Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday after a wave of Kremlin attacks last weekend. The three leaders discussed a legislative initiative to strengthen U.S. sanctions against Russia and ongoing
{beacon} Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense & National Security Defense & National Security The Big Story State Department scraps office dedicated to relocating Afghan allies A proposed reorganization of the State Department would cut an office
The Trump administration on Friday unveiled more details of the president's vision for how to fund the government in fiscal year 2026, expanding on its request earlier this month for steep spending cuts. The lengthy budget appendix, which stretches to more than 1,200 pages,
Presented by Entergy {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Trump admin cancels $3.7B for decarbonizing industry The Trump administration announced Friday it has canceled nearly $4 billion in awards aimed at the decarbonizing industry that were
Presented by The Coalition to Strengthen America's Healthcare {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story COVID-19 vaccine still on CDC schedule for kids The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued updated guidance on administering the COVID-19 vaccine
President Trump gifted outgoing adviser Elon Musk with a gold key to the White House on Friday, lauding his service in the administration. “Elon gave an incredible service. There’s nobody like him, and he had to go through the slings and the arrows, which is a shame, because
President Trump and Elon Musk appeared together one last time in the Oval Office on Friday, marking the exit of the world’s richest man from his frontline political role. Time was up for Musk because of his status as a special government employee – a categorization that
President Trump announced Friday his administration would be doubling tariffs on steel imports from 25 percent to 50 percent during a visit to Pennsylvania focused on boosting the U.S. steel industry. “We’re going to bring it from 25 to 50 percent on steel into the United
President Trump on Friday offered his support for Rep. Dan Meuser (R-Pa.) if the congressman opts to run for governor in Pennsylvania, which Meuser has said he is considering. Trump quipped during a rally in Pittsburgh that he heard a "rumor" that Meuser was weighing a
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Trump rips China for ‘totally' violating trade truce President Trump railed against China on Friday, saying Beijing violated a trade agreement with the U.S. amid
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story AI dominates as judge weighs Google penalties A federal judge on Friday grappled with the way artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly changing the internet, as he weighed what penalties Google will ultimately face for illegally
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield said Thursday that President Trump was attempting to find a “loophole” to instate global tariffs. The Trump administration has argued that under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), which Trump enacted in February, the
Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy experienced some pushback during what he thought was a friendly interview on Fox News Friday morning. Fox’s Steve Doocy was interviewing Duffy at the Cabinet chief’s New Jersey home on Friday, and Doocy asked Duffy if he flew from
A federal judge grappled Friday with the way artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly changing the internet, as he weighed what penalties Google will ultimately face for illegally monopolizing search. Google and the Department of Justice (DOJ) presented their closing arguments
Plus: Dem leader says party faces 'generational change' {beacon} ELON MUSK SPORTED A BLACK EYE as President Trump bid him farewell Friday at an Oval Office press conference to celebrate the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) efforts to cut wasteful spending. Musk is
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Friday that the U.S. needs to get its own act together before worrying about China. “I'm not as worried about China. China is a potential adversary. They're doing a lot of things well, they have a lot of problems. What I really worry about is
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Friday backed President Trump’s call to abolish the nation’s debt ceiling, pressing for bipartisan action to “get rid of it forever.” In a post on X, Warren wrote that she and Trump agree that the debt limit, which caps how much money the
PBS is suing President Trump's administration on First Amendment grounds, arguing the president is trying to pull funding the from the broadcaster because of editorial coverage he disagrees with. The suit filed Friday in federal court in Washington, D.C., accused the president
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s error-laden Make America Healthy Again report was updated Friday to remove citations to several nonexistent studies—as well as some perfectly real ones—and replace them with citations that still make no sense, NOTUS reported. A NOTUS
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued updated advice on the COVID-19 vaccine days after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr said the agency would no longer recommend the shot to children and pregnant women. The agency has kept the shot
The Trump administration has begun carrying out its expanded vetting for student visa applicants, surveilling their social media accounts to make sure they aren’t posting anything in support of Palestine, which the administration considers antisemitic. This vetting will start
U.S. trade representative Jamieson Greer slammed China for not fulfilling their compliance under a trade agreement wagered in early May. Greer says Beijing’s leaders have not pulled back on countermeasures as discussed nor have they released the flow of the country’s rare
A joint letter from Lisa Murkowski and Jeanne Shaheen urged the Department of Homeland Security to reinstate the protections immediately.
