Key committee could advance stalled health policy overhaul

Watch live: House panel convenes hearing on USAID amid DOGE overhaul

The House Foreign Affairs Committee is holding a hearing Thursday morning looking into what GOP leadership has called the "betrayal" of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The ...

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Czech Dam Project Was Stalled by Bureaucracy. Beavers Built Their Own.

The dam project, drafted in 2018 and based on a former military training site south of Prague, had been delayed by land negotiations. Local beavers built several dams, saving the government more ...

The New York Times - 12h

The Eagles' roster overhaul between two Super Bowl titles is an NFL rarity

Seven years after Doug Pederson and Nick Foles delivered Philadelphia its first Super Bowl title, Nick Sirianni and Jalen Hurts did it again with a 40-22 win over Kansas City in Super Bowl 59

ABC News - 1d

Two key steps the UK could take on fiscal pressures and growth

Government should consider handing over inflation target to BoE and issue more index-linked gilts

Financial Times - 8h

Elon Musk’s DOGE Overhauls the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

The upheaval at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau offers a glimpse into the playbook that Elon Musk and other Trump allies seem to be writing in real time.

The New York Times - 11h

Senate GOP moves first to advance Trump priorities in race with House

Senate Republicans on Wednesday fired the opening salvo in the battle to implement President Trump's agenda by advancing a budget resolution focused on immigration and military priorities, putting ...

The Hill - 13h

3 policy lessons from the DeepSeek panic

The DeepSeek chatbot launch has highlighted the need for policymakers to reconsider their approach to intellectual property rights, antitrust enforcement, and export controls in order to support ...

The Hill - 16h

First DOGE committee hearing becomes referendum on Elon Musk

The star of the first Delivering on Government Efficiency subcommittee hearing in the House Wednesday was an individual not in attendance: Elon Musk. Democrats on the panel took intense aim at ...

The Hill - 18h

Senate Votes to Advance RFK Jr's Health Secretary Nomination

The Senate voted along party lines to advance the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for health secretary to the floor for a final vote, likely Thursday.

The New York Times - 19h

House Republicans unveil blueprint to advance Trump's agenda

House Republicans on Wednesday released a blueprint they intend to use to advance President Trump’s legislative agenda, breaking through an impasse that had stymied the conference for days. The ...

The Hill - 21h

Watch Fed Chair Powell speak live before House Financial Services Committee

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell returns to Capitol Hill on Wednesday for the second day of his semiannual updates on monetary policy.

CNBC - 22h

Bottom Line: SpaceX signs former chief to House Armed Services Committee chair

Elon Musk’s SpaceX hired Williams and Jensen to lobby on issues related to the national security launch, a Department of Defense program that utilizes commercial launch services to deploy military ...

The Hill - 1d

What are the key lawsuits against the Trump administration?

Since President Trump's inauguration three weeks ago, he has taken dozens of actions in an attempt to reshape the government and his executive power. Many have been met with legal challenges. CBS ...

CBS News - 1d

House GOP skeptical it can advance Trump agenda by week’s end

House Republicans are growing increasingly skeptical that they can advance a framework for President Trump’s ambitious legislative agenda by the end of the week, with internal disagreements over ...

The Hill - 1d

'A lot of people will die': How Trump's USAID overhaul could lead to famine in Sudan

President Donald Trump’s 90-day freeze on all foreign aid could not have come at a worse time for Sudan, which is facing famine amid it's 2-year civil war.

NBC News - 1d

Pope criticizes Trump administration's immigration policies

Pope Francis criticized President Trump’s mass deportation plans in a letter urging compassion and the preservation of dignity for migrants in the U.S. The pope, in his letter, recognized “the ...

The Hill - 1d

Watch Fed Chair Powell testify live before the Senate Banking Committee

Powell delivers his semiannual remarks on monetary policy and the economy this week on Capitol Hill.

CNBC - 1d

Watch live: Powell testifies before Senate Banking Committee

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will sit before the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday morning to testify on the agency's monetary policy. The hearing comes as interest rates were held steady ...

The Hill - 1d

Biden’s in-office work policy harmed federal employee retention. Trump’s could destroy it.

