asked a crucial question about “Alligator Alcatraz.” During a press conference at the ICE facility in the middle of the Florida Everglades, the president was asked whether there was an
Getting back to pursuing peace in the Middle East
The author, Greg Landsman, believes that the recent strikes on Iranian enrichment sites are a step towards preventing the regime from developing a nuclear weapon and calls for a bipartisan effort to establish a clear vision for a lasting peace in the Middle East.