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Iran vows new uranium enrichment facility after watchdog determines noncompliance

Iran announced Thursday it will launch a new uranium enrichment facility after the United Nations nuclear watchdog determined the country was not...

yesterday 20

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Sarah Fortinsky

Democrat who served in Afghanistan raises concerns about Marines in LA

Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.), who commanded a Marine platoon in Afghanistan, is raising concerns about President Trump's deployment of Marines...

yesterday 10

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Tara Suter

Air India flight with more than 240 aboard crashes at Ahmedabad

An Air India passenger flight with more than 240 people on board crashed Thursday shortly after taking off in the Indian city of Ahmedabad,...

yesterday 9

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Sarah Fortinsky

Jeffries all but dares Texas GOP to redraw district lines: 'Careful what you wish for'

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) sees a potential path to a Democratic majority in an unlikely place: deep-red Texas.  The White...

yesterday 30

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Mike Lillis

California, coalition of states sue Trump over move to revoke EV mandate

California officials on Thursday filed their 26th lawsuit against the Trump administration, after the president signed resolutions overturning the...

yesterday 30

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Sharon Udasin

Trump's former surgeon general rips RFK Jr's purge of vaccine board

President Trump's former surgeon general blasted Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy's Jr.'s decision to fire the entirety of a...

yesterday 20

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Joseph Choi

Democrat tears into 'embarrassment' Hegseth: 'Get the hell out'

Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Calif.) on Thursday lambasted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, calling him an "embarrassment" and demanding he resign over a...

yesterday 10

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Ellen Mitchell

Bessent claims tariffs aren't taxes

Treasury Department Secretary Scott Bessent insisted Thursday that tariff are not taxes, defying the widely accepted economic and financial...

yesterday 10

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Tobias Burns

Republicans lay groundwork for 'total tax cliff' at end of Trump’s term

Congressional Republicans are laying the groundwork for a tax cliff at the end of President Trump’s term in office. While the conference is pushing...

yesterday 8

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Tobias Burns

Self-driving cars: Fewer accidents may not lead to cheaper insurance

Self-driving cars could lead to fewer accidents in the future, but lower insurance prices aren't guaranteed.

yesterday 6

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Andrew Dorn

Karen Bass thrust back into hot seat amid LA unrest

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) is grappling with the second high-profile crisis of her tenure as immigration protests roil her city, months after...

yesterday 5

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Julia Mueller

Trump’s new travel ban leaves narrow openings for challengers

The Trump administration’s travel ban presents a complex case for immigration advocates who have challenged previous efforts by President Trump to...

yesterday 5

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Rebecca Beitsch

Cassidy in a bind as RFK Jr. blows up vaccine policy

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has put Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) in a political bind, squeezed by his loyalty to...

yesterday 5

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Nathaniel Weixel

Democratic governors face contentious hearing on sanctuary cities

A trio of high-profile Democratic governors is set to take center stage on Capitol Hill in what is likely to be a contentious hearing on sanctuary...

yesterday 5

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Julia Manchester

Don’t overlook the Big Labor funding behind the LA protests

SEIU-affiliated care providers in the Golden State need to ask themselves how Huerta’s embarrassing spectacle helps enhance their pay, benefits and...

yesterday 6

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Aaron Withe, Opinion Contributor

Traveling in the Trump era: No, you don't have to apologize for being American

Get over yourself — most foreigners care less about our domestic politics than you think.

yesterday 5

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Daniel Allott, Opinion Contributor

Senate GOP unveil long-awaited SNAP proposals for Trump bill

Senate Republicans on Wednesday rolled out a suite of proposed changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) as a key component...

yesterday 10

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Aris Folley

Morning Report — Trump dismisses Democratic second guessing 

In today’s issue: President Trump’s Justice Department today will argue in a federal district court that California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has no...

yesterday 4

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Alexis Simendinger

Padilla forcibly removed from Noem press conference

Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) was forcibly removed from a press conference Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is holding in Los Angeles. Video...

yesterday 2

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Rebecca Beitsch

Republicans urge ICE to prioritize those facing violent crime charges for deportation

Six Hispanic Republicans are urging the Trump administration to prioritize deporting migrants facing charges for violent crimes as immigration...

yesterday 1

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Emily Brooks

Senate Republicans confirm Billy Long as IRS chief 

Senate Republicans on Thursday voted to confirm former Rep. Billy Long (R-Mo.) as the next leader of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The...

yesterday 1

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Aris Folley

Walmart heiress funds anti-Trump ad

Billionaire Walmart heiress Christy Walton has taken aim at President Trump by sponsoring a full-page ad in the New York Times, encouraging people...

yesterday 1

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Elizabeth Crisp

Thomas Massie and Warren Davidson: Two Republican profiles in courage

Massie and Davidson have earned their place as the most principled Republicans in the House by sticking with their beliefs when faced with...

yesterday 4

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Colin Pascal, Opinion Contributor

Republicans drub Democrats 13–2 in fifth straight Congressional Baseball Game win

Republicans once again defeated the Democrats at the Congressional Baseball Game on Wednesday 13-2, marking the GOP's fifth straight win in the...

yesterday 4

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Miriam Waldvogel

Where have all the fiscal conservatives gone?

