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Hawaii Gov. Josh Green (D) on Wednesday said that if President Trump's plan to put education policy in the hands of the states happens, he would "take it" and "make good use" of the money that flows to the governor's office. "I'll take it. You know, I spent time with the president a couple of...

Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates Susan Crawford and Brad Schimel traded barbs and defended their track records on Wednesday night during their only debate for an open seat on the high court. Recognized as the liberal and conservative candidates respectively, Crawford and Schimel participated in a one-hour debate moderated by WISN 12 at Marquette University Law...

A majority of Americans have used ChatGPT-like artificial intelligence (AI) models according to a new survey. In the survey from Elon University’s Imagining the Digital Future Center, 52 percent said they “use artificial intelligence (AI) large language models,” a category that includes OpenAI’s famous ChatGPT. Out of that percentage, 5 percent said they use the...

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that President Trump’s firing of the head of a board that resolves disputes between federal employees and the government was unlawful. U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan’s ruling in favor of Susan Grundmann, the Democratic-appointed chair of the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA), is the latest to push back on Trump’s...

Presented by GE Aerospace — {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security PRESENTED BY The Big Story US puts Putin in hot seat with Ukraine ceasefire proposal The United States has, for the first time, shifted the pressure to Russia in President Trump’s push for a ceasefire in Ukraine. © AP After securing Ukrainian President...

The CEO of the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States on Wednesday warned that a European whiskey tariff would be "very, very devastating." “We've just gotten the news early, early this morning, that the [European Union (EU)] is poised to put a 50 percent tariff on American whiskey. That will be very, very devastating,”...

Click for more from The Hill. {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story EPA sets stage for cutting climate and pollution regs The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) indicated Wednesday it will slash a broad suite of rules and determinations that aim to cut pollution or mitigate climate change — including from cars and...

Senate Democrats are staring down a major dilemma as they agonize over how to handle the GOP’s stopgap spending bill in the face of a potential government shutdown by the end of the week. Democrats head toward the Friday deadline trying to reckon with a problem few in the conference fully know how to wrap...

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   First in The Hill Nonprofit launches ad campaign urging GOP to stand up to Musk The digital campaign from progressive advocacy group 314 Action asks Americans living in GOP-held swing districts to call their U.S. representative over potential health cuts. ©...

New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D) needled her former rival Scott Brown over his status as a former Massachusetts senator on Wednesday as he weighs a bid to replace her in the Senate. “You didn’t hear me say [this]: When you write the stories, please write that he colors his hair, and I don’t. I...

The nonpartisan Cook Political Report rated New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s (D) Senate seat as “lean Democrat” following the senator’s announcement she would not seek reelection in 2026.  While the seat may lean toward Democrats, Republicans have expressed optimism they can flip the seat. Last month, National Republican Senatorial Committee Chair Tim Scott (R-S.C.) named...

Peter Navarro, a senior trade adviser to President Trump, said Wednesday that the U.S. is “in a difficult transition from Bidenomics to Trumpnomics.” “Help us understand, what is the bigger picture for the economy from the administration?” host Will Cain asked on his Fox News show. In his response, Navarro said, “let's start looking through...

Monmouth University will close its polling institute after 20 years of data collection pooled from national and state surveys to anticipate the outcome in highly contested political races. “Following a year-long review of all of the University’s Centers and Institutes, I have made the decision, in close collaboration with our Board of Trustees, to close...

Presented by Ericsson - Elon Musk’s role in the Trump administration is complicating his business ventures, as the tech billionaire pushes forward with efforts to slash the federal government and budget in the face of mounting criticism.   {beacon} Technology Technology     The Big Story  Musk's White House role weighs on business empire Elon Musk’s...

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story  Inflation cools in Trump’s first month After a week of rising economic fears, the February consumer price index (CPI) report was a welcome reprieve. © AP Consumer prices rose slightly during President Trump’s first full month...

Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers said Monday that the odds of a recession are “close to 50/50.” “I told [Kasie Hunt] @CNN today, I think there is a real possibility of a recession,” Summers said in a thread on the social platform X. “I would have said a couple of months ago a recession was...

