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Presented by Lockheed Martin — The top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee called the Republicans’ stopgap funding fight “fanatic-on-fanatic violence,” calling out his colleagues for not being able to agree on what he said were two extreme views.  {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story House Armed Services Democrat...

House Republicans have shifted gears as they race to avoid a government shutdown, eyeing a three-month stopgap spending bill — in lieu of a six-month extension — while dropping their demand for tougher voting rules as part of the package. Top appropriators have already launched bipartisan talks in both chambers, and senior lawmakers said they...

Vice President Kamala Harris is leading former President Donald Trump by 5 points in Michigan, is leading slightly in Wisconsin, and is tied in Pennsylvania, according to new Marist battleground state polls.

The United States healthcare system was deemed the worst overall in a new analysis of 10 similar nations by a leading health research nonprofit. "Mirror, Mirror 2024: A Portrait of the Failing U.S. Healthy System," published by The Commonwealth Fund Thursday, looked at 70 healthcare systems in 10 wealthy nations including Australia, Canada, the United...

House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) government funding bill was sunk through the combined efforts of Democrats and Republicans in the lower chamber on Wednesday. Fourteen members of Johnson’s own party voted alongside most Democrats against the Louisiana Republican’s spending plan, which joined a six-month stopgap bill with a measure aiming to require proof of citizenship...

Former President Trump pledged to travel to Springfield, Ohio, after false claims that he and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), have made about Haitian immigrants eating pets in the city. Trump said at a rally in New York on Wednesday that he would go to the town in the next two weeks and...

The Republican chair of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors in Arizona has endorsed a Democrat to replace him. "I am endorsing Joel [Navarro] because he is a man of integrity, because he is a dedicated public servant who fights for what's right, and because he has a record of serving the interest of all...

Newark City Council President LaMonica McIver (D) has won the special election to fill a vacant House seat representing New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ. McIver defeated Republican Carmen Bucco, a businessman, to serve the remainder of the term for the late Rep. Donald Payne Jr. (D), who died following a...

Former independent presidential candidate and antivaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that former President Trump wants him to choose leaders for key public health agencies if he wins the election in November. Kennedy told conservative commentator Tucker Carlson that under a second Trump term, he would be responsible for eliminating "corrupt influences" from agencies,...

Presented by TerraPower — The Environmental Protection Agency’s internal watchdog has found that the agency retaliated against three staffers for expressing different scientific opinions.  {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story EPA retaliated against three scientists, says watchdog The Environmental Protection Agency’s internal watchdog has found that the agency retaliated against...

House Republicans voted down Speaker Mike Johnson's proposal to fund the government, leaving the path to averting a shutdown unclear and putting Johnson in danger of disappointing former President Trump and his conference's right-flank.

Lawmakers are moving quickly to pass emergency legislation to plug a roughly $3 billion shortfall facing the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), as officials warn veterans' and survivors' benefits payments are at risk absent congressional action in the coming days. The House passed legislation with bipartisan support Wednesday night, and members on both sides of...

The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) internal watchdog has found that top agency officials retaliated against three staffers for expressing different scientific opinions. The employees who were victims of this alleged retaliation thought chemicals should be considered more toxic, while top officials sought to consider them safer, according to the reports from the EPA’s inspector general. In one such...

Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith said Wednesday that there are "real and serious" threats of foreign actors attempting to wield influence on the 2024 election as November quickly approaches. "We know that there is a presidential race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, but this has also become an election of Iran versus...

Presented by Plan B One Step — Democrats are pushing to extend subsidies that are set to expire next year {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Democrats press for ACA subsidies extension The enhanced ObamaCare subsidies established through the Inflation Reduction Act are set to expire at the end of 2025 and...

The FBI and other intelligence agencies revealed Wednesday that Iran attempted to share information stolen during its hack on the Trump campaign with the Biden campaign and continues to send material to various media outlets. “Iranian malicious cyber actors in late June and early July sent unsolicited emails to individuals then associated with President Biden’s campaign that...

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter, where we have the latest on the Federal Reserve's rate cuts and the Teamsters' endorsement news. {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Fed cuts interest rates for first time in years The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 50 basis points, marking...

More than half of Americans believe Vice President Harris won last week's presidential debate against former President Trump, according to a new poll. An ABC/Ipsos poll, released Sunday, found 58 percent of Americans chose Harris as the winner of the debate, while 36 percent picked Trump. Pollsters noted this is a reverse from the June...

John Leguizamo says he's a "DEI hire," as he made an appeal at the Emmy Awards for greater diversity and representation in Hollywood.  "I'm John Leguizamo and I'm one of Hollywood's DEI hires," Leguizamo said as he took to the Emmys stage in Los Angeles on Sunday. "That's right DEI: The 'd' is for diligence,...

Former President Trump was the target of another apparent assassination attempt while golfing in Florida on Sunday, marking the second attempt on his life in as many months. The incident adds to a series of unprecedented events from this election cycle and comes just nine weeks after the former president was shot in the ear in...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said the state will conduct its own investigation into the apparent assassination attempt against former President Trump at his golf club Sunday in West Palm Beach. "The State of Florida will be conducting its own investigation regarding the attempted assassination at Trump International Golf Club," DeSantis wrote in a post...

The man accused of pointing an AK-style rifle through the fence at Trump International Golf Club, where former President Trump was playing, has been identified as Ryan Wesley Routh, multiple media outlets reported. Routh is reportedly the individual who was spotted by Secret Service agents with a rifle along the golf perimeter in West Palm...

Selena Gomez is serving up a "childless cat ladies" joke at the Emmy Awards, making a quip referencing Sen. JD Vance's (R-Ohio) controversial past remarks. The 32-year-old performer appeared onstage at the 76th annual Emmy Awards on Sunday in Los Angeles to present the first category of the night, Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, alongside...

Republican vice presidential nominee and Ohio Sen. JD Vance said Sunday he is “glad [former] President Trump is safe” in the wake of what the FBI has described as an apparent assassination attempt. “I'm glad President Trump is safe,” Vance said on the social platform X of the situation, which the FBI said it is...