President Trump's return-to-office mandate could lead to an even worse brain drain, as experienced employees leave and those with fewer skills or prospects remain.

The Hill - 1d

Senate committee advances Tulsi Gabbard's nomination as director of national intelligence

A Senate committee has advanced the nomination of Tulsi Gabbard to be the next director of national intelligence with a final vote in the full Senate expected this week. CBS News congressional ...

CBS News - 2d

EU plans radical budget overhaul handing more power to capitals

Bloc’s 50 spending programmes to be lumped into 3 funds, according to paper

Financial Times - 2d

Senate Advances Gabbard, Signaling Quick Confirmation

The test vote indicated that despite early reservations even among some Republicans, the former Democratic congresswoman had the necessary support to be confirmed in a vote expected by Wednesday.

The New York Times - 2d

NIH cuts could stall medical progress for lifesaving treatments, experts say

Doctors and researchers across academic institutions fear that the National Institutes of Health’s decision to cut indirect research funding could stall medical progress and negatively affect ...

NBC News - 2d

House cats with bird flu could pose a risk to public health

More than 80 domestic cats have been confirmed to have had bird flu since 2022. Experts say there's a risk that cats could transmit the virus to people in the future.

ABC News - 2d

Ecuador's conservative incumbent, leftist lawyer advance to presidential runoff

The contest, set for April 13 pitting President Daniel Noboa and Luisa González, will be a repeat of the October 2023 snap election that earned Noboa a 16-month presidency.

NBC News - 2d

The Eagles Gambled on a Defensive Overhaul. Then They Stopped Patrick Mahomes.

Philadelphia made a two-time reigning champion that only lost two games all season look like losing was all it ever did, a columnist for The Athletic writes.

The New York Times - 3d

House, Senate Republicans race each other to advance Trump agenda

House and Senate Republicans are racing each other this week to see who can advance President Trump’s sprawling domestic agenda, as the two chambers move forward with their contrasting legislative ...

The Hill - 3d

Ecuador's conservative incumbent and a leftist lawyer advance to presidential runoff

Ecuador will choose its next president in a runoff election after conservative incumbent Daniel Noboa and leftist lawyer Luisa González garnered enough votes Sunday to beat 14 other candidates

ABC News - 3d

Sudan army plans new government as it advances in capital

Yahoo News - 3d

UK lacks coherent rural policy, says environment committee chair

Alistair Carmichael calls on government to engage with ‘disaffected’ communities as farmers set for latest protest

Financial Times - 3d

How Chiefs' stalled quest compares with others in the NFL

Kansas City missed the chance to become the first team in NFL history to win three consecutive Super Bowls.

ESPN - 3d

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem endorses plan to overhaul FEMA

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Sunday that she is in favor of getting rid of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in its current form.

NBC News - 3d

CBS News correspondents and contributors on the impact of the Trump administration overhaul

Amid the Trump administration's bureaucratic overhaul, CBS News Justice Department correspondent Scott MacFarlane, chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford, CBS News homeland security contributor Sam ...

CBS News - 3d

Kosovo votes for new parliament and Cabinet set to lead stalled normalization ties with Serbia

Kosovars started casting their votes in a parliamentary election considered a key test for Prime Minister Albin Kurti whose governing party achieved a landslide win four years ago

ABC News - 4d

Trump policies challenged on passports, gender-affirming care for minors

A group of transgender people sued in federal court over an order that led to the halting of allowing gender markers to be changed on passports and barring the use of the "X" marker used by many ...

CBS News - 4d

Transgender, nonbinary people sue Trump administration over passport policy

A new lawsuit accuses the State Department of freezing document changes for transgender or nonbinary people.

ABC News - 4d

Transgender Americans sue over Trump passport policy

Seven transgender or non-binary Americans sued the Trump administration Friday over its new policy preventing people from obtaining passports with sex designations that match their gender ...

The Hill - 5d

NCAA committee to consider coaches’ proposal to combat ‘unethical behavior’ of fake injuries

Feigning injuries, sometimes at the coach’s instruction, has become a tactic defenses use to slow down tempo offenses or as a way for an offense to avoid a delay of game penalty or get an extra ...

Yahoo Sports - 6d

Key committee could advance stalled health policy overhaul

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