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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...

Former President Trump said in a fundraising email Sunday that he “will NEVER SURRENDER” in the wake of what the FBI described as an apparent assassination attempt. “There were gunshots in my vicinity, but before rumors start spiraling out of control, I wanted you to hear this first: I AM SAFE AND WELL!” the former...

Seventeen Republicans who worked under former President Reagan endorsed Vice President Harris, her campaign announced in a press release Sunday. In the endorsement, which cited Reagan’s “Time for Choosing” speech, the Republicans said they believe Reagan would have supported Harris’s presidential bid if he were alive today. “While he is not here to experience the...

Vice President Harris on Sunday expressed relief that former President Trump was safe following what the FBI said appeared to be a new assassination attempt on him in Florida. "I have been briefed on reports of gunshots fired near former President Trump and his property in Florida, and I am glad he is safe. Violence...

Harris-Walz Communications Director Michael Tyler said Sunday that the American people “deserve a second debate” and signaled he was “confident” there would be another one. In an interview on Fox News’s “MediaBuzz,” host Howard Kurtz pressed Tyler on his skepticism of former President Trump’s insistence that he won’t do another debate, asking, “Why do you...

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have formed the Confederation of Sahel States (AES) to reject Western pressures and establish a defense pact, signaling a shift in West Africa's geopolitical landscape and raising questions about regional stability and influence.

Vice President Harris narrowed former President Trump’s lead in Iowa to just 4 points, down from the Republican’s 18-point lead over President Biden in June, according to a poll released Sunday. The latest Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll, conducted Sept. 8-11, shows Trump leading Harris with 47 percent support to 43 percent among likely voters...

The INSURE Act, introduced by Rep. Adam Schiff, aims to add additional capacity to the reinsurance market with the creation of a federal reinsurance entity. However, no subsidized, unprofessionally managed government program disguised as a reinsurance facility could replicate the value of a reinsurer.

Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) took a dig at former President Trump, calling him "the smallest man who ever lived," in reference to a Taylor Swift song after he lashed out at the global superstar. Trump wrote Sunday "I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!" on Truth Social, days after the "Love Story" singer endorsed political rival Vice...

Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) said it would be 'very hard' for former President Trump and himself to win the general election this fall without a victory in North Carolina. “If you just look at the Electoral College map … it’s very hard for us to win unless we’re able to get North Carolina,” Vance told...