GOP leaders made balanced budgets a governing credo for a generation. As recently as 2024, the Senate adopted a Republican resolution calling the...

yesterday 4

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Ross Levine, Opinion Contributor

There are risks and rewards to moving manufacturing from China to India

American companies have for decades turned a blind eye to China’s authoritarianism, lured by cheaper goods while ignoring the nation’s hegemonic...

yesterday 1

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Thomas Heger, Opinion Contributor

Trump job approval at 38 percent in new survey

President Trump’s approval rating dipped to 38 percent, the lowest of his second term, according to the latest poll from Quinnipiac University. In...

yesterday 0

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Sarah Fortinsky

Video shows Air India plane descending, moment of crash

The BBC has verified video footage showing the Air India passenger flight descending moments before it crashed on Thursday. The video was taken...

yesterday 0

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Sarah Fortinsky

Latino civil rights group warns against 'reckless behavior' at protests

The nation's largest Latino civil rights organization is warning against "reckless behavior" at protests as demonstrations against President...

yesterday 0

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Tara Suter

CIA releases more RFK assassination records

The CIA has released an additional 54 documents in its third round of declassifying papers related to the 1968 assassination of former Sen. Robert...

yesterday 0

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Jared Gans

Live updates: Dem governors testify on sanctuary states amid protests over Trump's immigration raids

Three Democratic governors are appearing before the House Oversight Committee on Thursday morning to address sanctuary states, a topic well-timed...

yesterday 0

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Jared Gans

DHS sends out provocative new poster

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a new poster online featuring World War II imagery, urging citizens to help locate and report...

yesterday 0

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Dominick Mastrangelo

Hogg: Too many Democratic leaders 'asleep at the wheel'

David Hogg said too many Democratic leaders were “asleep at the wheel” as he announced late Wednesday that he would forgo seeking reelection as...

yesterday 0

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Caroline Vakil

Watch live: Jeffries holds press conference amid LA protest turmoil

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries will give remarks Thursday morning as demonstrations sprout up nationwide in protest of President Trump's...

yesterday 0

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The Hill Staff

Watch live: Trump holds bill-signing ceremony at White House

President Trump on Thursday morning will hold a bill-signing ceremony at the White House. He is expected to sign three congressional resolutions...

yesterday 0

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The Hill Staff

Cassidy, Warnock host National Seersucker Day at the Capitol

SPOTTED: A bipartisan group of senators sporting smiles in their seersuckers — and potentially proving that stripes could actually be what brings...

yesterday 0

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Judy Kurtz

Supreme Court revives lawsuit over mistaken FBI raid

The Supreme Court on Thursday revived an Atlanta family’s lawsuit over a botched FBI raid on its home in 2017 but put off deciding the case's...

yesterday 0

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Ella Lee

Geomagnetic storming could spark northern lights this weekend: What to know

Some of us could see the northern lights this weekend.

yesterday 0

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Addy Bink

The great American race to the bottom  

In American politics, the more you know, the less you like. 

yesterday 0

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Keith Naughton, Opinion Contributor

The Rahm Emanuel I know: Separating caricature from character

Any conventional wisdom diminishing his ability to compete is unwise. That’s because Emanuel can’t be easily discounted. He deserves more than just...

yesterday 0

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Steve Israel, Opinion Contributor

Hegseth's long week on Capitol Hill

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Hegseth's long...

yesterday 0

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Ellen Mitchell

Who is the sole survivor of Indian airline crash that killed 241

An Air India commercial jet carrying more than 200 passengers en route to London crashed minutes after taking off Thursday morning from the Indian...

yesterday 0

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Filip Timotija

Greene calls for Padilla to be charged over incident

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Thursday Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) should be charged after being apprehended by law enforcement during...

yesterday 0

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Ashleigh Fields

Judge blocks Trump’s National Guard deployment in Los Angeles

A federal judge on Thursday ruled President Trump must return control of California’s National Guard to Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) by Friday afternoon,...

yesterday 0

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Ella Lee

Rubio: US 'not involved' in Israel's strike inside Iran

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday evening the U.S. was not involved in Israeli strikes inside Iran in an effort to distance Washington...

yesterday 0

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Alex Gangitano

Padilla denies claims he lunged at Noem during LA press conference

Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) denied the Trump administration’s claims that he lunged at Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during a Thursday...

yesterday 0

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Ashleigh Fields

Swalwell calls for Noem to resign following Padilla incident

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) called for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem to resign after Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.)...

yesterday 0

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Filip Timotija

Appeals court temporarily lifts judge’s block on Trump’s National Guard deployment 

A federal appeals court panel late Thursday temporarily lifted a judge’s order ruling President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard illegal,...

yesterday 0

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Zach Schonfeld

Israeli strikes in Iran kill Revolutionary Guards chief

The Israeli military’s overnight attack inside Iran killed Tehran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Crops (IRGC) Commander Hossein Salami, according...

yesterday 0

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Filip Timotija

Durbin launches investigation into Ed Martin

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, has launched an investigation into Ed Martin, who serves as both the...

yesterday 6

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Rebecca Beitsch