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The Justice Department doubled down on its demand that the Supreme Court step in to greenlight President Trump’s firing of a government whistleblower office head, warning in a Wednesday letter that he is still “wielding executive power.” The high court last week punted on the emergency motion to immediately terminate U.S. Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger,...

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on Wednesday paused an effort to terminate hundreds of contracts after pressure from Democrat lawmakers, according to Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee ranking member Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.). The major reversal, which came a day after VA Secretary Doug Collins publicly touted the cancellation of up to 875 contracts in a...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said on Wednesday that a stopgap to avert a government shutdown next month is “becoming inevitable” and that it will probably be as “clean” as possible, as both sides have struggled for weeks to strike a full-year funding deal. Pressed about the prospect of a six-month stopgap, also known as a...

A Democratic-led resolution to end President Trump’s declaration of an “energy emergency” failed along party lines Wednesday afternoon. Sens. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) introduced the measure earlier in February as a privileged matter, meaning the Republican majority was required to give it a vote in the following weeks. The Senate voted not...

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story OPM tells agencies to plan for mass layoffs A Wednesday memo from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) directs agencies across government to turn over plans for widespread layoffs...

Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) went after President Trump in a Wednesday Fox News op-ed, accusing him of “making America expensive again.” “One month into his term, President Trump is making America expensive again, and everyone is feeling the pain,” Coons said in the opinion piece. “Last year, President Donald Trump ran against inflation, saying when...

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story US sees first measles death in a decade A growing measles outbreak in West Texas claimed its first victim — an unvaccinated school-aged child. The death was the first of its kind in the U.S. since 2015. ©...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) directed the state’s parole board to evaluate the risk of possibly granting clemency to Erik and Lyle Menendez. Newsom’s announcement came on a teaser trailer Wednesday for his new podcast, “This is Gavin Newsom.” “So, we’re getting a lot of questions, a lot of calls about something that’s getting a...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) notched a significant win Tuesday night when he muscled the House GOP’s budget resolution through the chamber in a stunning — and dramatic — vote, flipping a trio of hard-line conservative holdouts at the last minute to clinch victory. But that was just the start. With the “one big, beautiful bill” budget resolution...

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) has signed an order “to combat the cartels, stop drug smuggling, and secure Arizona’s border,” the governor said in a Tuesday news release. The executive order requires a joint task force named “Operation Desert Guardian” to be set up by the Grand Canyon State’s Department of Public Safety, Department of...

The White House on Tuesday unveiled the interim administrator at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) as Amy Gleason. The disclosure of the interim administrator’s identity came in the wake of consistent reporter questioning and the White House saying that tech billionaire Elon Musk is technically uninvolved with DOGE, despite the fact that Musk has...

Jacqui Heinrich, Fox News's senior White House correspondent, sharply criticized the White House's decision to take over the press pool from the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA), which has governed the press pool for decades. Heinrich, in a post on X, pushed back on press secretary Karoline Leavitt's claim that "we are giving the power...

Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) announced he's running for Florida governor on Tuesday, becoming the first major candidate to jump into the race. “I’m here to announce my candidacy as the next governor of the great state of Florida,” Donalds told Fox News’ Sean Hannity. “We have a great governor. Ron DeSantis has done a tremendous job...

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Hegseth visits Gitmo Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday visited Naval Station Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to see U.S. migrant detention operations up close, amid reports that the Trump administration is struggling with tent structures built there....

Kim Kardashian is facing a lawsuit after she posted a photo of New York resident Ivan Cantu and incorrectly identified him as the death row inmate in Texas bearing the same name. On Feb. 26, 2024, Kardashian posted the photo of the plaintiff to her Instagram story and wrote, in all caps, “The state will...

House Republican leadership is working to pass a budget resolution on Tuesday to pave the way for President Trump's agenda, but opposition has emerged from all sides of the conference.

House Republicans adopted the budget resolution that will lay the foundation for enacting President Trump's legislative agenda Tuesday night, just minutes after they initially pulled the measure from the floor. The legislation — which provides a framework for Republican priorities on tax, border, and energy in “one big beautiful bill” — was approved in a...

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) delivered a short and blunt message to tech billionaire Elon Musk on Tuesday when approached by a reporter outside the Capitol. “If you could speak directly to Elon Musk, what would you say?” the reporter asked, in a clip now widely circulated on social media. “F--- off,” Crockett responded. The Hill...

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Trump pitches ‘gold card’ to replace EB5 investor visa The Trump administration said Tuesday that it would increase the funds required to secure the status while dubbing the new option a “gold card.” © AP Commerce...

House GOP leaders brought their budget resolution to the floor for the vote, just minutes after pulling it at the last minute Tuesday evening as they struggled to win over a handful of conservative fiscal hawks who had threatened to tank the framework for President Trump's ambitious legislative agenda. In a stunning scene on the...

The American Federation of Teachers sued the Trump administration Tuesday over its warning to schools that they may lose federal funding if they persist with diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Baltimore, alleges the Education Department’s Feb. 14 “Dear Colleague” letter is unconstitutionally vague and runs afoul of the...

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Industry makes case for PBMs ahead of Capitol Hill hearing A measure to change how the pharmacy benefit manager industry operates failed to make it into the last government funding bill, but lawmakers are still turning up the...

Click for more from The Hill. {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Judge indefinitely pauses Trump spending freeze A federal judge on Tuesday indefinitely blocked the Trump administration’s freeze of federal funding, dealing a stark blow to President Trump’s sweeping efforts to realign government spending with his agenda. © Rebecca...