A new lawsuit filed in the U.S. Court of International Trade seeks to force the Trump administration to return tariffs it collected under the president’s “Liberation Day” announcement now that the court has ruled them unlawful. Chapter1 LLC, a Las Vegas-based skincare start-up,
President Trump will travel Friday afternoon to the Pittsburgh area for a rally and remarks on the "planned partnership" between U.S. Steel and Japan's Nippon Steel, which he announced last month. “I am proud to announce that, after much consideration and negotiation, US Steel
Stephen Miller had a dismissive response Friday to new reports of Elon Musk’s drug use during Trump’s campaign last year. CNN’s Pamela Brown asked the far-right Trump adviser if there was “any drug testing or requests for him to drug test when he was in the White House given
The U.S. military’s top general in Africa said terrorist factions in the Sahel region have increased their presence so much in the past three years that they soon may be able to launch attacks within the United States. The region, which mainly includes Mali, Burkina Faso and
Lawmakers in the California Senate plan to probe reports of a potential settlement between Hollywood giant Paramount and President Trump in connection with his ongoing lawsuit against CBS News. The chair of the California State Senate Energy, Utilities & Communications
President Trump on Friday said he spoke to French President Emmanuel Macron after a video emerged of him being shoved by first lady Brigitte Macron, telling reporters that the couple is fine. Fox News’s Peter Doocy asked Trump about the video that showed Macron being smacked in
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is asking SpaceX for an investigation into this week's Starship test flight that ended up spinning out of control and breaking apart. The FAA said the Starship’s vehicle and booster debris landed within the designated hazard areas and
Former President Biden blasted the authors of a new book detailing his mental decline during the 2024 race for president and his final few months in office. Biden was asked about chatter regarding his health stemming from a new book, "Original Sin: President Biden's Decline,
Experts propose reducing the number of small environmental permits and improving remaining small permit processes through technology, self-permitting, offsets and a culture shift among government staff and applicants.
To encourage Americans to start families, the White House recently proposed baby bonuses, a policy where the government would offer one-time financial payments of $5,000 to parents upon the birth of a child. With the cost of living rising, it’s clear Americans need economic
Tech billionaire Elon Musk vowed the work of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) would carry on and he would remain an adviser to President Trump as he bid farewell to his official government role. Musk joined Trump in the Oval Office for a press conference on Friday
Hours after reports emerged Friday that Elon Musk had been under the influence of heavy drugs during his time advising the president, Musk and Donald Trump stumbled and fumbled their way through a White House press conference recognizing the end of the tech billionaire’s
A Kansas state law that revokes a person’s decisions about end-of-life care if they are pregnant is now being challenged in court. Three women, one of whom is currently pregnant, and two doctors filed a lawsuit in Kansas over a clause in the state’s Natural Death Act that
"Shark Tank” star Kevin O’Leary said Elon Musk learned Washington is “an incredibly nasty place” after completing his tenure as a White House advisor. The tech CEO led operations for the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), an agency responsible for slashing federal
Tech billionaire Elon Musk slammed The New York Times on Friday over a detailed report that his drug use on the campaign trail sparked concerns. Fox News’s Peter Doocy asked Musk, while standing next to President Trump in the Oval Office, about the new reporting, saying it
Elon Musk sported what looked like a black eye during his DOGE goodbye press conference with President Trump on Friday. When asked about it, he blamed the bruise on his 5-year-old son punching him in the face. “Mr. Musk … is your eye OK? What happened to your eye; I noticed
President Trump on Friday said he’d “look at the facts” amid suggestions that he could pardon Sean “Diddy” Combs if the rapper is convicted in his ongoing federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial. “First of all, I’d look at what's happening. And I haven't been watching
Billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk appeared in the Oval Office on Friday with a black eye, which he said was the result of his young son punching him in the face while they were “horsing around." Musk appeared alongside President Trump to mark his departure as the head of
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is dropping its case against crypto exchange Binance, as the agency continues to pull back on enforcement against the digital asset industry under President Trump. The SEC asked a judge Thursday to dismiss the case, which accused
Despite the fanfare over Elon Musk’s supposed departure from the Department of Government Efficiency, Donald Trump says that the billionaire bureaucrat isn’t really going anywhere. “Many of the DOGE people are staying behind, so they’re not leaving. And Elon’s not really
Former Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) lashed out Friday at former President Obama, adding on to his past claims of “weaponization” at the Justice Department (DOJ) politically targeting him. Menendez alleged in a post on the social platform X that Democrats started the
The Opportunity Zones tax incentive has raised $85 billion in equity, created 3 to 4.5 percentage points in employment growth, and invested in new businesses, industrial revitalization, manufacturing development, housing projects and job training hubs across the nation.
President Trump fired the National Portrait Gallery director on Friday for being “highly partisan” and a “supporter” of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). “Upon the request and recommendation of many people, I am herby terminating the employment of Kim Sajet as Director of
Congress’s tax-and-spending cut bill will receive an advertising campaign from a major business lobby as it faces widespread criticism for redistributing wealth and resources toward the upper strata of American society. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, one of the nation’s largest
China's suspension of the export of rare earth metals and permanent magnets has exposed the US's vulnerability to its monopoly power, and the US must act with urgency to establish supply chain security, onshore processing and manufacturing, and a strategic commitment to the
Todd Chrisley, who along with his wife Julie received a pardon from President Trump earlier this week after being convicted of bank fraud and tax evasion charges, said during a Friday press conference he will continue fighting “injustices” at the Bureau of Prisons. “I have met
President Donald Trump’s angry, unhinged rant on Truth Social over this week’s judicial ruling against his tariffs is getting attention for its fury at Leonard Leo, the mastermind of the conservative takeover of the courts. Trump blamed the Federalist Society—which Leo
