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When China and the U.S. fight, who wins?
In order to understand Trumpโs tariffs we take a look at their primary target, China, and examine why many in that country view this as a historic opportunity, and Donald Trump as a โrevolutionaryโ figure.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:
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British Supreme Court unanimously rules legal definition of a 'woman' excludes trans women's identities
The United Kingdom's top court on Wednesday upheld an appeal by the campaign group For Women Scotland on whether transgender women are legally women under equality legislation.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:U.S. autism numbers rose in 2022, according to new CDC report
A new CDC report suggests autism diagnosis rates continue to rise in the U.S., sparking inflammatory rhetoric from government officials,while experts largely attribute the trend to improved screening and better understanding of the condition.
Published on: April 16, 2025 | Source:Foreign Affairs Dems press Rubio on Burma earthquake response, USAID cuts
Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) and 18 other Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs Committee pressed the Trump administration to urgently provide aid for those impacted by the deadly Burma earthquake last month. In a Tuesday letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the group addressed their concerns amid the โshutteringโ of the United States Agency...
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:Trump launches probe laying groundwork for tariffs on critical minerals
President Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order directing the Commerce Department to open a national security investigation that would lay the groundwork for the administration to impose tariffs on critical minerals, the latest sector to potentially face tariffs as part of Trumpโs growing trade war. Trump signed an order initiating the probe, known as...
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:White House removes wire spot from press pool
The White House is making changes to which outlets are included in the press pool covering President Trump, and doing away with the spot normally reserved for wire services covering his daily activities. A source in the West Wing confirmed the changes to The Hill on Tuesday evening and said moving forward, the press pool...
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:Zuckerberg suggested spinning Instagram offย into separate company
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg previously considered spinning off Instagram into a separate company in the face of growing antitrust concerns and competing interests with Facebook. The revelation comes from a 2018 document that was displayed as Zuckerberg took the stand in the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) trial against Meta, the parent company of Facebook and...
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:HHS cuts threaten HIV/AIDS response
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story HHS cuts threaten HIV/AIDS response The Trump administration is potentially undoing decades of work to mitigate the HIV epidemic and holding up upcoming progress by slashing the countryโs public health workforce, experts say. AP When Health...
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:Trump executive order backs change to Medicare negotiation pushed by drug industry
A new executive order signed Tuesday by President Trump directs Congress to change a key provision of the law allowing Medicare drug price negotiations, a move that would fix one of the drug industryโs biggest complaints. The orderapplies to what the industry calls the Inflation Reduction Actโs โpill penalty,โ where small molecule drugs โ typically...
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:Judge presses Trump administration on why it hasn’t returned wrongfully deported man
A federal judge told Justice Department lawyers to cancel vacation as she launched rapid discovery in the case of a wrongfully deported man. Judge Paula Xinis scolded the Trump administration for doing โnothingโ to facilitate Kilmar Abrego Garcia's release from El Salvadorโs custody and return him to the United States. White House correspondent Laura Barrรณn-Lรณpez discussed more with Mary McCord.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:News Wrap: Iran’s supreme leader downplays chance of deal from nuclear talks with U.S.
In our news wrap Tuesday, Iran's supreme leader said nuclear talks with the U.S. were "taken well" but downplayed prospects for a deal, Russia said negotiations with the U.S. were "constructive" but wouldn't give a timetable for peace in Ukraine, the CDC says nearly one in 31 U.S. children in has autism and Arkansas and Indiana moved to ban soda and candy from food stamp programs.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:House Democrat says DOGE access at NLRB, DOL may be 'technological malfeasance'
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), the ranking member on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, is calling for an investigation into the Department of Government Efficiencyโs (DOGE) access to data at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and the Department of Labor (DOL). In a letter addressed to Luiz Santos, the acting inspector general for DOL,...
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:Billions in grants frozen after Harvard pushes back against Trump’s demands
Harvard became the first major school to push back against the Trump administration's efforts against colleges. The administration told Harvard it would lose federal funding if it didnโt change hiring practices and address allegations of antisemitism. But Harvard rejected that request, saying it can't "allow itself to be taken over." William Brangham discussed more with Cornell William Brooks.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:How college communities are reacting to funding threats, international student arrests
Recent threats to federal funding and arrests of international students have created a sense of unease on many college campuses. A trio of editors at student newspapers across the country share a unique perspective about what they are seeing on the ground and how campus communities are reacting.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:China cuts exports of vital rare earth minerals as trade war with U.S. intensifies
Chinaโs leader is touring Southeast Asia and portraying Beijing as the anchor of world economic stability. Xi Jinpingโs efforts come after the U.S. levied a blanket 10 percent tariff on goods coming in and steeper rates on China. Beijing is now restricting the export of minerals critical to everything from American cell phones to fighter planes. Nick Schifrin discussed more with Gracelin Baskaran.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:Hertz says some customers' personal info exposed in breach
While the company did not say how many may have been impacted, they did identify the type of information that may have been exposed.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:Why abortions are rising in the U.S. despite more restrictions
Access to abortion services has shifted dramatically in the three years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Twelve states currently ban the procedure with limited exceptions, another four have bans after six weeks of pregnancy. Stephanie Sy discussed a new report that shows whether bans have led to a drop in abortions with Mary Ziegler, author of โPersonhood."
