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Rashida Jones steps down as MSNBC president
Rashida Jones plans to step down as president of MSNBC, The Hill learned on Tuesday. Jones, who has served as the network’s top executive for four years, informed top anchors and MSNBC leaders of ...Jan. 14 - Politics -
Biden announces $770 payments to California wildfire victims
President Biden announced $770 one-time payments for victims of the California wildfires as part of the efforts to provide federal support amid the raging fires. “We’re not waiting until those ...Jan. 14 - Politics -
Trump rages after Smith report release: 'Lamebrain prosecutor'
President-elect Trump hammered Special Counsel Jack Smith following the prosecutor’s public release of his final report in the election subversion case, calling him a “lamebrain prosecutor.” ...Jan. 14 - Politics -
Schools brace for clash with immigration officials ahead of Trump term
K-12 schools across the U.S. are gearing up for potential efforts to shield their students as the incoming Trump administration sets its sights on deporting millions of people. Administrators and ...Jan. 14 - Politics -
Ossoff braces for expensive, marquee Georgia Senate race
Georgia Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff's first reelection bid, set to be a marquee 2026 Senate race, has both parties sharpening their knives. The GOP sees his seat as one of the best opportunities to ...Jan. 14 - Politics -
5 ways the debt limit fight could play out under Trump
President-elect Trump and congressional Republicans are plotting how to address the nation’s debt limit this year. The debt ceiling, which caps how much money the Treasury can owe to pay the ...Jan. 13 - Politics -
Jake Sullivan: 'We are so close' to ceasefire, hostage deal in Gaza
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Monday the U.S. is “so close to a ceasefire and hostage deal” in Gaza, as President Biden races to secure an agreement on a major foreign ...Jan. 13 - Politics -
Biden admin puts new restrictions on AI chip, technology exports
The Biden administration is further restricting the sale of advanced chips used to power and develop artificial intelligence (AI) amid growing concerns about the use of American-made AI by foreign ...Jan. 13 - Politics -
Trump Jr. joins betting market Kalshi as adviser
Donald Trump Jr. announced Monday he is joining Kalshi, a prediction market that allows users to bet on political developments, as a strategic adviser. "On Election night at Mar-a-Lago, while ...Jan. 13 - Politics -
Watch live: DC mayor holds briefing on inauguration safety
Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) will join other Washington, D.C., and federal authorities on Monday morning to brief the public on safety preparations for the inauguration of President-elect Trump. The ...Jan. 13 - Politics -
Police detain 2 near Vice President Harris’s LA-area home for curfew violation
Authorities established a curfew for areas impacted by the wildfires.Jan. 13 - Politics -
Morning Report — Trump team blitzes Senate
In today’s issue: The Cabinet nominees are officially going under the Senate’s microscope. Starting Tuesday, senators will hold hearings to confirm President-elect Trump’s picks to lead the ...Jan. 13 - Politics -
Rahm Emanuel steps down as Japan ambassador ahead of Trump inauguration
President Biden’s ambassador to Japan, Rahm Emanuel, will leave his position in Tokyo on Monday and return to the U.S., a traditional changing of the guard ahead of the swearing-in of a new ...Jan. 12 - Politics -
Will the ‘real’ Speaker Johnson please stand up?
Given the GOP’s razor-thin House majority, no one can be certain what the Speaker can and will do in 2025.Jan. 12 - Politics -
5 looming questions about California's devastating wildfires
An infernal barrage of blazes continues to ravage the Los Angeles metropolitan region, where the death toll has now risen to at least 10 individuals. While authorities have yet to identify precise ...Jan. 10 - Politics -
Carville: Reported $40M budget for Melania Trump Amazon documentary 'breathtaking'
Democratic strategist James Carville questioned the $40 million budget for Melania Trump’s documentary set to debut on Amazon Prime later this year. “You can produce a world-class documentary for ...Jan. 10 - Politics -
Fox Corp loses bid to be removed from Smartmatic lawsuit against Fox News
A court in New York has rejected a bid from Fox Corp. to toss a lawsuit from voting systems provider Smartmatic against Fox News. The New York appeals court on Thursday upheld a previous ruling ...Jan. 10 - Politics -
Paris Hilton shows Malibu home destroyed by wildfires: 'The heartbreak is truly indescribable'
Paris Hilton shared a glimpse at her Malibu home that was destroyed by the wildfires that have spread through California, saying the loss is "devastating beyond words." "I’m standing here in what ...Jan. 10 - Politics -
Donald Trump on interaction with Barack Obama: 'I don’t know, we just got along'
President-elect Trump opened up a little about his interaction with former President Obama at the funeral service for former President Carter Thursday, acknowledging that it looked "friendly." “It ...Jan. 10 - Politics -
Raskin calls for Alito to recuse himself from Trump case
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), a Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, called on Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to recuse himself from President-elect Trump’s hush money criminal case in a statement ...Jan. 9 - Politics -
