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Florida Republican leaders in the state Legislature pushed back on Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) call for a special session to implement President-elect Trump’s immigration agenda, calling the move “premature.” In a letter addressed to their fellow legislators, state Senate President Ben Albritton (R) and state House Speaker Daniel Perez (R) said they were not aware...

Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna asked community members to be patient with local officials, as residents eagerly await permission to return to their homes in Southern California, where tens of thousands of acres have been decimated by wildfires in the past week. At a press conference on Monday, Luna said officials are still searching...

President-elect Trump and congressional Republicans are plotting how to address the nation’s debt limit this year. The debt ceiling, which caps how much money the Treasury can owe to pay the country’s bills, was reestablished earlier this month after being suspended for the past year and half. The national debt now stands at more than...

Special counsel David Weiss defended his handling of the Hunter Biden investigation in a final report capping his multiyear probe into the president’s son. Weiss pushed back against President Biden’s decision to pardon his son, as he was facing both tax and gun charges in two different states. Read the report below.

The Laken Riley Act on Monday cleared a second procedural hurdle in the Senate as talk turns to an amendment push by Democrats in order to potentially make alterations to the bill. Senators voted 82-10 on the motion to proceed to the legislation, allowing the chamber to begin debate. The legislation would mandate federal detention...

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Trump to decide fate of free preventative care under ACA The Trump administration will have to decide whether to defend a key part of the Affordable Care Act, after the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case challenging...

Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (Ill.) on Monday announced that he will vote for Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) to become the next secretary of State, a sign that Rubio is on a path to be confirmed on President-elect Trump’s first day of office with overwhelming support. “I believe Senator Rubio has a thorough understanding of...

President-elect Trump's inaugural parade is set to feature a garbage truck from an earlier stunt in Green Bay, Wis., a spokesperson with the president-elect’s inaugural committee confirmed to The Hill on Monday. While in Wisconsin in late October, the president-elect entered a garbage truck themed to his campaign, trying to draw attention to comments from...

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Biden announces student loan relief for 150,000 A recent round of student loan forgiveness by President Biden brings the total number of individuals impacted by debt relief in his term to more than 5 million. ...

Trump and his eye for successful business deals are now trained on countries instead of buildings and hotels. When he looks at certain troubled countries, he seemingly asks himself, “Well, what if we just bought it and made it part of the U.S.?”

Comedian Bill Maher declared, with the second Trump administration set to enter the White House later this month, he is not “gonna pre-hate anything,” saying in an interview that he will “hope for the best.” But if something “serious” occurs, he will discuss it on air.  “I’m not going to chase every rabbit down the...

The death toll from the raging wildfires in Southern California has gone up to 11 people, according to a Friday update from the County of Los Angeles Department of Medical Examiner (DME).  Five fire-related deaths occurred because of the Palisades Fire while six were related to the Eaton Fire. Currently, there are six fires actively...

Outgoing FBI Director Christopher Wray stressed during his farewell address that the bureau must sidestep “partisanship and politics” in maintaining “independence” and “objectivity.” Wray delivered his speech during a farewell ceremony at FBI headquarters, days before he is expected to resign from the post he has held for over seven years. He emphasized the FBI...

President-elect Trump said he will create an environmental advisory group lead by his former environmental consultant. “I am pleased to announce that Ed Russo, an Environmental Expert, will lead our Environmental Advisory Task Force, which will advise my Administration on initiatives to create great jobs and protect our natural resources, by following my policy of...

A man who was detained by citizens shortly after a wildfire exploded near Calabasas and West Hills is not accused of starting the fire, authorities announced Friday morning. Los Angeles police responded to Woodland Hills at around 4:30 p.m. local time Thursday when a 911 caller said a man was attempting to light a fire...

President Biden opted Friday to voluntarily take a host of questions from the press after delivering remarks on the day’s job report, a speech that had been put on the White House schedule last minute. The White House has been peppered with questions recently over whether Biden would hold an end-of-term press conference but would...

The Supreme Court will hear a case determining the fate of free preventive services under the Affordable Care Act. In a brief order issued Friday, the justices said they will consider whether members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force were constitutionally appointed. The Affordable Care Act requires insurers and group health plans to...

The Supreme Court decided Friday to take up the Biden administration’s appeal defending its proposal to ease applications for the Borrower Defense student debt relief program.   In a brief order, the justices agreed to review an appeals court ruling that favored a challenge brought by an association of schools in Texas that argue the...

The New Orleans Police Department released a body camera video of officers fatally shooting a man who earlier had driven a rented vehicle into a crowd of people on Bourbon Street, killing 14 and injuring dozens more.  The video, which was released Friday, shows the aftermath of Army veteran Shamsud-Din Jabbar crashing a white Ford...

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Earth sees scorching temps in hottest year on record: NOAA Earth saw its hottest year ever recorded last year, according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released Friday. © AP In 2024, Earth overall saw its highest global temperature dating...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) invited President-elect Trump to California on Friday amid a war of words between the two leaders over the Los Angeles area wildfires.  “In this spirit of this great country, we must not politicize human tragedy or spread disinformation from the sidelines,” Newsom wrote in a letter to Trump. “Hundreds of...

President-elect Trump’s two co-defendants in the Mar-a-Lago case are asking U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon to further stay any release of special counsel Jack Smith’s final report. If successful, the move would likely run out the clock, tying the matter up in court with little time to spare before Trump’s inauguration. Trump and his co-defendants have turned...

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Democrats prep case for extended ACA subsidies The extended Affordable Care Act subsidies credited with boosting health coverage in the U.S. expire at the end of this year. Democrats are preparing for a fight to keep these subsidies...

The final defendant from the first Oath Keepers trial was sentenced Friday to time served for conduct stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.   Thomas Caldwell, a U.S. Navy veteran from Virginia, was convicted in 2022 alongside Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes. Prosecutors said he played a central role in the antigovernment militia’s planning...