Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Tillis urges DOJ to end Fed probe, clear way for Warsh Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) is thrilled with President Trump's nominee to chair the Fed. But he still won't
Democratic senators are demanding answers after the Trump administration moved to ease sanctions on Russian oil reserves in an attempt to offset the impact of the U.S.-Israeli strikes on global oil supplies. The minority members on the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and
A longshot elections bill and an uphill reconciliation fight dominated the yearly policy conference.
Jeffrey Epstein reportedly paid a settlement to a woman who also accused Donald Trump of sexually abusing her. Representative Ro Khanna told PBS News Hour ’s Ali Rogin Wednesday that Richard Kahn, Epstein’s accountant, confirmed that the alleged sex trafficker’s estate had
President Trump plans to tap into the U.S’s oil stockpile, he said Wednesday, though additional details on the release, which comes amid high prices driven by the war in Iran, were not immediately clear. Asked about the Strategic Petroleum Reserve during a visit to Ohio, Trump
Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), jumped in with first responders to help a woman who appeared to collapse during President Trump’s rally in Hebron, Ky., on Wednesday. Oz, who is a physician, was seen with first responders
President Trump on Wednesday hit the road, heading to Kentucky to visit the district of one of few GOP foes: Rep. Thomas Massie. Trump first stopped in Cincinnati before heading to a packaging plant in Hebron, Ky., in Massie’s 4th Congressional District. The president has
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} > Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Outdated intelligence likely to blame for US strike on Iranian girls school The U.S. is responsible for a deadly Tomahawk missile strike on an
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) on Wednesday unveiled legislation to remove Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the use of mifepristone to end pregnancies, a bill that has quickly gained the support of major anti-abortion groups. The legislation is an ambitious undertaking
Several banks urged their employees to evacuate offices in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday as Iran threatens to launch strikes on financial institutions. HSBC has closed all its branches in Qatar until further notice, citing safety precautions in a text message
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Wednesday endorsed former Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn in the race to succeed retiring Rep. Steny Hoyer (D) in Maryland’s 5th Congressional District. Dunn, who defended Pelosi’s office during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) denied Wednesday that he reversed his stance on the Senate filibuster rules to curry favor with President Trump amid speculation that he made the switch in order to win the president’s coveted endorsement in his competitive reelection primary. “I’d
Journalists are getting better at asking an aging Donald Trump hard-hitting questions, and the man is starting to get truly ticked off. A few days after New York Times reporter Shawn McCreesh went semi-viral for confronting Trump about his assertion that Iran had possibly used
A statue of President Trump and the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as the characters Jack and Rose from the movie “Titanic” has appeared on the National Mall. The statue depicts Trump as Jack and Epstein as Rose in a scene from the movie where Leonardo DiCaprio's and
Donald Trump’s war on Iran is backfiring in a critical area: Iran is exporting more oil through the Strait of Hormuz than before. The Wall Street Journal reports that Iran has taken control of the key waterway and effectively shut out the rest of the oil-producing countries in
President Trump throwing his support behind renewing the U.S.’s warrantless surveillance powers could complicate efforts to secure Democratic support for reauthorizing the spy authority amid concerns the White House would abuse the tool. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence
Former President Obama and Michelle Obama are Broadway bound — the former first couple's production company is helping bring a revival of "Proof" to the Great White Way. Higher Ground Productions, which the Obamas launched in 2018, will produce the play, which is poised to
The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to end temporary deportation protections extended to roughly 350,000 Haitians, intensifying a legal battle Wednesday that had already been brewing before the justices. The Justice Department days earlier urged the justices
The FBI recently warned California police departments of Iran potentially launching a retaliatory attack on the West Coast, according to multiple outlets Wednesday. The agency's Joint Terrorism Task Force sent memos to police departments in late February that Iran allegedly
We’re almost two weeks into the Iran war, and President Donald Trump still isn’t sure what his goals are. Asked on Wednesday whether he would be able to declare victory in the Middle East if Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei—the son of assassinated Ayatollah Ali Khamenei—becomes the
But don’t call it a “talking filibuster.”
President Donald Trump has doubled down on playing dumb about killing dozens of school-age girls in Iran. Outside the White House Wednesday, a reporter asked Trump about a new U.S. military report that found the United States was responsible for a deadly missile strike on a
The House GOP lawmaker is the first to enter a likely crowded race for the open seat as Mullin awaits confirmation to be the next DHS secretary.
The FBI warned police departments in California that Iran may be planning a retaliatory drone strike on the state. “We recently acquired information that as of early February 2026, Iran allegedly aspired to conduct a surprise attack using unmanned aerial vehicles from an
The North Carolina Republican said Fed chair nominee Kevin Warsh "possesses impeccable credentials and a clear vision for maintaining the Fed's independence."
