Author: Nermeen Nabil
A federal judge has blocked bans on the usage of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for soda enacted by the Trump administration. “Congress defined what ‘food’ is supposed to be, and it did not…
Donald Trump is about to come face to face with one of his frequent punching bags: Senate Republicans. They might just be in a mood to punch back. The president was invited to GOP senators’…
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), the chairman of the Senate Steering Committee, is circulating a plan among Senate Republicans to avoid another government shutdown later this year so that they can discuss it when President Trump…
The Trump administration is proposing to relax rules to make it easier for companies to drill for oil and gas on public lands. The Interior Department, which oversees federal lands, said that it would propose…
Welcome to The Hill’s Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Pentagon set to sell GOP lawmakers on funding goals Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth plans to give…
The Senate on Monday overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan bill aimed at lowering housing costs, sending the legislation to the House. The rare show of near-unanimous support comes as lawmakers hustle to score wins on affordability…
The Senate on Monday overwhelmingly passed a long-awaited bipartisan housing bill, which is expected to set the legislation on a glide path to President Donald Trump’s desk for signature as soon as this week. The…
Presented by Planned Parenthood {beacon} Health Care Health Care PRESENTED BY The Big Story Lawmakers raise alarms about NIH grant changes A group of House Democrats is calling on the Trump administration to rescind a…
Vice President Vance said on Monday that Iran will allow nuclear inspectors back into its country as negotiations between Washington and Iran continue to end the conflict in the Middle East. Iran has not confirmed…
Democratic strategist James Carville on Sunday encouraged Trump administration staffers to start leaking details about closed door dealings within the White House in an effort to save their careers. Carville has shared numerous predictions that…
Sen. Mitch McConnell will not return to the Senate this week, a spokesperson for the Kentucky Republican said Monday. “Senator McConnell is still working closely with staff on Senate business and Kentucky matters as he…
Comedian Bill Maher during his latest show mocked the Obama Presidential Center, which opened in Chicago last week. “It looks like something aliens built in Dubai,” Maher remarked on the Friday episode of HBO’s “Real…
More than 220 troops have contracted influenza at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, up from 160 reported last week in a major outbreak that comes less than two months after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth…
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday launched a new initiative to speed up early-stage clinical trials as part of an effort to reduce development timelines and reverse a growing trend of companies moving…
Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.) said that leaders in Tehran “want to wipe our civilization off the map,” comments that follow recent U.S.-Iran peace talks. “I hope that Vice President Vance and [Jared] Kushner and [Steve]…
House Republican appropriators are publicly rebuking the Trump administration for seeking must-have military cash through a party-line reconciliation bill that’s not guaranteed to clear Congress. In a report they plan to release later this week,…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will give a classified briefing to a group of House Republicans on military funding goals on Wednesday, as President Trump is pushing Congress to pass a $350 billion reconciliation package for…
Alan Dershowitz, a former defense attorney for late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, will appear before the House Oversight Committee on July 20 for a transcribed interview, according to two sources familiar with the planning. …
Soccer fans from around the world are expressing amazement and amusement at the food, customs and culture of the United States during the first two weeks of the World Cup. Supporters of countries from Europe to Asia and…
The House will begin consideration of a bipartisan housing bill Tuesday, with a final vote potentially taking place the same day, accelerating a previous plan to secure congressional passage of the legislation, according to four…