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President Trump sought to tamp down a trade war with China on Wednesday, acknowledging that the 145 percent duty he slapped on Beijing is “very high” while appearing to be optimistic that he can strike a deal with Chinese President Xi Jinping to calm nerves in the U.S. markets. “We’re dealing with a lot of...

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story As measles cases increase, misinformation also spreads There are more than 600 measles cases in Texas alone as the U.S. outbreak spreads further. Federal health officials have said that number is also likely an undercount. © Adobe Stock...

House Speaker Mike Johnson criticized the ABC daytime talk show "The View" for mocking the Trump administration's efforts to increase birth rates, while the administration is reportedly considering new policies to encourage American women to have more children.

The clock is ticking on President Trump’s two-month timeline to reach a deal with Iran over its nuclear program, with the president signaling optimism ahead of a third round of talks later this week. But it's still unclear if Trump and Iran's leaders can find common ground between eliminating Iran's nuclear program, the maximalist U.S....

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Supreme Court considers reviving fuel producers' suit The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in a case that could revive a bid by fuel producers to axe California’s clean car standards. © AP Photo/Ted S. Warren The court was not considering the legality of the...

The White House on Wednesday brushed off a reported shouting match between Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Tesla CEO Elon Musk in the West Wing, chalking it up to disagreements among officials. "There are disagreements among the president’s staff and Cabinet sometimes, but we think that’s part of the healthy debate process,” press secretary Karoline...

Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University graduate who has been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), was denied permission from attending the birth of his first child, several reports confirmed Monday. Khalil’s attorneys wrote on Sunday to Melissa Harper, the director of ICE’s field office in New Orleans where he is being held, requesting for...

The group of House Democrats who traveled Monday to El Salvador were denied a meeting with wrongfully deported Maryland man Kilmar Abrego Garcia and said they are now demanding daily “proof of life.” Democratic Reps. Robert Garcia (Calif.), Maxwell Frost (Fla.), Yassamin Ansari (Ariz.) and Maxine Dexter (Ore.) comes on the heels of Maryland Sen....

Actor George Clooney said he doesn’t care if President Trump calls him a “second rate movie star,” among other criticisms. Clooney, one of the more prominent Democratic supporters in Hollywood, sat for an interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes” in March, during which he slammed Trump and shared more about his Broadway debut. After the interview...

President Trump endorsed two Republican candidates vying to be Arizona’s next governor. In a post Monday on Truth Social, Trump said he likes both GOP candidates, businesswoman Karrin Taylor Robson and Rep. Andy Biggs (Ariz.). “I like Karrin Taylor Robson of Arizona a lot, and when she asked me to Endorse her, with nobody else...

The ex-Fox News host was accused of sharing classified details about a U.S. attack on the Houthis with members of his family on Signal.

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Trump world circles wagons on Hegseth amid new scandal Trump World is playing defense amid mounting criticism of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after new revelations that he shared sensitive military information with family members. © AP...

Most California voters support the state’s efforts to increase health care coverage for migrants without legal status, a new survey found. According to a new survey from the University of California, Berkeley and Politico, 21 percent of surveyed voters believe the state should continue to offer Medicaid coverage to migrants without legal status, even if...

A GOP-led House panel sent a letter Monday asking Attorney General Pam Bondi to prosecute former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) for allegedly lying to the panel investigating his administration's COVID-19 pandemic-era nursing home policies. The letter renewed a referral made last fall by former Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio), who was chair of the...

Ryan Mindell, the executive director of the Texas Lottery Commission, has resigned effective immediately, a release from the agency said Monday. “Ryan Mindell notified the Texas Lottery Commission board of his resignation, effective today, April 21,” Robert Rivera, the agency’s chair, said in a statement. Rivera said Sergio Rey, the agency’s chief financial officer, will...

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story DOGE-linked official gets broad authority at Interior Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Thursday gave sweeping authority to an official with ties to Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). © Jose Luis Magana, Associated Press In a secretarial order, Burgum granted Tyler Hassen, Interior's assistant...

Steve Hilton, a former Fox News host, announced Monday he was entering the California gubernatorial race, looking to become Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) successor. In a video announcement posted to the social platform X, Hilton highlighted his past, growing up in London and eventually moving to California and becoming a U.S. citizen. The businessman, author...

President Trump on Monday complained of being “stymied at every turn” by the courts, arguing the administration can’t hold trials for migrants it plans to deport amid accusations they are gang members. The remark was Trump’s first on the topic since the Supreme Court agreed to intervene early Saturday morning, halting flights as the administration...

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Autism community decries RFK Jr. comments Members of the autism community are decrying Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent comments about the condition, and his pledge to find a cause for autism spectrum...

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Markets dive as Trump lays into ‘loser’ Powell President Trump is ramping up his attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, as officials have indicated the White House is exploring how to fire the Fed chair,...

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Thursday gave sweeping authority to an official with ties to Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). In a secretarial order, Burgum granted Tyler Hassen, who is the department’s assistant secretary for policy, management and budget, the authority to take “all necessary actions” to carry out “consolidation, unification and optimization”...

A former top Pentagon spokesperson said in an opinion piece published Sunday that the Department of Defense is in “disarray” under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. “It’s been a month of total chaos at the Pentagon. From leaks of sensitive operational plans to mass firings, the dysfunction is now a major distraction for the president —...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth allegedly shared attack plans in a Signal chat including his wife, brother and personal lawyer, The New York Times reported Sunday, citing four people familiar with the conversation. In mid-March, the Pentagon leader disclosed information in the chat about upcoming strikes in Yemen including the flight schedules of military aircraft targeting...

DHL, the international courier firm, will temporarily pause shipments to the U.S. for items with a declared value of more than $800, the company announced in a notice. The announcement said that, starting Monday, the company will stop collecting and shipping orders from businesses abroad to private individual customers in the U.S. if the declared...