The death of Russian lab technician researching the plague has set off alarms abroad and at home as observers note resemblances to the conditions that some theorized preceded the COVID-19 pandemic. Reports emerged last week…
The U.S. trade deficit rose to a 17-month high in August, topping $100 billion for the first time since March 2025. U.S. imports of goods and services that month were worth $105.6 billion more than…
The lawsuit argues that the jail’s visitation policy prevents Catholic detainees from practicing important parts of their faith.
The Trump administration is signaling a change in course on Sudan, facing months of failed diplomacy to achieve a ceasefire in the more than three-year conflict, a fight largely between two main warring factions but…
President Trump said Tuesday repairs to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool are close to complete and should be refilled with water “this week,” but still touted unfounded claims of vandalism. “I think they’re going to…
Planned Parenthood is investing an additional $1 million in ad buys to boost Democratic Senate candidates in Maine and Michigan. The latest investment in the states by Planned Parenthood Votes — a super PAC affiliated…
The Trump administration told a federal appeals panel Tuesday that a lower court erred in blocking Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s handpicked appointees from serving on a key vaccine advisory panel. Justice Department attorney Matthew…
The U.S. is refreshing its call for Americans not to travel to Russia in the wake of a suspected case of pneumonic plague in Siberia. In a post on the social platform X on Tuesday,…
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.) is jumping into the race to lead House education committee Democrats. The Oregon Democrat officially declared she will run to be the top Democrat on the House Education and Workforce Committee…
President Trump said Tuesday that American taxpayers will get a 40 percent stake in the planned shipyard in Sparrows Point, Md., an unincorporated industrial area in Baltimore County, which he visited Tuesday. “In the ultimate…
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare The Big Story HHS revamps price transparency rules The Trump administration is revamping its transparency rules, trying to make health insurers clearly publish…
President Trump blamed the widespread student-led protests in France on Islam and “out of control mass migration” on Tuesday. “What’s happening in France is nothing less than out of control mass migration. This isn’t about…
A new whistleblower complaint accuses the White House as well as top leadership at the Justice Department and the FBI of directing agents to open investigations into Los Angeles protestors, violating the Constitution and bureau…
BETHLEHEM, Pennsylvania — Speaker Mike Johnson defended President Donald Trump’s use of taxpayer funded political-themed ads ahead of the election, but he said it was “good” that MAGA Inc. would pay for them going forward.…
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) did not give a clear answer during a Tuesday debate on if he would serve his full term if he were to be reelected in November, according to multiple reports.…
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Trump’s ‘Super Intelligence Force’ gives glimpse into AI approach President Trump’s selection of four administration officials to head up his new “Super Intelligence Force” is offering a window…
Lawyers for a former U.S. Olympian cleared of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool are asking federal watchdogs to investigate how the Justice Department built a felony case against him before prosecutors concluded he was…
Support for Medicare for All jumped to 66 percent among U.S. adults in 2026, highest since 2016, according to polling results published Tuesday. Health research group KFF found that 32 percent of those surveyed strongly…
The Cook Political Report, an election handicapper, is shifting its odds for Senate races in Kansas, North Carolina and New Hampshire toward Democrats. The changes show how unfavorable the political environment continues to be for…
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is predicting that Democrats will waste no time impeaching President Trump if they win control of the lower chamber in the midterm elections. “It’s guaranteed, probably on the first day…