Presented by AstraZeneca {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Hospitals brace for ‘big, beautiful’ Medicaid cuts Hospitals loudly raised alarms about Trump's tax and spending bill, but their warnings went unheeded. Now they say they will bear the brunt of changes
Dan Pfeiffer, a former staffer for former President Obama and co-host of the podcast "Pod Save America," slammed a campaign ad for former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo as he seeks to clinch the 2025 mayor's race in New York City. “This is one of the least compelling campaign
President Trump moved to a more aggressive footing with Russia on Monday, promising to funnel weapons through NATO allies to Ukraine and threatening to hammer Moscow’s trading partners with sanctions. Even though there is a lengthy hiatus of 50 days before those sanctions would
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story xAI apologizes for Grok's 'horrific behavior' Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI apologized to users for antisemitic posts authored by its chatbot Grok, pinning the blame on an update after conducting an
The Supreme Court ruled Monday to allow the Trump administration to move forward with mass layoffs at the Department of Education, a move supported by President Trump-appointed leadership at the federal agency but feared by education supporters. The 6-3 ruling along
Dozens of ice cream manufacturers are planning to remove artificial dyes from products by the end of 2027, according to the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), the latest voluntary move by the food industry to support Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.
Democrats are slamming former President Biden’s response to a series of investigations of him by Republicans on Capitol Hill and the Trump administration, arguing he is again taking the GOP bait to the detriment of his own party. At a time when Democrats have sought to go on
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Trump's ultimatum to Putin: Ceasefire in 50 days or else President Trump is seeking to pressure Russia's leader to the negotiating table through a
Twenty-four states and the District of Columbia are suing Donald Trump’s administration for withholding $7 billion in federal funding for education, The Washington Post reported. A lawsuit filed Monday against Trump, Education Secretary Linda McMahon, and Office of Budgement
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) has called for a heightened federal drone defense strategy, following reports of drone sightings in the Northeast toward the end of 2024. “I am writing to you with respect to the critical need for federal action regarding the threat posed by
A New York man is accused of stealing $555,892 worth of gold bars from a Lancaster County, Pennsylvania resident using a scam that authorities say is becoming increasingly common nationwide.
Trump threatened to impose 100% secondary sanctions on Russia within 50 days if Russia doesn't wind down its attacks on Ukraine, a move supported by Sens. Lindsey Graham and Richard Blumenthal, who have been pushing for legislation to impose harsher sanctions on Moscow.
Dozens of ice cream manufacturers in the United States have pledged to eliminate artificial colors from their products by the end of 2027.
Andrew Cuomo just doesn’t know when to quit. The former New York governor officially reupped his flailing bid for New York City mayor Monday, weeks after losing the Democratic primary by double-digits to New York Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani. “Unless you’ve been living under a
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Would markets tolerate Fed chair Scott Bessent? The possibility that President Trump could replace Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell with Treasury Secretary
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Monday the Trump administration should release all of the files related to the disgraced late-financier Jeffrey Epstein, and Congress should intervene to force that release if the administration doesn’t act on its own.
Sending Ukraine offensive weapons could push Russian President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table, retired Adm. James Stavridis, the former NATO supreme allied commander, said on Monday. Speaking ahead of the announcement of the U.S.-NATO weapons deal for Ukraine,
Dan Bongino’s future as FBI deputy director is still up in the air on Monday after his no call no show on Friday, as the fallout from the Justice Department’s dismissal of the Epstein case continues into its second week. Bongino has apparently iced out all communications with
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Monday pushed back on a new report from NBC News that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees are going hungry and being fed spoiled food. “FAKE NEWS! Any claim that there is a lack of food or subprime conditions at ICE
The Supreme Court has cleared the way for Trump to destroy the Department of Education. Until Monday, a lower court’s injunction had barred the administration from firing about half of the department’s roughly 4,000 employees—halting a move that Education Secretary Linda
Plus: Dem seeks to force vote on release of Epstein files {beacon} PRESIDENT TRUMP on Monday pivoted in favor of Ukraine, arranging for U.S. weapons to be delivered to Kyiv and threatening new sanctions on Moscow if Russia's war stretches later in the year. Speaking in the
The Supreme Court on Monday allowed President Trump to resume efforts to dismantle the Department of Education in an apparent 6-3 vote along ideological lines, lifting a judge’s order to reinstate hundreds of employees terminated in mass layoffs. The administration’s victory
Congress must adequately fund the judiciary to ensure both the safety of judges and the health of our democracy.
