New Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh said Wednesday the central bank will move away from forecasting its future action under his leadership. In announcing its decision to hold interest rates steady, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) opted not to include forward
Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway pressed Major League Baseball (MLB) not to discipline San Francisco Giants players over Bible verses on their Pride Night-themed caps. In a letter posted to the social platform X on Wednesday morning addressed to Commissioner of Major
Senators are looking to jam Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s travel budget until the Pentagon shares more information about the U.S. military’s strikes on alleged drug boats and the lethal bombing of an Iranian girls school at the beginning of the U.S.-Israel war with Iran. In
The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Teamsters union on Wednesday jointly moved to end federal oversight of the union. The DOJ decided in 2015 to progressively move toward ending oversight of the union. In 1988, a sweeping civil racketeering lawsuit against the union stated
President Trump defended a memorandum of understanding (MOU) released Wednesday that ends the war with Iran, even as he suggested it may not be “permanent” during a press conference from the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Évian-les-Bains, France. The president noted other G7
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is emphasizing society must change with the development and increased use of artificial intelligence, urging all individuals to engage with the technology. "We need to create new social norms," Huang told The Associated Press in an interview Tuesday. "I
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Wednesday raised concerns about major concessions to Iran made in President Trump’s memorandum of understanding to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, warning that Trump is not getting good advice from his advisers. "History teaches that giving billions of
Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville may not be eligible to run for governor in his home state, according to a lawsuit filed in state court Wednesday. Tuberville, a former college football coach, is being accused of failing to meet the eligibility standard for state residency as
The right is seething over the details of President Trump’s memorandum of understanding with Iran, seeing the decision as a massive capitulation to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps . The full text of the 14-point agreement was released Wednesday, revealing the United
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee on Wednesday pushed back on Iran after officials called on Israel to withdraw from Lebanon and stop carrying out airstrikes. "Iran demands @Israel cease defense of border against Hezbollah," Huckabee wrote on the social platform X. "Gaza
President Trump told reporters on Wednesday that the 60-day timeline to negotiate with Iran once the memorandum of understanding is formally signed is not a hard deadline to reach a final agreement with Tehran. “No, I don’t. [It] could take longer,” Trump said in Paris when
The Justice Department is suing the New York State Department of Health, the state’s Medicaid director and a company operating a $10 billion home health program for the state. In the suit, filed Tuesday in the Eastern District of New York, the Justice Department accused Public
President Donald Trump refused to mete out consequences for the horrific U.S. missile strike in Iran that killed more than 175 people, most of them children. During a press conference Wednesday at the G7 summit, Trump was asked whether he planned to hold anyone accountable for
A coalition including Mike Pence’s Advancing American Freedom says proposals tied to a broader AI framework would create privacy risks and chill online expression.
President Trump settled a $100 million lawsuit against his niece, Mary Trump, whom he accused of engaging “in an insidious plot” with The New York Times to leak confidential information for its Pulitzer Prize-winning 2018 investigation into his tax and financial records. Both
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) said Wednesday that President Trump’s new deal with Iran to end the war makes Tehran “more powerful.” “Well, I think it emboldens the Iranians and makes them more powerful, it gives them resources to build more ballistic missiles and may leave them
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Wednesday commended the new memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed by the U.S. and Iran, after previously expressing skepticism about the state of negotiations between the two nations. The senator shared in a social media post Wednesday
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos on Wednesday said he thinks artificial intelligence will create a shortage of labor rather than replacing human labor. Bezos and Blue Origin CEO David Limp were both in attendance at the VivaTech technology conference in Paris, where former NASA
President Trump said Wednesday that Iran could have its own nuclear program. “It is a little hard that when you say that somebody wants it, other people have it, other adjoining states have it, and you’re not letting them have it for purposes of electricity and things like
Senior Trump administration officials read out the terms of the U.S.-Iran deal to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz in a call with reporters on Wednesday. Vice President Vance is slated to represent the U.S. at the official signing of the memorandum of understanding
President Trump has given up his efforts to destroy Iran’s ballistic missile stockpile, reneging on one of his central aims in “Operation Epic Fury.” “We’ll be working on a parallel effort with the Gulf nations to address nonnuclear issues, such as [Iran’s] conventional
The Trump administration is paying yet another company to give up the right to build wind energy offshore, saying the firm will invest in gas plants and geothermal energy instead. The Interior Department announced Wednesday that it reached a settlement agreement with affiliates
Georgia Republicans have decided not to redistrict their state after all. The decision came Wednesday after Governor Brian Kemp called the legislature into a special session to do so ahead of the 2028 election. But Peach State lawmakers flouted Kemp’s demands, arguing that the
Anthropic has spent much of this week fighting to get its newest AI models back online after the Trump administration abruptly ordered the company to cut access for all foreign nationals, including users inside the US and its own employees, forcing Anthropic to block access to
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and four states on Wednesday sued the leading medical organization focused on transgender health for allegedly making false and unsubstantiated claims to parents in order to sell pediatric medical transition services. The FTC’s lawsuit
The U.S. military on Wednesday identified the eight men killed in a B-52 Stratofortress bomber crash earlier this week during a test flight at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Col. Gregory Watson, 53; Lt. Col. Gabriel Estrella, 40; Maj. Alexander Davis, 34; Maj. Robert
Donald Trump's vision was to paint the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool a darker shade of "American flag blue" to celebrate the country's 250th birthday. But this week, it's been looking more green than blue.
Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee sent a Wednesday letter to White House chief of staff Susie Wiles to inquire about reporting that says Trump administration officials discussed the possible suspension of habeas corpus last year. Habeas corpus is
Republican lawmakers in Georgia said they won’t consider mid-decade redistricting during a special session called by Gov. Brian Kemp (R) that was set to start Wednesday. “In regards to reapportionment, when the House learned that it was placed on the call for a special session,
President Trump on Wednesday morning cautioned Israel to “use good judgement” in its ongoing military operations against Hezbollah, a U.S.-designated terrorist group backed by Iran. The president made the comment to the press during a bilateral meeting with Indian Prime
Retired four-star Army Gen. Jack Keane on Wednesday said the tentative deal between the U.S. and Iran is a "long way from accomplishing" President Trump's objectives in the Middle Eastern country. Keane told hosts John Catsimatidis and Rita Cosby on the "Cats and Cosby Show" on
The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady Wednesday at Chair Kevin Warsh’s first rate-setting meeting since taking the reins of the central bank. In a unanimous decision, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) maintained its baseline interest rate at a range of 3.5
President Trump elicited laughter from leaders at the Group of Seven (G7) summit in France when he walked into a meeting Wednesday morning and declared, “I’m the boss.” The U.S. president has been meeting with the heads of France, Canada, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and
A confirmation hearing for the president's nominee to lead FEMA turned into a Democratic blitz against Trump's record of withholding aid from blue states.
President Trump said Wednesday that oil reserves could have run out in four weeks if the Strait of Hormuz were not opened. “We run out of reserves at about four weeks,” Trump said in France while at the Group of Seven summit, discussing the recent memorandum of understanding
President Trump on Wednesday defended letting Iran maintain its large arsenal of ballistic missiles when discussing the emerging deal with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The president said during a Group of Seven (G7) press conference in France that the U.S. will be
The Trump administration’s peace deal following the war in Iran will require America to loom large over the Middle Eastern country for many years to come. The president admitted during a press conference at the G7 summit in France Wednesday that there is nothing enforceable in
A new poll found that Americans registered as Republicans are more likely to celebrate the U.S.'s 250th birthday on the Fourth of July. Gallup and the bipartisan group With Honor, in collaboration with America250, released a poll on Wednesday showing that 88 percent of GOP
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Wednesday the mother of Cape Verdean goalkeeper Vozinha has secured a visa to join her son ahead of the team’s next FIFA World Cup match. Jeffries wrote in a statement that he spoke to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and asked
President Trump joked Wednesday that he will blame Vice President Vance if the preliminary deal with Iran falls through. “I like that idea, sure,” Trump said when asked by Fox News's Peter Doocy if his vice president would take the fall if the deal fails. “If it works out, I’m
President Trump on Wednesday aired his frustration with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the sidelines of the Group of Seven (G7) summit in France, telling the Israeli leader to hold back attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon amid high-stakes negotiations with Iran.
Hold up—did the United States actually sign a peace deal with Iran? New reporting from Axios Wednesday cast doubt on whether U.S. and Iranian leaders have actually signed Donald Trump’s deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. A senior administration official told reporters that
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Wednesday that President Trump is “holding our national security hostage” by delaying the confirmation hearing for U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton to serve as director of national intelligence. In an early morning Wednesday post on
The New York Police Department will deploy more than 10,000 officers for Thursday’s New York Knicks championship parade celebrating the team’s historic NBA title win — the largest number assigned to any planned event ever, according to the NYPD. Officers and law enforcement
All midterms are not the same.
Federal judges are newly blocking President Trump's moves on immigration, national parks and his $1.776 billion "anti-weaponization" fund. Join The Hill legal affairs reporters Zach Schonfeld and Sophie Brams as they chat with Democracy Forward President and CEO Skye Perryman,
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.), Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chair Mark Warner (Va.) and other Democrats on the panel are scheduled to hold a press conference Wednesday afternoon after President Trump delayed the confirmation process for Jay Clayton. Trump
🔒 Plus: Trump considers another big change to the White House {beacon} It’s Wednesday. A 3 p.m. U.S. World Cup game on a federal holiday this Friday is going to make for quite the party — and I cannot wait. ⚽ Hopefully, Boston has enough warning to prepare so its bars don’t
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) sharply criticized President Trump on Wednesday for delaying the nomination of Jay Clayton to be director of national intelligence (DNI). “What we're witnessing is an extraordinary display of dysfunction from a president who seems determined to turn
Congress has the opportunity to honor veterans by passing the Take Care of America's Veterans Act, which would improve access to mental health care, increase transparency, and modernize the VA system.