Author: The Hill Staff

Files related to deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein are once again top of mind after the Justice Department released thousands of documents over the weekend.  Epstein survivors ripped the Justice Department on Monday over its handling of the case, calling on Congress to investigate the release.  Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are also…

President Trump will hit the next stop in his tour to tout his economic agenda on Friday evening: North Carolina. Trump has rated the economy under his second term an “A plus plus…” in recent weeks, arguing that affordability concerns and inflation were inherited from former President Biden and are being fixed by his administration….

President Trump on Wednesday evening is expected to give an address to the nation from the White House. “I look forward to ‘seeing’ you then. It has been a great year for our Country, and THE BEST IS YET TO COME!” the president wrote Tuesday on Truth Social, giving few details. The address comes as…

LIVE Video: House to vote on GOP-led health care bill, without ACA subsidies Just ahead of a House procedural vote Wednesday on a narrow, GOP-crafted health care bill, four Republican members defied their own leadership and joined a Democratic discharge petition that would force a vote on the House floor on extending Affordable Care Act…

President Trump will participate in a Hanukkah celebration at the White House Tuesday evening. The event comes as Jewish groups in the U.S. have urged their counterparts to increase security precautions after an attack during a Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, over the weekend. It was also recently revealed that a history-making menorah —…

Congressional lawmakers on Tuesday are scrambling to hammer out plans to address rising insurance premium costs before their holiday recess, as the expiration of Affordable Care Act subsidies looms large. The House Rules committee meets at 2 p.m., with the GOP leadership health plan on its agenda. Moderate Republicans will push for an amendment that…

House Republican leaders may allow an amendment vote that would extend ObamaCare subsidies. While a Friday meeting didn’t settle the issue, it was part of the conversation. The struggle to confront the expiration of Affordable Care Act subsidies and a subsequent rise in health care premiums has added to discontent on Capitol Hill, along with…

President Trump will give remarks Thursday evening at the White House as he hosts the Congressional Ball. The event comes after the Senate struck down dueling GOP and Democratic health care plans that aimed to address rising insurance premiums exacerbated by expiring subsidies under the Affordable Care Act. Construction is also ongoing on Trump’s $300…

Senators will go on record Thursday on competing health care plans that try to address enhanced ObamaCare tax subsidies set to expire at the end of the year. A vote on the Democrats’ three-year extension was promised as part of the end of the government shutdown. The GOP’s plan converts health insurance premium subsidies enacted…

The Senate Armed Services Committee is convening Thursday morning to hear testimony from military leaders on the Trump administration’s deployment of National Guard troops across the U.S. President Trump ramped up his immigration crackdown last month after two National Guard soldiers were shot not far from the White House — with one dying as a…