Senate Republicans on Wednesday voted against an amendment sponsored by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) to create a point of order against any future budget reconciliation bill that doesn’t lower out-of-pocket health care costs for Americans. Schumer offered a
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) on Wednesday said she had a "positive discussion" with President Trump at the White House about Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) assistance for areas of the city still recovering from last year's devastating Palisades and Eaton
A bipartisan group of Senators on Tuesday introduced the "Hot Rotisserie Chicken Act" to help Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, recipients use their benefits to buy rotisserie chicken. The amendment would amend the 2008 Food and Nutrition Act by modifying the
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Republicans fear string of shutdowns under Trump Senate Republicans who are scrambling to end the two-month shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
President Trump has moved into an apparent holding pattern after his latest diplomatic retreat in the stalemate with Iran, trying to find an off-ramp to the war that would allow him to claim victory. Trump unilaterally extended a two-week ceasefire on Tuesday, after backing
Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones (D) on Wednesday said he will appeal an injunction on the state's redistricting referendum approved by voters. "As I said last night, Virginia voters have spoken, and an activist judge should not have veto power over the People's vote," Jones
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Wednesday that South Carolina should think about redistricting after Virginia voters backed a plan to do so in their own state Tuesday. “After the Virginia Democrats’ efforts to redistrict in order to increase Democrat seats in the House of
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} View Online Health Care Health Care The Big Story Kennedy faces tough questions from GOP doctors Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was grilled on vaccines and other issues Wednesday by two top GOP senators who are also
Rep. Tom Kean Jr.'s team said the absence is due to unspecified health issues.
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Weather Service faces reorganization The Trump administration is reorganizing the National Weather Service (NWS) and making changes to forecasting, while a key union representative warns the reorganization
A new Gallup poll released Wednesday showed that support for wind and solar energy has slipped, with a majority still favoring those energy alternatives. The poll found that 66 percent of Americans prefer the U.S. to put more emphasis on solar energy and 55 percent prefer the
House Oversight Committee Democrats are fuming over Republicans’ shift away from holding formal hearings, accusing the majority of trying to dodge any further action on subpoenas in the Epstein investigation and questioning whether the order came from the White House. Instead
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Anti-data center measures gain steam at state, local level Measures seeking to block or rein in data center construction are gaining momentum at the state and local level, as Americans increasingly sour on the massive buildout of
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) fact-checked Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. multiple times Wednesday about his insistence that vaccines have not helped improve mortality. Kennedy cited two studies during his testimony in the Senate health committee to prove that deaths due
The Trump administration is reorganizing the National Weather Service (NWS) and making changes to forecasting, while a key union representative warns the reorganization could involve potential staff cuts. Federal employees at the NWS’s Weather Forecast Offices, which provide
Senate Republicans voted largely in unison Wednesday to defeat a Democratic-sponsored war powers resolution that would prohibit President Trump from continuing military operations against Iran. It marked the fifth time that Republican senators voted against a proposal to halt
Former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is leading the Democratic primary race for governor of New Mexico, new polling shows. A new Emerson College Polling/KRQE News 13 poll found 4 in 10 primary voters back Haaland, a former Democratic lawmaker who joined the Biden
The Senate’s top cybersecurity official is requesting a $2.8 million funding boost to support AI expansion.
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) sent a Wednesday letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) strongly opposing the possibility of a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime partner and accomplice of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “I am writing to express my disgust
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Ceasefire in question after Iran seizes ships Iran has attacked multiple ships in the Strait of Hormuz less than a day after President Trump
Navy Secretary John Phelan is departing the administration after serving in the role for just over a year, the Pentagon announced on Wednesday. “On behalf of the Secretary of War and Deputy Secretary of War, we are grateful to Secretary Phelan for his service to the Department
Podcaster Joe Rogan on Tuesday said President Trump "called me a liberal" while at a White House event last week to hasten research on psychedelic drugs, including ibogaine. "The Joe Rogan Experience" guest Luis J. Gomez told Rogan that "people are pissed" about remarks Trump
Allies say the House Democratic leader’s redistricting counteroffensive showed he’s worthy of stepping into Nancy Pelosi’s shoes.
