Category: The Hill

Cameron Hamilton, the acting director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, will testify before a House Appropriations subcommittee Tuesday afternoon on oversight of the agency. The hearing comes as Homeland Security Secretary (DHS) Kristi Noem has vowed to shutter much of the agency, citing President Trump’s wish for states to have more control over emergency […]

FBI Director Kash Patel will face questioning Tuesday by a House Appropriations Committee panel on oversight and the fiscal 2026 budget for the intelligence agency, just more than 100 days since President Trump returned to the White House. His testimony comes as the FBI has faced scrutiny over layoffs amid the administration’s overhaul of the […]

Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) introduced a bill Wednesday aimed at boosting passengers’ safety and privacy when in the vehicles of ride-sharing service drivers. The measure, titled the Safe and Private Rides Act, would require transportation network companies to alert passengers if their driver is using a video recording device in the […]

North Carolina Appeals Court Judge Jefferson Griffin (R) has conceded defeat in a contested race for a seat on the state Supreme Court, bringing to an end a saga that has lasted six months.  Griffin’s concession to incumbent state Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs (D) came after a ruling from a federal judge for the […]

Americans are growing less optimistic about race relations across the nation, with only 51 percent saying Black Americans will “eventually” have the same rights as white Americans, according to a new survey.  The Pew Research Center examined Americans’ views on race, policing and Black Lives Matter five years after the murder of George Floyd found that a […]

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The Navy has lost a second F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier in the Red Sea, just over a week after the first aircraft sank into the waters, a defense official confirmed to The Hill on Wednesday. An F/A-18 fighter jet was landing on the flight deck of […]

National political correspondent Maggie Haberman is “not sure” if President Trump has an “actual, specific outcome” planned for the implementation of his tariffs on other countries.  Haberman, a CNN contributor, joined Anderson Cooper on Tuesday after Trump met with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney as the countries grapple with increased tensions due to Trump’s tariffs. […]

New Hampshire became the first state in the country to establish a crypto reserve on Monday, giving the digital assets a win after several other states rejected similar legislation. “New Hampshire is once again First in the Nation!” New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte wrote on X Tuesday. “Just signed a new law allowing our state […]

Abu Dhabi will be home to the seventh Walt Disney theme park resort, in a partnership with Miral, a United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based entertainment company, Disney announced Wednesday. An opening date has not been announced, but the Walt Disney Company said in a news release that Miral, which is led by a top Emirati official, […]

This month, the U.S. is ratifying its commitment to review and reverse China’s nefarious presence in the Americas and beyond. The dismantling of a Chinese hacking system in Guatemala, the strengthening of military cooperation in Argentina, the interruption of a space project in Chile, the failure of an anti-Trump BRICS Summit in Brazil, and the […]

About four-in-10 Americans said that the U.S. is currently in a recession, while another third of respondents argued it is not, according to a survey published on Tuesday.  The latest The Economist/YouGov poll found that 40 percent of U.S. adults said the country is in a recession, while 35 percent disagreed. A quarter of respondents […]

Businesses are worried about the possible cancellation of a tax treaty between the U.S. and China as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gets ready for trade talks in Switzerland. U.S. businesses operating in China could have a hard time collecting profits and will have to pay higher taxes if the treaty is done away with or […]

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wouldn’t say Wednesday which nations the U.S. could strike trade deals with as soon as this week when pressed during testimony. Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-N.Y.) pressed Bessent as he testified before the House Financial Services Committee about his recent remarks indicating the U.S. could announce trade deals with some partners as […]

The Trump administration is getting it right when it comes to the importance of American energy dominance and bolstering domestic energy production. And, with its National Energy Emergency executive order, geothermal energy is getting the attention it deserves. That’s why we, as conservatives, are united behind an “all-of-the-above-and-below” energy approach. Utilizing the full range of energy options we […]

President Trump praised Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) and endorsed his campaign for reelection next year in a social media post on Wednesday — a potential boon to the GOP congressman as Democrats target his swing district in the midterm election cycle. But Trump’s pronouncement also comes as Lawler, who has been in the House since […]

The U.S. Embassy in Pakistan has issued a security alert for Americans to leave conflict areas after India struck Pakistani-controlled territory earlier Wednesday. “We advice U.S. citizens to depart areas of active conflict if they can safely do so, or to shelter in place,” the embassy said in a Wednesday statement.  The embassy said it […]

A group of senators led by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is urging media conglomerate Paramount Global to not settle a lawsuit brought against it by President Trump. Trump’s suit, which is in connection with a “60 Minutes” segment featuring an interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris, serves as a “blatant attempt to intimidate the media […]

If President Trump’s Truth Social account is anything to go by, the commander in chief spent most of the weekend glued to his cellphone in what can only be described as a whirlwind of apparent senility.  Trump pledged to slap foreign films with a 100 percent tariff over mysterious “national security” concerns. He vowed to […]

At a time of rising global threats, it is reckless to undermine a proven national security tool. Yet that’s exactly what Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did when he announced the elimination of Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) at the Department of Defense and dismissed the WPS agenda as “woke.” He couldn’t be more wrong — […]