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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) slammed GOP leaders Thursday evening after the Republicans' Trump-backed plan to fund the federal government and raise the debt ceiling was trounced on the House floor. Jeffries accused Republicans of caving to the demands of Elon Musk, the billionaire Trump loyalist, whose opposition to a bipartisan spending agreement helped...

The Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday to advance a bill to boost Social Security benefits for more than 2 million Americans by repealing two laws that have limited payouts to state and local public-sector workers and their families. It advanced by a vote of 73-23. It was a strong show of support for a bill that would...

The House on Thursday torpedoed Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) plan B to avert a government shutdown and suspend the debt limit, dealing a blow to the GOP leader and catapulting the conference back to square one as it stares down Friday's funding deadline. The measure — which Johnson rolled out roughly three hours before the...

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story 1,100 more US troops in Syria than previously disclosed The U.S. for months has had more than 2,000 troops inside Syria, more than double the 900 troops the Defense Department previously said are on the ground...

A new rule from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will update what it means for food to be labeled “healthy” for the first time in 30 years, a move that aligns with current nutrition science and is meant to help consumers better navigate food labels. The “healthy” claim “can empower consumers” and help them...

Several GOP senators are pressing to see the FBI’s background check on Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s pick to be the next Defense secretary. The pressure placed on the leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee signals that the former Fox News host is still facing a tough battle for confirmation despite a full-court press from...

The White House on Thursday bashed a newly released Republican funding bill as a “billionaire giveaway” ahead of the vote on it on the House floor. “Republicans are doing the bidding of their billionaire benefactors at the expense of hardworking Americans,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement. She accused Republicans of “breaking their...

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story  Why Trump wants the debt limit off his plate President-elect Trump's recent demands of Congress to act on the nation's debt ceiling — which is only suspended through the end of the year — before he...

President Biden will travel to Italy in January for meetings with Pope Francis, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Italian President Sergio Mattarella. The trip, from Jan. 9 to 12, will likely be his last foreign trip as president before President-elect Trump is sworn in on Jan. 20. Biden will have an audience with the...

Starbucks Workers United said it had voted to authorize a strike ahead of the year’s last scheduled bargaining session. In a post on X, the union said 98 percent of its baristas voted to authorize a strike if necessary. “Our union is STRONG – and we’re READY,” the union said. The union noted in its...

Less than half of Americans said their opinion of President-elect Trump is favorable, according to a recent poll. In a new Reuters/Ipsos poll, around 41 percent stated that their opinion of the president-elect is favorable. Around 55 percent stated that their opinion of the president-elect is unfavorable.  Trump is set to enter office for a...

A judge has denied New York City Mayor Eric Adams’s request to dismiss the bribery charge he faces. In a 30-page ruling Tuesday in the Southern District of New York, U.S. District Judge Dale Ho said Adams’s argument that the government’s allegations in his case did not meet the legal standard for bribery. Ho determined...

President Biden on Tuesday said that there is no sense of danger so far from the drones that have been spotted in the Northeast, noting that officials are looking into them. “Nothing nefarious apparently, but they’re checking it all out,” Biden told reporters about the drones. He added, "We're following this closely, but so far,...

President-elect Trump said Tuesday he would nominate former NFL player and one-time Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker to serve as his ambassador to the Bahamas. "Herschel has spent decades serving as an Ambassador to our Nation’s youth, our men and women in the Military, and athletes at home and abroad," Trump posted on Truth Social....

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) on Tuesday said he believes the government is lying about recent drone activity. “You think the government is lying?” NewsNation’s Blake Burman asked Burchett on “The Hill.” “I don’t wanna put words in your mouth, but you think they're — they're lying on this issue, Congressman?” “Oh yeah, I mean, when...

Congress on Tuesday rolled out its last major funding deal of the year and is expected to move quickly to try to pass it ahead of a Friday government shutdown deadline. The bill, which is more than 1,500 pages long, would keep the government funded at current levels through March 14, buying time for the...

The Washington Commanders could soon see kickoff take place in the heart of the nation’s capital. The government funding deal unveiled by congressional negotiators on Tuesday paved the way for moving the Commanders' stadium from Maryland, to Washington, D.C., a development that local officials are touting as a big win for the city. The legislation...

An attorney advising Robert F. Kennedy Jr. criticized The New York Times and other media outlets for publishing a claim that the Trump ally wants to eradicate approval for the polio vaccine. Attorney Aaron Siri joined Fox News on Tuesday to clarify his statements after it was widely reported he advised Kennedy, who President-elect Trump...

Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt (Mo.) on Tuesday blocked a request by Democratic senators to pass legislation to protect federal workers from civil service reforms that President-elect Trump has endorsed to fight what he calls the “deep state” in Washington, D.C. Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine (D) stood on the Senate floor Tuesday afternoon to ask for unanimous...

The two NASA astronauts stuck in space after Boeing’s Starliner experienced issues earlier this year have been hit with a new delay. Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were part of Boeing’s long-delayed mission in early June. The initial launch was delayed several times due to thruster failures and helium leaks. Williams and Wilmore’s trip...

{beacon} Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story  Senate prepares for Kavanaugh 2.0 with Trump pick Hegseth Defense Department nominee Pete Hegseth's plan to release a woman who accused him of sexual assault from a confidentiality agreement sets the stage for a media...

Congressional leaders have struck a bipartisan deal to keep the government funded beyond a looming Dec. 20 shutdown deadline. Legislation rolled out by leadership on Tuesday would kick the Friday funding deadline to March 14 to buy more time for the next Congress and incoming president to hash out how the government should be funded...

House Intelligence Committee members sought to ease public worries Tuesday about drone sightings following a briefing, echoing law enforcement statements that there is nothing nefarious behind the activity even as some called for legislation to address the matter. Lawmakers on the panel met for more than two hours with 28 briefers from a slew of...

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Johnson faces backlash over shutdown negotiations House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) is facing heat within his party over his handling an end-of-year measure to avert a government shutdown this week. © Greg Nash The final text of...