Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Trump’s surgeon general nominee short on votes to win confirmation Following her confirmation hearing this week, President Trump’s surgeon general nominee Casey Means has yet to shore up the
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the cancellation of members of the military attending some of the country's top-ranked colleges and universities on Friday, beginning academic year 2026-2027, arguing the schools are teaching the “enemy's wicked ideologies” to service
President Trump on Friday directed federal agencies to “immediately cease” using Anthropic technology amid an escalating feud between the AI company and the Pentagon. “THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WILL NEVER ALLOW A RADICAL LEFT, WOKE COMPANY TO DICTATE HOW OUR GREAT MILITARY
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) announced Friday that they are reviewing a counteroffer from the White House on how to end the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which is about to stretch into
House Oversight Democrats believe they have the votes to force Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to testify before the committee regarding his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein and the lies he told about it. “We also need other people, part of the Epstein class, to come before
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced Friday it has recommended Moderna's combined mRNA COVID-19 and flu vaccine be granted market authorization in the European Union, marking the first time the combined respiratory viral vaccine will be approved. "EMA has recommended
U.S. Women’s National Team former captain Megan Rapinoe spoke out against President Trump’s recent comments on the Olympic U.S. women’s hockey team. The president made the remarks after the men’s hockey team’s recent win in the gold medal Olympic game against Canada. FBI
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Friday the U.S. needs to drop its "excessive demands" while the two countries hold talks regarding Iran's nuclear program, as President Trump considers military action if a deal is not reached. Araghchi made the remark during a phone
President Trump will give remarks on energy and the economy Friday afternoon from Texas, just days before voters in the Lone Star State hit the polls in one of the nation's first 2026 midterm primary elections. While Trump is visiting the state in an official capacity,
Conservative pundit Bill O’Reilly called on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to “make an example” of actor Robert De Niro by investigating and possibly jailing him for his recent commentary against President Trump. In an interview with Nicolle Wallace, the host of MS NOW’s “The
President Trump told reporters on Friday that he was “not happy” to see former President Clinton deposed as the former president was testifying behind closed doors to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee as apart of the panel's investigation into files linked to
Fox News’s Maria Bartiromo had to be reminded that the Second Amendment exists while defending the federal immigration agents who shot and killed American citizens. Speaking with Bartiromo Friday, Representative Ro Khanna defended his congressional colleagues’ decision not to
It’s not just that Donald Trump cannot explain why he is about to start a war with Iran; the worst part is that he is not even trying. Trump has hardly said a word about Iran over the past week, even in his State of the Union address. Congress is a bystander. There are no
President Trump on Friday shrugged off reports that he could consider declaring a national emergency around the midterm elections. “Who told you that?” Trump told reporters, when asked about the possibility. “No,” he said when asked if he was looking at the idea. “I’ve never
A senior Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee said this week he would block the nomination of President Trump’s pick to lead the National Security Agency (NSA) and U.S. Cyber Command (Cybercom). Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) in a letter submitted to the Congressional Record
President Trump’s choice to serve as surgeon general has not cobbled together enough votes to win confirmation as a pair of centrist Senate Republicans have yet to give her their support. Casey Means, the nominee for the position, is facing an uphill climb to make it through
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy is addressing the affordability crisis by asking Americans to eat more liver and less steak. “There’s a lot of good food in grocery stores that goes to waste. Most of the cheap cuts of meat are very inexpensive. If you buy a
President Trump told reporters Friday he has not made a final decision on whether he will strike Iran, but he said he was not happy with the way Tehran was negotiating in talks with the U.S. over its nuclear program. “We haven’t made a final decision [on strikes.] We’re not
Paramount Skydance successfully outbid Netflix Thursday, paving the way for the media behemoth to merge with its Burbank, California, neighbor, Warner Bros . Discovery—but local officials caution that the acquisition still has a long way to go before it’s official.
Donald Trump told reporters Friday that he thinks the U.S. could have a “friendly takeover” of Cuba, alluding to the blockade the U.S. has currently placed over the island. “The Cuban government is talking with us, they’re in a big deal of trouble as you know, they have no
President Trump on Friday suggested the U.S. could carry out a “friendly takeover” of Cuba, as the president has used a fuel blockade to increase the pressure on the communist regime in Havana. "The Cuban government is talking with us. They’re in a big deal of trouble, as you
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declined to attend Donald Trump's inaugural Board of Peace meeting, signaling that sovereign survival cannot be bought or sold, and that the U.S. is treating European security as a bilateral matter between Washington and Moscow.
Hundreds of employees at Google and OpenAI are backing artificial intelligence technology company Anthropic, which faces a Friday evening deadline to give the Pentagon permission to use its AI system as it wishes or face repercussions from the department. Employees who signed
Former President Bill Clinton called out Republicans in his opening statement to the House Oversight Committee Friday for bringing in his wife, former Senator and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, to testify about Jeffrey Epstein. Clinton said in his own testimony that his
The Trump administration has turned out the lights on greenhouse gas emissions data.
The Texas State Board of Education voted to approve changes to the Bible-infused curriculum some schools are offering in the state, fixing errors caught by teachers in its first year in circulation. The curriculum, which is optional for schools although those who adopt it
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) praised the AI company Anthropic for rejecting the Pentagon’s demands on how its technology is used by Friday evening. The company and the U.S. government have been in a battle for weeks over Anthropic’s AI policy, which blocks its AI model Claude
This is not election security. This is executive overreach.
12:30 Report is The Hill's midday newsletter. Subscribe here. 🤖 Plus: Today’s big Pentagon, Anthropic deadline over AI rules {beacon} Happy Friday! Against all better judgment, I am determined to find one of these Dunkin’ 48-ounce coffee buckets. I bet it would pair nicely with
The 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, ratified 75 years ago, limits presidents to two terms in office, but its limitations have been questioned by President Trump's supporters, who have suggested various ways to circumvent it.
Donald Trump ignited a standoff between the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia with a phone call. Trump contacted UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed last November regarding what he said was a request from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to impose sanctions on
Former President Clinton said he “did nothing wrong” and had “no idea of the crimes” Jeffrey Epstein was committing as he kicked off a deposition with the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Friday. “Though my brief acquaintance with Epstein ended years before
Atlantic journalist Elaine Godfrey reported in a piece published Friday that she had been ejected from a campaign event for Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) — one of the two Democrats vying for Texas Senate this year — a claim Crockett’s campaign has denied. In the piece,
“It’s time to ban pajamas at Tampa International Airport."
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Friday that he agrees with Anthropic’s red lines in its increasingly contentious negotiations with the Pentagon over the terms of use for the company’s AI models. As the feud between Anthropic and the Department of Defense (DOD) has reached a boiling
The House has passed legislation to lower energy costs and promote American energy dominance, including the Working Families Tax Cuts, permitting modernization, and the Energy Threat Analysis Center Act, while also passing the SPEED Act to streamline the permitting process for
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) weighed in on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's criticism of questions during her deposition Thursday, saying “everybody wants to know about UFOs." Clinton, following her closed-door testimony before the House Oversight and Government
The Department of Homeland Security was caught lying Thursday about abandoning a blind refugee who was later found dead on the street. The Department of Homeland Security claimed that the Tim Hortons in Buffalo where federal agents left Nurul Amin Shah Alam , a 56-year-old
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) is defending her decision Thursday to share a picture of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during her closed-door deposition before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Boebert said she shared the image, which was taken
The Trump administration is finally realizing that Grok—the AI chatbot owned by billionaire Elon Musk—is a massive security concern for the federal government. According to recent reporting from The Wall Street Journal , multiple government agencies have shifted away from Grok,
Mexico’s policies in the fiscal space set a dangerous precedent for investment in North America.
Tensions between the U.S. and Iran are boiling up, so much so that Trump administration officials are bypassing normal procedure to warn regional embassy staff to leave immediately. In an early Friday email obtained by The New York Times , Ambassador Mike Huckabee announced to
Delivery giant FedEx said it will return to customers any refunds it gets from President Trump’s tariffs after the Supreme Court ruled them unlawful last week. FedEx is among more than 1,000 companies that have filed lawsuits with the U.S. Court of International Trade to
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and other Democrats are demanding refunds for their constituents after the Supreme Court struck down the bulk of President Trump’s tariff agenda last week. Their request came in a Friday letter addressed to Treasury Secretary Scott