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Border Patrol agent shoots 2 in Portland: Officials

Two people were hospitalized on Thursday after a shooting involving U.S. Border Patrol agents in Portland, Ore., according to officials. Local police said they responded to a call from one of the people wounded at around 2:24 p.m. local time. “Officers applied a tourniquet and

Trump's bond buy

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Trump orders $200 billion mortgage bond purchase President Trump said Thursday he ordered the purchase of $200 billion in mortgage bonds with the goal of easing

Trump orders withdrawal from 1992 climate treaty

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Trump orders withdrawal from 1992 climate treaty The U.S. is exiting a landmark 1992 climate treaty, President Trump announced this week. © AP Photo/Alex Brandon Trump said in a presidential memorandum that the

Trump says he's ordered $200 billion mortgage bond purchase

President Trump said Thursday he ordered the purchase of $200 billion in mortgage bonds with the goal of easing housing costs through lower interest rates. In a Thursday post on Truth Social, the president said he instructed unspecified "Representatives" to buy $200 billion in

We’re All “Domestic Terrorists” Now

“It was an act of domestic terrorism,” Kristi Noem declared following Wednesday’s killing of Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother of three, by an ICE agent in a residential neighborhood of Minneapolis. With a straight face and no evident sense of shame, the head of Homeland

Crypto ramps up Senate lobbying ahead of key votes

{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Crypto ramps up Senate lobbying ahead of key votes The cryptocurrency industry is ramping up efforts to get market structure legislation past a key hurdle, as two Senate committees are prepared to vote on the bill next week. ©

House passes 3-year extension of ObamaCare subsidies

The House passed legislation Thursday to revive and extend expired ObamaCare tax credits in a bipartisan vote that is boosting hopes of centrist Republicans for a bipartisan deal to revive the tax credits. The tally, 230 to 196, highlighted the tenuous grip Speaker Mike Johnson

Vance announces assistant attorney general focused on fraud

Vice President Vance announced Thursday the Trump administration is establishing a new assistant attorney general position focused on investigating fraud. The announcement follows the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) investigation into allegations of mass welfare fraud in

Mamdani defends tenant adviser over 'white supremacy' posts

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) on Wednesday stood by his tenant adviser as she faced sharp blowback for calling home ownership a “weapon of white supremacy” in resurfaced social media posts from 2019. Mamdani did not address the substance of Cea Weaver’s “white

Trump Waters Down Colorado’s Population Trend

In criticizing Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and vetoing a bill that would fund a water project in the state, President Donald Trump has claimed that people are leaving the state "in droves," but that's not what the available data show. The post Trump Waters Down Colorado’s

Hawley explains yes vote on war powers resolution

Republican Sen. Josh Hawley (Mo.) justified voting with Democrats to advance a bipartisan resolution on the War Powers Act to block President Trump from using military force against Venezuela. “With regard to Venezuela, my read of the Constitution is that if the President feels

Platner: 'ICE is not welcome in our communities'

Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner slammed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Thursday, rejecting its presence in local communities after an officer fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis the day before. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D)