The House Rules Committee voted Monday night to advance the GOP's bill to avert a government shutdown, dispatching the measure to the full chamber for consideration ahead of Friday's deadline. The panel voted 9-3 to adopt the rule, which governs debate on the legislation. The successful vote sends the measure to the House floor for...

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) on Monday sounded alarm over what she described as a "$1.1 billion problem" in a plan rolled out by House Republicans to keep the government funded beyond a Friday shutdown deadline and into September. In remarks outside of Congress on Monday afternoon, Bowser called on lawmakers to change the...

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is likely covered under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), a federal judge ruled late Monday, rejecting the Trump administration’s position that the group does not have to respond to public records requests. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper found DOGE exercises substantial authority independently of the president, which makes...

A cargo ship struck a tanker Monday in a fiery crash in the North Sea off the coast of eastern England, causing fuel to stream into local waters. The tanker, named the MV Stena Immaculate, which carries oil and chemicals and features the U.S.’s flag, had been close to the port of Grimsby and at...

Congressional Democrats rolled out their own short-term funding patch to keep the government running beyond Friday's shutdown deadline, as House Republicans barrel forward with a Trump-endorsed plan in the face of staunch opposition from the other side of the aisle. The bill would keep the government funded through April, a sharp contrast to the roughly...

A federal judge on Monday ordered the Trump administration to release foreign aid payments owed under certain existing contracts but stopped short of staving off mass contract cancellations that resulted from a subsequent review. U.S. District Judge Amir Ali, an appointee of former President Biden, ruled that the administration must pay out U.S. Agency for International...

Click for more from The Hill. {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   First in The Hill NPS leaders plan 30 percent payroll cuts The Trump administration is eyeing major payroll reductions at the National Park Service, signaling big cuts at a high-profile agency heading toward the warmer months. ©iStock Managers were asked to...

More than $25 million in payments will go out this week to customers who were tricked into paying for fraudulent tech support offered by two companies.

Conservative media pundit Ann Coulter on Monday questioned the arrest of a pro-Palestinian advocate on free speech grounds. "There's almost no one I don't want to deport, but unless they've committed a crime, isn't this a violation of the First Amendment?" Coulter said on the social platform X in response to a report from the...

The ongoing surge of greenhouse gas emissions in the near-Earth environment could cause dramatic declines in the number of satellites orbiting the planet by the end of the century, a new study has found. By the year 2100, the "satellite carrying capacity" of the most popular low-orbit regions could decline by 50 to 66 percent...

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story  White House touts record after Trump demurs on recession The Trump administration is attempting to restore confidence in the economy after a brutal day for Wall Street. © AP President Trump is facing mounting concerns about...

The Trump administration is proposing shortening the period in which people can enroll in Affordable Care Act Marketplace plans and disallowing “Dreamers” from getting coverage through the program. {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Trump eyes slashing ACA enrollment period The Trump administration is proposing shortening the period in which people can...

Former Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) was one of three Senate Republicans to vote Monday against former Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.), President Trump’s nominee to head the Labor Department, criticizing her for supporting policies “that force hardworking Americans into union membership.” Chavez-DeRemer, a former House GOP lawmaker from Washington state, is the fourth high-profile...

The Senate on Monday confirmed former Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.) to lead the Department of Labor, cementing another of President Trump’s nominees in bipartisan fashion. Senators voted 67 to 32, with 17 Democrats voted with most Republicans present. Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Ted Budd (R-N.C.) voted against her confirmation. Sen. John...

Vice President Vance said that he was confronted by a group of pro-Ukraine protestors while he was walking with his 3-year-old daughter on Saturday.  Vance wrote that he encountered “Slava Ukraini” protesters who followed him around and were shouting as his daughter got “increasingly anxious and scared.”  “I decided to speak with the protesters in the...

President Trump insisted that Secretary of State Marco Rubio and close Trump adviser Elon Musk have a "great relationship" following an explosive report that the two clashed during a contentious Cabinet meeting on Thursday. The secretary of state and tech billionaire reportedly got into a heated argument about workforce cuts, with Musk telling Rubio that...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is using polygraph tests to figure out who could be leaking information to news outlets, with some agency officials contending the disclosed information has hampered immigration enforcement efforts, multiple outlets reported. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem ordered in an internal directive, first reported by Bloomberg Government last month, that every...

