Category: The Hill

HERMANN, Mo. (KTVI) — Thirty-two people were hurt when a trolley carrying dozens crashed Saturday morning near Hermann, Mo., according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The Hermann Volunteer Fire Department reports the bus was carrying at least 41 people. A Highway Patrol crash report states that at least 32 people suffered injuries, ranging in […]

House Republicans are barreling into a crucial week in their effort to pass President Trump’s legislative agenda, with key policy hang-ups threatening to upend leadership’s timeline for approving the sprawling package. Those disagreements have already prompted delays as lawmakers haggle over how to address contentious issues while meeting deficit reduction targets. The Energy and Commerce […]

Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki says she didn’t see evidence of a “cover up” of former President Biden’s mental acuity in the lead up to the 2024 election, and she doesn’t believe her former colleagues would have participated in one. Psaki, who served as Biden’s press secretary from 2021 to 2022 and is […]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday vowed to respond against the Houthi rebels and “their Iranian terror masters” after the group fired a missile at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv. President Trump had said in a post on Truth Social in mid-March that “hundreds of attacks being made by Houthi, the sinister mobsters and […]

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 2, the education savings account (ESA) program, into law on Saturday afternoon, creating the nation’s largest day-one school choice program. After previous failed attempts, alleged threats against Republican House members, and a call from President Donald Trump, Abbott will finally get one of his top […]

When President Donald Trump proposed “No Tax On Tips” on the campaign trail last year, it struck a chord with millions of Americans. The idea resonated because it addressed something real: working people trying to keep up with rising costs and doing everything they can to stay ahead. But as Congress begins drafting this policy, […]

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended what he called President Trump’s “economic rebalancing” in an opinion piece released Sunday amid growing concerns regarding his handling of the economy. In The Wall Street Journal, Bessent said that the president “wants to ensure working families aren’t left behind in the next era of economic growth — as many […]

(NEXSTAR) — If Siri has ever been activated on your Apple device without your consent, you may be eligible to receive part of a $95 million settlement reached in a class action lawsuit. A preliminary settlement submitted late last year was recently approved, paving the way for settlement members to make payment claims. Here’s what […]

A study surveying mothers nine to 12 months postpartum found that more than two-thirds of women reported at least one physical health problem since childbirth. This can include backaches, incontinence, fatigue, abdominal pain and painful intercourse. These problems are highly correlated to functional limitations such as childcare, work and daily activities. Despite this, many women struggle […]

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (KTLA) — Two people and a dog are dead after the small plane they were flying in crashed in a Los Angeles-area neighborhood on Saturday. At around 1:51 p.m., about 40 firefighters responded to calls that a plane had crashed into two homes with smoke showing in the Wood Ranch community of […]

Oksana Markarova, Ukraine’s ambassador to the U.S., weighed in on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s remarks about nuclear weapons, saying “he is a threat” that should be taken at his word.  Markarova joined CBS News’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday, where host Margaret Brennan asked what she made of Putin’s recent comment about how he hopes […]

If there was one thing we learned from COVID, it was the need for rapid, accurate, point-of-care testing to help contain the virus before it had spread silently to many others. It was years before we had these effective tools and could properly apply them in real time to real patients. Today, the same problem […]

Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.) argued that under President Trump’s tariff plan, it appears that the United States is “in a trade war with ourselves.”  Dean joined NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday,” where she was asked by host Blake Burman about the administration’s argument that tariffs are meant to intentionally draw manufacturing jobs to the U.S.  Burman […]

Africa is emerging as a pivotal battleground for the 21st century — and the U.S. is falling behind. China has invested more than $155 billion into African nations since 2000, securing access to critical minerals and ports. Russia’s military footprint continues to expand. Meanwhile, Gulf nations — the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar — […]

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) weighed in on the potential recession due to the Trump administration’s economic policies, noting that “you have to act boldly” to clean up a mess.  Johnson joined CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, where he was asked about the threat of a recession related to President Trump’s tariff agenda and […]

Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) said farmers in his state and across the Midwest are “already seeing” the impacts of President Trump’s tariffs and called for the country to open agricultural trade with other countries to support the industry.  Bacon joined NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday” where host Blake Burman asked him about the agricultural workers and […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday said he hopes there will be no need for nuclear weapons in Ukraine. During a preview of an interview with Russian state media, which was shared with the Associated Press, Putin said the country has “enough strength and means to bring what was started in 2022 to a logical […]

President Trump is poised to get his first big windfall for his Golden Dome with a proposed $25 billion to jumpstart the purported missile defense system.  The billions of dollars earmarked for the Golden Dome — part of the GOP’s reconciliation bill to increase Pentagon spending by $150 billion — means the system long touted […]

President Trump mentioned Secretary of State Marco Rubio as a possible successor, along with Vice President Vance, as he considers who would take over as leader of his Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement.  Trump told NBC News’s Kristen Welker that now is too early to say who would become his successor, but Vance is […]

Former Republican Party executive Reince Priebus said President Trump is doing exactly what he promised by disrupting the federal government and trade relations, saying the president has a tendency to touch “the fire” then go “back to the drawing board and getting things lined up.” During a Sunday panel discussion on ABC’s “This Week,” Priebus, […]