Trump adds senior Vance aide and two others to White House team

Trump says he will impose new tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China on first day

President-elect Trump said Monday that he will impose new tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China through an executive order on the first day of his new term next year. In a series of posts on Truth Social, the president-elect said he would enact tariffs of 25 percent on

Congress pushing for disaster aid deal

Click for the latest from The Hill {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Congress pushing for disaster aid deal Lawmakers are navigating partisan divides as they seek to pass a bipartisan disaster aid bill by the end of the year. © AP Photo/Ted

Democrats and DOGE

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Khanna finds common ground with Musk's DOGE Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on Monday suggested that Democrats could work with the Department of Government Efficiency

Tons of chicken, pork and beef recalled over listeria concerns

Yu Shang Food, Inc. is recalling more than 70,000 pounds of its ready-to-eat meat and poultry products because of a listeria outbreak that has sickened at least 11 people, including one baby who subsequently died. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection

Biden officials, Republicans point fingers over exhausted disaster loans program

A blame game between the Biden administration and GOP lawmakers is underway after a key disaster loan program saw its funds run out in the middle of a destructive hurricane season. The Biden administration said the Small Business Administration (SBA) needs $2 billion in

Trump names Vance aide as legislative affairs director

President-elect Trump on Monday announced a trio of appointments to lead different White House offices, including his pick to serve as his top liaison to Capitol Hill. Trump, in a news release, said James Braid would serve as director of the Office of Legislative Affairs. Braid

The Memo: Trump wins biggest legal victory so far as Jack Smith pulls the plug

President-elect Trump won his biggest legal victory so far on Monday when special counsel Jack Smith announced he was seeking the dismissal of the two federal cases Trump was facing. The decision was taken based on the long-standing view that a sitting president cannot be

Meet Trump's picks for CDC, FDA

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Trump picks heads of CDC, FDA and surgeon general President-elect Trump has announced his choices for the remaining top spots on his health team. © AP Late Friday, Trump tapped former

Google, DOJ wrap up second antitrust trial

The Department of Justice (DOJ) and Google wrapped up the tech giant’s second antitrust trial in two years Monday, as the company seeks to fend off monopoly allegations in the advertising technology space. After a relatively brief two-week trial in September, the two sides

Hill GOP leaders meet to talk reconciliation

Manhattan top federal prosecutor Damian Williams to resign in December

A top federal prosecutor in Manhattan is set to resign in December, the U.S. attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York said in a Monday press release. According to the release, U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said Monday that he plans to exit his current role at the

Bluesky takes flight

Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story The buzz for Bluesky Social media platform Bluesky has experienced a large surge in users as Democrats, including a number of prominent figures on the left, announced their departure

Cease-fire close in Lebanon, White House says

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story US says ceasefire is imminent in Lebanon Israeli officials have also hinted that a 60-day temporary ceasefire could soon be reached with Lebanese

Evening Report — Fights ahead as Trump rounds out Cabinet

{beacon} Evening Report © AP Fights ahead as Trump rounds out his Cabinet President-elect Trump has filled his Cabinet and a number of senior staff roles as he prepares to return to the White House in January. But while most Cabinet picks will likely glide through

Trump takes victory lap after Smith moves to drop cases

President-elect Trump boasted on Monday about special counsel Jack Smith’s move to drop the federal cases against him. “These cases, like all of the other cases I have been forced to go through, are empty and lawless, and should never have been brought,” Trump said on his Truth

Judge dismisses Trump's federal election interference charges

President-elect Trump’s criminal indictment accusing him of conspiring to subvert the 2020 election results is no more. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Monday swiftly granted special counsel Jack Smith’s motion to dismiss the case following Trump’s election victory. “The

Former ABC News anchor says toxic work environment, racism led to suicide attempt

A former anchor for ABC News claims years of working in a toxic work environment and enduring racist rhetoric from superiors led him to attempt suicide. In his new memoir, former “World News Now” anchor Kendis Gibson alleges he was subjected to one of the most grueling desks,

Trump’s Biggest Fans Turn Against Him for Funniest Reason

MAGA loyalists are getting frustrated with some of their fearless leader’s own Cabinet picks. President-elect Donald Trump announced in a statement on Truth Socia l Friday that he’d be nominating physician and Fox News medical correspondent Dr. Janette Nesheiwat to surgeon

Mike Waltz to resign from House day of inauguration to join Trump administration

Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.) will resign from the House on Jan. 20, the day President-elect Trump takes office, to become the national security adviser for Trump's second term, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to The Hill. His upcoming resignation means that House

DNC holds leadership election on Feb. 1

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) will hold its leadership elections Feb. 1, less than two weeks after President-elect Trump is inaugurated. Elections will take place at the party's winter meeting in National Harbor, Md., according to a Monday press release. Jamie

Trump Names Next Targets After Another Criminal Indictment Falls Apart

After special counsel Jack Smith moved to dismiss his case against Donald Trump for attempting to overturn the 2020 election Monday, Trump decided to gloat on X and attack everyone who tried to prosecute him. Trump made a rare post on his old stomping ground late Monday