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected President Trump’s push for nuclear deal talks between the two nations, arguing the initiative is only a gateway for Washington to impose new demands and limit Tehran’s military capabilities. “Some coercive governments insist on negotiations. Such negotiations aren’t aimed at solving issues. Their aim is to exert their...

Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, slammed the new House Republicans’ six-month stopgap funding bill, claiming it is a “blank check” for tech billionaire and close President Trump adviser Elon Musk. “I strongly oppose this full-year continuing resolution, which is a power grab for the White House and further...

Vice President Vance’s clout is on the rise, taking on the role of pot stirrer at the White House and on the world stage. His attack dog role was on full display during an Oval Office meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky when Vance confronted the foreign leader, calling him disrespectful and demanding appreciation for...

House Republicans have unveiled a 99-page, six-month stopgap funding bill to avert a government shutdown and increase defense funding while seeking cuts for nondefense programs, which is likely to be a main focus of this week's Sunday shows. The bill, released Saturday, would greenlight an increase in defense funding of around $6 billion above fiscal...

Washington, D.C. has one of the highest murder rates in the developed world, and has seen a recent increase in crime, including a stabbing at Safeway and a knife-brandishing hooligan terrorizing grocery clerks.

Americans are falling behind on their monthly car payments at the highest rate in more than 30 years.

California's congressional delegation urged Congress to approve federal funding to support recovery efforts after the Los Angeles County wildfires devastated communities across the Southern portion of the state.  “The severity of these wildfires requires additional coordination and a wider range of long-term federal recovery programs,” the bi-partisan group of 47 lawmakers wrote in a Friday...

Indeed, thousands of tax return preparers systematically subvert the tax return filing process, rob the Treasury of revenue and undermine taxpayers’ faith in the system.

Andrew Cuomo is aiming to supplant New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) as the top centrist candidate in the city’s upcoming election, appealing to voter concerns about crime and stressing his leadership bona fides as Adams finds himself mired in controversy. Cuomo finally entered the mayor’s race a week ago after months of build-up...

President Trump was quick to throw his support behind the House GOP's stopgap funding bill Saturday afternoon, calling it a "very good funding bill." "The House and Senate have put together, under the circumstances, a very good funding Bill (“CR”)! All Republicans should vote (Please!) YES next week," he wrote on Truth Social shortly after...

President Trump tapped Walt Nauta, a Navy veteran and his co-defendant in Special Counsel Jack Smith's classified documents case, for a seat on the Naval Academy’s Board of Visitors on Friday. “Our GREAT United States Naval Academy needs a new Board of Visitors. I am pleased to announce that an incredible group of Patriots will...

Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-Pa.) encouraged Democrats to change their outlook on tariffs, stating that levies are not "always bad” as President Trump made good on his campaign tariff threats this week. “Fellow Democrats, the party needs to rethink all the anti-tariff absolutism. I’m a Rust Belt Democrat from swingy Western PA—where lousy trade deals like...

President Trump signed an executive order on Friday to exclude nonprofits that he says engage in "the subsidization of illegal activities" from the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF). The executive order states "individuals employed by organizations whose activities have a substantial illegal purpose shall not be eligible for public service loan forgiveness." PSLF is...

President Trump announced Friday he's appointing Fox News hosts Laura Ingraham and Maria Bartiromo to the board of the Kennedy Center, after naming himself chair of the performing arts center last month. "I am thrilled to announce that Laura Ingraham and Maria Bartiromo will be joining our Kennedy Center Board - This completes our selection,"...

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said he would continue to pursue an investigation against Andrew and Tristan Tate, influencer brothers who were accused of human trafficking in Romania. “Fleeing our jurisdiction will not stop Florida's ongoing criminal investigation,” Uthmeier wrote in a Friday statement on X. “We will continue working with our law enforcement and...

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story  Trump finally puts a little pressure on Russia  President Trump on Friday said he was weighing additional sanctions and tariffs on Russia in a push to bring Moscow to the negotiating table to end the war in...