Biden says intentional power outages to prevent more fires led to California water shortages
President Biden said Thursday intentional power outages in the Los Angeles area that were administered in order to prevent more fires from starting were partially to blame for water shortages as ...Jan. 9 - Politics -
Watch live: Biden to give remarks on California fires
President Biden will give brief remarks Thursday about the wildfires raging in the Los Angeles region that have killed at least five people, forced thousands to evacuate and caused irrevocable ...Jan. 9 - Politics -
Trump makes final stand in criminal cases as inauguration nears
President-elect Trump is making a final stand in his criminal cases as his White House return approaches, hoping to diminish what is left of his prosecutions before they are shelved. With less ...Jan. 9 - Politics -
Democrats kick off fight to protect ObamaCare subsidies in new Congress
Democrats in the House and Senate reintroduced legislation Thursday to permanently extend enhanced subsidies to help people afford insurance premiums on ObamaCare plans. Led by Sens. Jeanne ...Jan. 9 - Politics -
The risk of nuclear war continues to rise
As the world became more dangerous in 2024, the use of its most dangerous weapons has become more likely.Jan. 9 - Politics -
Amateur hour: We need to fine-tune post-COVID changes in college sports
The transfer portal and names, images and likeness (or NIL) endorsement deals together have created a formula for disaster in college sports.Jan. 9 - Politics -
Dockworkers union chief calls Trump 'hero' after reaching deal to avert strike
The head of the dockworkers union praised President-elect Trump for his support amid contract negotiations with port operators, particularly on the issue of automation. The International ...Jan. 9 - Politics -
Before Elon Musk and DOGE, there was Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter's Inspector General Act of 1978 led to the creation of the Department of Justice's Inspector General, which has since issued reports critical of the FBI's role in the 2016 election, ...Jan. 9 - Politics -
Dockworkers reach tentative deal to avert damaging strike
Dockworkers and longshoremen struck a tentative deal Wednesday night to avoid a damaging strike ahead of a looming January deadline. “This is a win-win agreement that creates ILA jobs, supports ...Jan. 8 - Politics -
Mexico's president hits back at Trump over 'Gulf of America': 'We're going to call it Mexican America'
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum dove into President-elect Trump’s chatter of geopolitical rearrangement Wednesday, proposing a name change for North America in response to Trump’s musings about ...Jan. 8 - Politics -
Why a return to Obama-era policy on Cuba would be a big mistake
Advocates for returning to the Obama Cuba policy would have the United States join in the complicity of the European Union and Canada in subsidizing with tax dollars a 65-year-old dictatorshipJan. 8 - Politics -
Daniel Penny seeks dismissal of lawsuit by subway chokehold victim's father
Daniel Penny, a former U.S. Marine who was acquitted of criminal charges in the death of a Black man on a New York City subway, has filed to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the victim's father. In ...Jan. 8 - Politics -
Biden’s new Social Security law is official — but implementing it under Trump will be a challenge
The Social Security Administration will now begin issuing large back payments to millions of individuals; however, it is unlikely the agency has the bandwidth to implement the new benefit structure ...Jan. 8 - Politics -
Democrats, not Trump, have been shattering our democratic norms
Democrats are patting themselves on the back for not trying to overturn an election they clearly lost. Don't forget that it's the first time they've done that since 1988, and that they've been ...Jan. 8 - Politics -
Colleges prepare for new legal and political terrain under Trump
Colleges and universities are preparing for new legal and political territory as President-elect Trump returns to office. Concerns for international students, GOP attacks on higher education and ...Jan. 8 - Politics -
White House readies nicotine proposal in administration's final days
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story FDA rule to lower nicotine levels closes in on finish line The Food and Drug Administration is poised to try ...Jan. 7 - Politics -
GOP senator: Biden's eleventh-hour actions 'slap in the face' to Trump voters
Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) says that President Biden’s moves in the final days of his presidency to ban offshore drilling, grant clemency to hundreds of Americans convicted of crimes, and ...Jan. 7 - Politics -
More Americans say immigration a top priority: Survey
Nearly half of Americans said immigration should be a top priority for President-elect Trump to tackle in 2025, according to a survey released Tuesday. The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public ...Jan. 7 - Politics -
Speaker Johnson: ‘Intention’ is to increase debt limit in massive Trump agenda bill
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said that congressional Republicans plan to increase the nation’s borrowing limit as a part of a massive party-line bill that they are crafting that will encapsulate ...Jan. 7 - Politics -
Washington Post cutting 4 percent of workforce
The Washington Post plans to cut nearly 4 percent of its total workforce in the coming days, the company said Tuesday. A Post spokesperson said the cuts are part of plans to make larger changes ...Jan. 7 - Politics