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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters in Japan on Tuesday that the country’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will nominate President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. It was unclear if Takaichi’s nomination…
Comedian Jon Stewart on Monday took aim at House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) for repeatedly saying he does not follow news about President Trump when asked by reporters. In his Monday night broadcast, Stewart flippantly…
JD Vance is heading to Capitol Hill on Tuesday for lunch with Senate Republicans. The White House says the vice president is swinging by to talk tariffs, but it’ll be tough to divert the discussion…
Is there a point at which Republicans and the broader conservative movement take President Trump’s third-term push seriously and start trying to make it happen? His former adviser Steve Bannon told The Economist that there is “a plan” to make Trump…
Why Ontario Premier Doug Ford thought it was a good idea to “poke the bear” by running an ad highlighting President Ronald Reagan’s well-known defense of free trade is a mystery. President Trump does not take criticism…
President Trump met with Japan’s new prime minister Tuesday, just days after Sanae Takaichi took office. Lavishing praise, he told her, “Anything I can do to help Japan, we will be there. We are an…
Government shutdowns are harmful to the National Airspace System and weaken the U.S. economy. They are also stressful and distracting for the nearly 20,000 air traffic controllers and other aviation safety professionals represented by my organization —…
President Trump early Tuesday threatened to send more troops to cities amid his crackdown on crime, telling U.S. service members in Japan that some may need “more than the National Guard.” “We have cities in…
Morning Report is The Hill’s a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today’s issue: ▪ Trump returns to third-term flirtation ▪ Key GOP senator’s shutdown proposal ▪ SNAP benefits set to end ▪ First lady distances from East…
With Medicare prescription-drug benefits likely to make major formulary changes in 2026, beneficiaries who hope to minimize their costs at the pharmacy counter need to stay vigilant in the coming months. What do you need…
Most people assume that educational research is designed to help teachers and schools. After all, billions of taxpayer dollars flow to universities and think tanks with the expectation that the work they do will improve…
Beginning Saturday, Americans will be able to log into the federal Affordable Care Act exchange and choose their insurance plans for next year. Nov. 1. has been a key date in the shutdown fight, as…
Optimism is rising that President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping might be able to de-escalate recent tensions when they meet in South Korea on Thursday. The positive sentiment lifted U.S. financial markets on Monday…
Halloween is very clearly out of control. You could put it in dollars and cents: Americans will spend something like $13 billion on the holiday this year, almost four times more than we did 20…
Pressure is building on Democratic and Republican leaders to end the 28-day shutdown after the nation’s largest federal workers union called for an end to the stalemate as rank-and-rile GOP lawmakers sound the alarm over…
Democrats are demanding answers over President Trump’s decision to greenlight the unrestricted export of American-made firearms, saying the move risks empowering criminal and terrorist organizations, according to letters obtained exclusively by The Hill. Sen. Elizabeth…
Two years after the Supreme Court ruled to abolish affirmative action in higher education admissions, Black enrollment at selective universities is down, Asian American enrollment is up and the implications of the decision are becoming clearer. An analysis by The Associated Press…
The nation’s top schools have ramped up their spending on lobbying the federal government this year amid President Trump’s crackdown on higher education, disclosures filed last week show. Twenty-four top universities and one of the…
Virginia Democrats are bracing for the possibility of split-ticket results in the governor and attorney general races, which could pose a significant impact on policy and issues like redistricting. While former Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.)…
House Republicans are calling on the Justice Department to launch an investigation into the Biden administration’s use of an autopen, an effort they hope will unwind various actions taken by former President Biden. The 100-page…