Dr. Oz waved off national concerns Wednesday about Donald Trump’s health, claiming that the president is “healthy as a bull.” The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator told the New York Post podcast that Trump’s “success to longevity as well as good health is
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is looking into a close call between two planes at John F. Kennedy International Airport, the agency said in a statement. According to the FAA statement, Republic Airways flight 4464 halted its landing at JFK on Monday afternoon “after
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday apologized for past comments he made about Black children being "re-parented," while maintaining that he didn't make those remarks despite there being a recording of him doing so. Sen. Angela
The only convicted associate of Jeffrey Epstein has said she would testify to Congress if granted clemency — a power held solely by the president.
The German airline Lufthansa said it would cut 20,000 flights in the coming months to accommodate rising jet fuel costs amid the ongoing war with Iran. The schedule adjustments will affect “unprofitable short-haul flights” in Europe through the end of October, the Lufthansa
Kalshi has suspended three political candidates for betting on their own races, the prediction market platform announced Wednesday. Minnesota congressional candidate and state Sen. Matt Klein (D) and former Texas congressional candidate Ezekiel Enriquez (R) both settled and
Dozens of Senate Democrats are calling on the U.S. Postal Service not to comply with President Trump’s executive order that restricts mail-in voting. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sens. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.)
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) said Republicans “wasted” the money spent funding his opponent and attack ads against him in the upcoming Kentucky Republican primary race. “They’ve wasted $10 million in my race already. Imagine if they had used that in Virginia,” Massie wrote on
The speaker said a deal could come as soon as Thursday.
The Hill will present two and a half hours of live coverage on Nexstar Media Inc.'s California gubernatorial primary debate on Wednesday evening. The debate will be moderated by Nikki Laurenzo, news anchor at KTXL FOX40 in Sacramento and host of Inside California Politics, and
The chamber was poised to vote on the Republican legislation Wednesday afternoon. Its future is now in limbo.
Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) on Tuesday said Iran is in a "better position" than it was before the U.S.-Israeli conflict against Iran started on Feb. 28. Moulton, an outspoken critic of the war, told CNN's Anderson Cooper that Iran has "the willingness to endure the pain and
The Department of Education (DoE) is issuing unclear guidance on whether graduate school loans are included in the new borrowing limit that will take effect this summer, according to the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA). In a Tuesday
A man who pleaded guilty to stealing former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s purse at a downtown Washington, D.C., restaurant in a string of thefts last spring has been sentenced to three years in prison. Mario Bustamante Leiva, 50, received a 36-month sentence in
Republicans have found a new way to conduct the Epstein investigation. Democrats insist it’s just another attempt to sweep the whole scandal under the rug. Democrats on the House Oversight Committee flamed House Oversight Chair James Comer in a congressional memo for “running
The State Department's Bureau of Consular Affairs on Wednesday told Americans in Iran to leave after its airspace partially reopened amid the ceasefire between both countries. The bureau warned Americans in an alert to be "aware that the Iranian government may prevent U.S.
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, pressed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on how he plans to act on abortion pills and the ongoing measles outbreak in the U.S. during a congressional
Nearly a dozen scientists have disappeared or died in circumstances that some observers have deemed suspicious.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Wednesday became incredulous when CNBC anchor Sara Eisen compared her prior outspokenness on the Federal Reserve to that of President Trump. During an interview on “Squawk on the Street,” Eisen noted that the Massachusetts Democrat has been
The Trump administration is considering a rescue deal for Spirit Airlines, a company that filed for bankruptcy twice within the past two years, The Wall Street Journal reported. On Tuesday, President Trump, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Commerce Secretary Howard
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Wednesday that President Trump is turning the Department of Justice (DOJ) into the “Department of Vengeance" with a recent indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). “I just want to say a quick word about the
President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed to have obliterated Iran’s navy and air force—but it seems that Iran has maintained far more military capabilities than his administration is willing to let on. Last week, Trump claimed that Iran’s navy was “laying at the bottom of
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) is holding up hundreds of Coast Guard promotions over an issue with Eastern Shipbuilding Group, a Florida shipbuilder. In a statement to The Hill on Wednesday, Scott said he has questions about what happened with contracts with the company since
The Democratic triumph Tuesday has GOP lawmakers openly questioning the mid-decade redraws pushed by President Donald Trump.
Florida Republicans are barreling ahead with a high-stakes redistricting session as the party looks to offset Democrats’ new maps in Virginia. State lawmakers in the Sunshine State are set to convene next week in what is widely seen as the GOP’s last chance to redraw
This is a lightly edited transcript of the April 20 edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon . You can watch the video here or by following this show on YouTube or Substack . Perry Bacon: I am Perry Bacon. I’m from The New Republic show Right Now . I’m joined by Elizabeth