Rep. Marc Veasey (D-Texas) said Sunday he plans to introduce a resolution demanding files be released in the case involving financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “Either @realDonaldTrump and his acolytes fueled the rumors of the significance of these Epstein
Over the weekend, right-wing media figure Charlie Kirk hosted the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit , where the young conservatives in attendance were up in arms about President Trump’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein affair. Now, after a phone call from the president
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) formally announced he is running as an independent in New York City’s mayoral race in November after losing to Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani in the party’s primary. “Only 13 percent of New Yorkers voted in the June primary. The general
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) effort, which exposed wasteful and harmful spending, is now entering its next chapter, with the White House and Congress working to address the $160 billion in improper payments and $3 trillion in waste, fraud and abuse in the last
The Department of Defense will start using Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot to “develop agentic AI workflows.” Trump’s DoD awarded Musk’s xAI a $200 million federal contract to install “Grok for Government” into the national defense apparatus. “Announcing Grok for Government - a
Sixty percent of surveyed voters say they do not believe President Trump has been tough enough on Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a new Harvard CAPS/Harris poll released on Monday. Those respondents consist of 58 percent independents, 73 percent Democrats and 48
Voters are evenly divided on President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” according to a poll. A Harvard CAPS/Harris poll released Monday found 44 percent of respondents said they supported the Republicans’ major policy bill while another 44 percent said they didn’t support the
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence (AI) company xAI has scored a contract for up to $200 million with the Department of Defense alongside three other major tech firms, the Pentagon announced Monday. xAI, Anthropic, Google and OpenAI all received contracts with the same
Members of the conservative Republican Study Committee held a news conference Monday afternoon marking the first anniversary of the assassination attempt against President Trump at a rally in Butler, Pa. Sunday marked one year since Trump was bloodied in the assassination
Senators considering Carey’s nomination must ask some fundamental questions about whether she believes in the mission, independence and very existence of the agency she seeks to lead.
The Democratic Party’s approval rating is underwater at 40 percent, according to a new poll, the latest troubling sign for a party still grappling with its losses from November. A Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll released on Monday found that only 4 in 10 respondents approved of the
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) will held a news conference Monday afternoon. Earlier this month, Jeffries commandeered the chamber floor to deliver a marathon speech hammering away at the GOP’s tax and spending cut bill. He stalled passage of the sprawling
A majority of voters gave President Trump’s immigration policies high marks, according to a Harvard CAPS/Harris poll released Monday. Sixty percent of voters surveyed said they support Trump’s efforts to close the border, including 89 percent of Republicans, 55 percent of
Sen. Chris Van Hollen criticized the State Department's decision to lay off 1,300 employees as it is seen as a retreat from global commitments and a victory for adversaries such as China and Russia.
Conservative activist and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk said Monday he is trusting the Trump administration to handle the files related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. “Plenty was said this last weekend at our event about Epstein,” Kirk said on his show on
President Trump said Monday he had brokered a deal to send more weapons to Ukraine without burdening the U.S., while threatening Russian President Vladimir Putin with new sanctions if there is no deal to end the war in 50 days. Trump’s announcement marks a potential turning
Some Democrats are pushing for more ICE transparency, but officials say officers and agents are at risk of assault
President Trump on Monday ridiculed former Energy Secretary Rick Perry and blamed him for suggesting the 2019 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that eventually led to Trump's first impeachment. "I told that secretary, who wasn’t the smartest bulb — Rick
Trump’s National Security Council process has become dysfunctional to the point of uselessness.
Donald Trump unveiled his latest move to apply pressure to Russia—and surprise, surprise, it’s more tariffs. While speaking to NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office Monday, Trump set a 50-day deadline for Russia to end its invasion of Ukraine. The president said