Donald Trump claims that white South Africans face persecution and set up a refugee program to help them immigrate to the United States last year, a remarkable exception in his ban on all other refugees. But in reality, many of them are now returning to South Africa. In
Greg Bovino may no longer be atop the U.S. Border Patrol, but documents leaked to The American Prospect suggest there’s still a sea change inside the organization being pushed by his cronies. One such memo, sent during Border Patrol’s Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago, advises
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is banning press photographers from department briefings on the U.S. war on Iran because he didn’t like the way he looked in recent photos. Anonymous sources told The Washington Pos t that Hegseth and his staff called photos of him taken by
We’re 13 days into the U.S.-Israel war against Iran—and it seems as ill-conceived and wrong as when it started. Oil prices keep going up . Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s son Mojtaba has taken control of the Iranian government, despite delusional American hopes that the governing
Donald Trump is pulling out all of the stops to get rid of one of his only Republican critics. The president is traveling to Kentucky Wednesday to campaign against Representative Thomas Massie, who not only voted against Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” but has also been a thorn
It appears that the Defense Department downplayed the severity of the retaliatory strike that killed six U.S. service members in Kuwait. In addition to those killed two weeks ago, more than 30 military members were hospitalized by an Iranian drone strike on a makeshift tactical
And now, Iran has begun mining the Strait of Hormuz . President Trump simultaneously denied this on Truth Social and threatened that “military consequences to Iran will be at a level never seen before” if it did happen to be true. How the United States can escalate beyond 8,000
Just one day after The Wall Street Journal discovered that Donald Trump was urging everyone in his presidential Cabinet to wear the same style of Florsheim shoes, Secretary of State Marco Rubio was caught red-footed in a pair of Florsheims about two sizes too big. The Oxfords
Democrats pulled off a massive upset in a special election Tuesday for a New Hampshire state House seat, with Bobbi Boudman defeating Republican Dale Fincher 51 percent to 47 percent in Carroll County district 7—which Donald Trump won by nine points in 2024. This was Boudman’s
It’s just one option being considered as Republicans seek to advance the White House's biggest priorities.
Kansas Senator Roger Marshall dismissed rising gas prices as a “sacrifice” Americans needed to make for their freedom. During an interview Tuesday night, Marshall became extremely defensive when CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins pressed back on his claim that soaring gas prices were
The Kentucky Republican says he wants to put their interviews on the books “very, very soon.”
Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported two 12-year-old American twin sisters to Guatemala, even after their mother—who was also deported—requested for them to stay in Florida with their grandmother. Now ICE has been ordered to bring them home. Marly Carolina Morataya
U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff is back showing just how clueless the Trump administration is when it comes to warmaking. Asked Tuesday night by Fox News’s Sean Hannity to explain America’s negotiations with Iran last summer, Witkoff said the Iranians “opened up by telling us
Iran has declared that U.S. tech and banking companies are now legitimate targets. An Iranian media outlet affiliated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, Tasnim news agency, released a list of offices and infrastructure run by American companies, including Google,
Whoever replaces Kristi Noem is going to have to deal with the mountain of paperwork she’s left behind, as multiple vendors await payments from the Department of Homeland Security, Axios reported Wednesday. “There’s a mountain of backed-up contracts and invoices on her desk
The president has called on Republicans to pass the SAVE America Act.
The Department of Homeland Security wants access to the Federal Parent Locator Service, which is considered to be the government’s largest, most detailed database, ProPublica report s . The database, which Bethanne Barnes of the Administration for Children and Families called
Attorney General Pam Bondi has left her apartment in Washington, D.C., and moved to a military base in the area after reportedly facing threats from drug cartels and critics of her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case. The New York Times , citing unnamed sources, reports that
Now is not the time for a conflict with an artificial intelligence provider — wars are hard enough when taken just one at a time.
The Justice Department’s surprise settlement with Ticketmaster parent Live Nation in its lawsuit alleging the entertainment behemoth holds an illegal monopoly on the ticketing industry has turned attention toward the Trump administration’s approach to antitrust. The
Senate GOP leaders are trying to tell President Trump that it won't be possible to pass the partisan elections legislation.
Unknown projectiles struck three ships in the Strait of Hormuz early Wednesday, with one of the strikes causing a fire onboard one vessel and prompting most of its crew to evacuate, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO). The maritime security agency
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the March 11 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here . Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic , produced and presented by the DSR Network. I’m your host, Greg Sargent. Donald Trump’s attack on
In exchange for Iran's acquiescence, the world should offer something transformative and generous.