Trump’s Closest Ally May Be Scamming Him

Lawyers for Donald Trump investigated allegations of noncriminal influence peddling against one of the president-elect’s top aides, Boris Epshteyn, according to a CNN report published Monday. Per CNN, the internal review examined “multiple instances of Epshteyn allegedly

Trump Has Landed on His MAGA Candidate to Take Over Matt Gaetz’s Seat

President-elect Donald Trump has endorsed Jimmy Patronis, Florida’s chief financial officer, in the special election for Matt Gaetz’s House seat. Just one problem: Patronis doesn’t live in Gaetz’s district. Trump announced his endorsement via TruthSocial on Monday, writing: A

Estonia’s defense chief: Send Ukraine money, not foreign troops

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — Ukraine needs money invested into its own military production industry, not foreign troops to fight its war against Russia, Estonian Minister of Defense Hanno Pevkur told The Hill. While President Biden has lifted restrictions on American military

Khanna: Bondi's remarks about investigating investigators 'concerning'

California Rep. Ro Khanna (D) said President-elect Trump’s new attorney general pick, Pam Bondi, has said some “concerning” things about investigating the people who investigated Trump’s various legal battles. Khanna on Monday joined CNN’s Jim Acosta, who asked about Bondi’s

Judge schedules trial in Meta antitrust case

The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) antitrust case against Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, will head to trial on April 14. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg scheduled a bench trial, meaning the case will not go before a jury and the judge will decide the

Bird flu has been detected in raw milk in California

State health officials are warning Californians not to drink a single batch of milk from a Fresno-based dairy farm after bird flu was found in a sample. The virus was found in a batch of cream top, whole raw milk produced and packaged at Raw Farm LLC after a public health

Trump Adviser Who Reshaped Courts Plans to “Crush Liberal Dominance”

The conservative who helped to push the Supreme Court to the right and overturn Roe v. Wade now has his sights set on crushing “ liberal dominance ” in America. Leonard Leo was the architect of a decades-long effort to remake the federal judiciary in the right wing’s image

Khanna says Democrats will work with Musk's DOGE on cutting defense budget

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on Monday suggested that Democrats could work with tech billionaire Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) on cutting the defense budget. The issue came up during an interview Khanna gave to CNN anchor Jim Acosta, who noted the new

The Energy Permitting Reform Act is dangerous

The bill proposes sweeping changes to energy development. It would prioritize speedy approval over thorough review of environmental impacts, including threats to water quality.

Man charged in bomb hoax at US Embassy in London

A man was charged in connection with last week’s bomb hoax outside the U.S. Embassy in London, authorities from the U.K. said Monday. Daniel Parmenter, 43, was charged and taken into custody Monday, after appearing at Ealing Magistrates' Court. He was arrested at his home

Elon Musk calls UK a 'tyrannical police state'

Elon Musk criticized the British government, continuing his feud by calling the U.K. a “tyrannical police state” as the country grapples with violent unrest. In a post on X, the social platform that Musk owns, he shared a post that said a petition going around England has more

The Shady Reason Why Trump Might Not Have Signed These Key Documents

The Trump team’s delay in signing standard transition agreements is raising ethics and security concerns, as well as questions about the incoming administration’s preparedness come Inauguration Day. The president-elect’s transition team has not yet signed three memoranda of

Scientists identify potential link between wildfire smoke exposure and dementia diagnoses

Exposure to the tiny pollutants emitted by wildfires may be increasing the older adult population’s odds of dementia diagnosis, a new study has found. Among more than 1.2 million people tracked over a decade in Southern California, each microgram-per-cubic-meter rise in

A national service program to help Trump solve the border crisis

The Trump administration could launch a new national service project that would give undocumented immigrants the opportunity to contribute to our ongoing efforts to create a more perfect union.

Canada’s defense minister: Help us speed up spending under Trump

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — Canada’s military chief is working to soften the expected blowback from President-elect Trump’s return to office, with Canada trailing the majority of NATO allies in reaching the targeted 2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) for defense spending.

Carville: 'It was a troubling election for Democrats'

Veteran political strategist James Carville reflected on the 2024 election, calling it a “troubling election for Democrats.” “Fortunately, my most optimistic thing about the Democratic Party is there's just so much potential talent in it,” Carville said Monday on MSNBC's

Homan: 'I guarantee' funds will be cut from states not cooperating on deportation

President-elect Trump’s pick for “border czar,” Tom Homan, on Sunday threatened funding for states that refuse to cooperate in the federal government's deportation plans. Fox News’s Mark Levin, in an interview with Homan aired Sunday, said the border czar will have “a very,

Voters say no more marijuana — Congress should take note

Despite pro-marijuana groups spending millions, voters in red and blue states rejected marijuana and psychedelic legalization ballot measures, indicating that drug legalization is unpopular and bad policy, and that marijuana use is increasing and leading to health issues and

Trump’s Most Damning Criminal Indictment Finally Ends With a Whimper

A federal judge on Monday granted special counsel Jack Smith’s request to dismiss the biggest case against Donald Trump, the criminal indictment related to his attempts to overturn the 2020 election. Smith had asked the judge to dismiss the case without prejudice, which means