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A Fed nominee for Christmas?

Morning Report is The Hill’s a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today’s issue: ▪ Bowser tees up D.C. mayor’s race ▪ Ukraine agrees to ‘core terms’ of deal ▪ Hegseth’s latest target: the Scouts ▪ MTG’s resignation and ‘America First’ President Trump’spick for the next

When Is It Time to Flee?

As the plane prepared to depart from Newark International Airport, JD Goulet felt like “the earth was going to collapse beneath us before we got in the air.” Seated beside them was their wife, their son, and their son’s boyfriend, all three of whom are trans. The family was

Trump says Witkoff likely to meet with Putin next week

President Trump said Tuesday that Special Envoy Steve Witkoff will likely meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow next week, as the administration looks to broker an end to the war in Ukraine. “I think so,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One on whether Witkoff

House panel prepares to take up kids' online safety bills

{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story House panel prepares to take up kids' online safety bills The House Energy and Commerce Committee is planning to consider a slate of 19 bills related to kids’ online safety and privacy next week amid a new push to pass protections

Questions hang over Ukraine peace talks

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Questions hang over Ukraine peace talks President Trump touted significant progress in his peace push after Ukraine agreed to a trimmed-down version

Trump's floated health plan puts GOP in bind

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care The Big Story Trump's floated health plan puts GOP in bind President Trump’s leaked proposal to extend ObamaCare subsidies has created new headaches for GOP leaders on Capitol Hill, The Hill’s Mike Lillis reports. ©

Hegseth orders Navy to review Kelly complaint by Dec. 10

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the U.S. Navy to complete by early next month a review of the Department of Defense's (DOD) complaint against Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) over his recent remarks alongside other lawmakers. Hegseth referred the allegations against Kelly, a

Texas adds to redistricting war deluge at Supreme Court

Redistricting wars are inundating the Supreme Court. A decision could come as soon as this week on Texas’s bid to revive its GOP-friendly congressional map that set off a mid-decade redistricting blitz. Texas’s emergency appeal landed as the court mulls its next steps on

Sorting out the Facts on Epstein Claims

The House voted nearly unanimously on Nov. 18 to force the Department of Justice to release “all unclassified records, documents, communications, and investigative materials” related to the investigation and prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein. In the days before and after the bill

EPA seeks to cut Biden soot rule

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story EPA asks court to vacate tighter soot rule The Trump administration has asked a federal court to overturn a Biden-era rule limiting deadly soot pollution. © Greg Nash In a court filing, the Environmental

Trump's Ukraine proposal 'a surrender plan': Ben Rhodes

Former deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes said on Tuesday the Trump administration's peace proposal to end the war between Ukraine and Russia amounted to "a surrender plan." "We need to stop calling these things peace plans," Rhodes told anchor Nicolle Wallace on MS

Carville: 'No one represents' Democratic Party

Democratic strategist James Carville on Tuesday said there is no leader of the Democratic Party and suggested that it will take a few years for one to rise. "No one represents the party," Carville said on CNBC's "Squawk Box" with co-host Andrew Ross Sorkin. "The only person

All ByHeart formula may be contaminated

ByHeart said Monday that it “cannot rule out” that all of its infant formula was contaminated, less than two weeks after an infant botulism outbreak caused it to recall its products. The company, in a note to parents on its website, said after the Food and Drug Administration