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:Inside the crowded camp where Sudanese refugees have fled violence and hunger
For two years now, Sudan has been wracked by a civil war between the Sudanese armed forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Correspondent Neha Wadekar and filmmaker Zoe Flood, with the support of the International Womenโs Media Foundation, report on the crisis on Chadโs eastern border, where hundreds of thousands of Sudanese civilians have fled violence and the risk of starvation.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:House Dems eye stocktrading ban
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Jeffries gives jolt to stalled congressional stock ban push House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is giving a big boost to the effort to ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks, an idea that has bipartisan...
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:Hegseth adviser put on leave amid leaks probe
Defense Secretary Pete Hegsethโs adviser was escorted out of the Pentagon on Tuesday and put on administrative leave amid a probe into information leaks at the department. Dan Caldwell, one of Hegsethโs senior advisers, was placed on leave after being identified during an ongoing investigation into the leaks at the Pentagon, a defense official told...
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:Democratic senators call on RFK Jr. to keep rule allowing Medicare coverage of anti-obesity drugs
A group of Democratic senators are calling on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to keep a proposed Biden-era rule that would have allowed Medicare and Medicaid to cover drugs used to treat obesity after the Trump administration decided not to finalize it. Democratic Sens. Jeff Merkley (Ore.), Amy Klobuchar (Minn.), Cory...
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:Judge temporarily halts deportation of University of Wisconsin student after Trump visa cancellation
A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily halted the removal of a University of Wisconsin-Madison student from India whose visa was terminated from the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVIS) database. Judge William Conley ruled to block the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from immediately deporting Krish Lal Isserdasani, 21, who claimed his F-1 student visa...
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:Entire Pentagon defense tech unit to leave by May
The entire staff of the Defense Digital Service (DDS), the Pentagonโs decade-old technology development office, is leaving by the start of May, with nearly all individuals resigning, a current member of the office confirmed to The Hill on Tuesday. The mass exodus, first reported by Politico, means the service will effectively shutter in less than a...
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:Mahmoud Khalil will fight 'to the end' after judge OKs deportation case, says lawyer
It's been nearly 40 days since activist Mahmoud Khalil was arrested without charge in front of his pregnant wife and sent to an immigration detention facility, but his lawyer says he remains "very strong."
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:Jeffries gives jolt to stalled congressional stock ban push
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is giving a big boost to the effort to ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks, an idea that has bipartisan backers in Congress and broad support among the public. The deliberate and public push from Jeffries โ coming as he accuses Republicans of potential โstock manipulationโ given...
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:Iran hawks warn Trumpโs nuclear talks risk โObama 2.0โ
Hawkish national security experts are slamming President Trumpโs opening bid for nuclear talks with Iran as little more than a rehash of the Obama-era nuclear deal, leading his top negotiator to backtrack on his previous position. Trump's point person for talks with Iran, Steve Witkoff, said Monday night that the Islamic Republic could maintain a...
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:Gene Hackman’s wife researched symptoms of illness days before her death, report says
The records show she was searching for information on flu-like symptoms and breathing techniques.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:Xi positions China as defender of rules-based trade during Vietnam visit
China and Vietnam expressed their support for maintaining a multilateral trade regime centred around the World Trade Organization, in a joint statement issued on Tuesday at the end of a two-day visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:'We could barely walk,' sisters say after being ordered to evacuate northern Gaza's last major hospital
The United Nations chief is "deeply alarmed" at an Israeli forces strike on the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza, as groups warn of dire shortages of medicine and hospital supplies in the enclave.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:More people are obtaining abortions but fewer are crossing state lines, study finds
A new study has found that fewer people crossed state lines for abortions in 2024 than the previous year. One reason is likely the increase of availability of abortion pills.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:U.S. aircraft carrier operating in Mideast waters ahead of next round of Iran nuclear talks
A second U.S. aircraft carrier is operating in Mideast waters ahead of the next round of talks between Iran and the United States over Tehranโs rapidly advancing nuclear program.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:As Sudan’s civil war enters 3rd year, famine and atrocities mount
Sudan's civil war marks the end of its second year on Tuesday, and the fighting, atrocities and famine are only mounting.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:Why Trump’s idea of imprisoning U.S. citizens in El Salvador is likely illegal
President Donald Trump keeps talking about sending U.S. citizens who commit violent crimes to prison in El Salvador.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:Xi suggests China is a source of ‘stability and certainty’ as he tours Southeast Asia
Chinaโs Xi is making the case for free trade as he tours Southeast Asia this week, presenting China as a source of โstability and certainty.โ
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source:Sen. Chris Van Hollen says he’ll travel to El Salvador if Abrego Garcia isn’t released by midweek
A federal judge ruled Garcia should be returned to the U.S., a decision that was unanimously upheld by the Supreme Court last week.
Published on: April 15, 2025 | Source: