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Adams's independent bid injects more uncertainty into NYC race
New York City Mayor Eric Adamsโs decision to run for reelection as an independent is injecting fresh uncertainty into a race that has been shaping up into a likely comeback for former Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D). Adams announced his decision Thursday after much speculation that he would forgo the Democratic primary amid long odds of...
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:
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NIH-funded research saved my life. Don't take the chainsaw to it.
The NIH is considering a catastrophic cut to indirect cost reimbursements for public universities, which would hurt the economy and real people across the country, and jeopardize the future of medical innovation.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:House GOP leaders urge support for Senate budget resolution as fiscal hawks balk
House Republican leaders are urging their members to adopt the Senateโs version of the budget resolution that will tee up President Trumpโs ambitious legislative agenda, arguing that major differences between the chambers' instructions on spending reductions do not prevent fiscal hawks from achieving their goals of historic cuts. In a โDear Colleagueโ letter sent to members on...
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:‘We are cutting up the strip’: Israel deploys troops to new corridor across southern Gaza
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesdayannounced the new Morag Corridorand suggested it would cut off the southern city of Rafah, which Israel has ordered evacuated, from the rest of Gaza.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:4 takeaways from the Senate budget vote and what’s next for Trump’s agenda
The political battle lines are drawn for a debate in Washington and beyond over aRepublican budget planthat's a cornerstone ofPresident Donald Trump'sdomestic agenda.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:The time is ripe for a geothermal boom
With the right investments, this country has the potential to unlock one of the most powerful and reliable sources of energy at our disposal: heat from the Earth itself.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:NSA names acting director after top officials ousted
The Trump administration named Lt. Gen. William J. Hartman as acting director of the National Security Agency (NSA) late Thursday, just hours after dismissing top officials, an agency spokesperson told The Hill. Hartman will also serve as acting commander for the U.S. Cyber Command and acting chief for the Central Security Service. Sheila Thomas was designated...
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:Iran’s currency falls to new record low against U.S. dollar as tensions run high
Iranโs rial currency traded Saturday at a record low against the U.S. dollar as the country returned to work after a long holiday, costing over 1 million rials for a single greenback astensions between Tehran and Washingtonlikely will push it even lower.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:WATCH: ‘Hands Off’ protest against Trump and Musk’s federal cuts in Washington, D.C.
Opponents of President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk rallied across the U.S. on Saturday to protest the administration's actions on government downsizing, the economy, human rights and other issues.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:Zelenskyy condemns 'weak' reaction of U.S. ambassador after deadly Russian missile strike
The death toll from a Russian missile strike in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih has risen to 18, including nine children, regional governor Serhii Lysak said Saturday.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:Top American scientists just lost their jobs. Canada is rolling out the welcome mat
What would it take to bring American scientists north? Increasing research funding โ as well as costs for things that make research possible โ would be a good start, say experts.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:National Weather Service pauses severe weather alerts in Spanish and other languages
The contract for artificial intelligence modeling used to send emergency alerts in different languages is among the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) contracts that lapsed this week.
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:JP Morgan predicts 2025 recession as Trump tariffs rattle market
J.P. Morgan is forecasting that the U.S. economy will enter a recession this year as fallout from President Trump's tariffs has taken hold. In a Friday evening note to investors, the company's chief U.S. economist Michael Feroli said the firm predicts that gross domestic product (GDP) will likely contract "under the weight of the tariffs."...
Published on: April 05, 2025 | Source:Chemical industry asks for blanket exemptions to Biden-era regulations
Two leading chemical industry groups have asked the Trump administration for blanket exemptions to certain Biden-era regulations for all polluters. TheAmerican Chemistry Council and the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers requested that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) exempt all polluters from Biden-era rules that limit their emissions of toxic chemicals. Just because the trade and...
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Trump drops Medicare obesity drug proposal
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Trump officials reject Medicare coverage of anti-obesity drugs The Trump administration says it will not move forward with a Biden proposal that Medicare cover anti-obesity drugs such as Novo Nordiskโs Wegovy and Zepbound from Eli Lilly. ...
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Tariffs quash Trump TikTok deal
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story TikTok deal pulled after Trump tariff announcement A finalized TikTok deal was pulled Thursday after President Trump announced massive new tariffs against China. AP Photo/Jeff Chiu Trump was poised to sign an executive order approving a deal that would have seen TikTokโs U.S. operations spun off into...
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Trade war, tariffs and uncertainty drag markets to worst week in years
Stocks were in free fall again Friday as markets saw their worst week in years. The trade war heated up as China responded to President Trump with their own 34 percent tariffs on imported U.S. goods. Markets fell further after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the tariffs are expected to lead to higher prices and weaken the economy. Amna Nawaz discussed more with Justin Wolfers.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, defrocked due to sex abuse allegations, dies at age 94
Theodore McCarrick,a once-powerful Catholic cardinal who was defrocked byPope Francisin 2019 after a Vatican investigation determined he had molested adults and children, has died.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:News Wrap: Trump gives TikTok another 75 days to find American buyer to keep app running
In our news wrap Friday, President Trump said he's giving TikTok another 75 days to find an American buyer, Secretary of State Rubio said it will become clear within weeks whether Russia truly intends to pursue peace with Ukraine, a judge ordered the Trump administration to return a man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador and a South Korean court removed President Yoon Suk Yeol from office.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Senate parliamentarian says lawmakers canโt overturn California car rules โ but Republicans may try anyway
The Senate parliamentarian has ruled that lawmakers cannot use the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to overturn Californiaโs electric vehicle mandate โ but Republicans may defy the arbiter of the Senateโs rules. The parliamentarianโs ruling was first made public by statements from Senate Democrats Friday. โWeโre gratified that the Senate parliamentarian followed decades of precedent showing...
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Trump purges natsec staff after Loomer meting
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Laura Loomer and Trumpโs natsec purge: What to know President Trump this week purged various national security officials after meeting with far-right activist Laura Loomer. AP The Trump administration fired at least a half dozen...
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Fired federal workers struggling to land new jobs in tightening white-collar sector
The latest jobs report came in stronger than anticipated, demonstrating again that the job market has been far more resilient than many expected. But some say the data doesn't reflect layoffs underway and that job opportunities are tightening in the white-collar sector. That is a big worry for federal workers being cut. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Supreme Court lets Trump administration cut teacher-training money, for now
TheSupreme Courton Friday granted the Trump administrationโs plea to cut hundreds of millions of dollars inteacher-training moneyas part of its anti-DEI efforts, while a lawsuit continues.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Trump abruptly shakes up NSA leadership amid pressure from right-wing activist
President Trump abruptly fired the director and deputy director of the National Security Agency, the countryโs powerful cyber intelligence bureau. Thatโs according to reports and members of the House and Senate intelligence committees. The firings came after right-wing activist Laura Loomer urged Trump to do so. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Stewart Baker, a former NSA general counsel.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Brooks and Capehart on the political reaction to Trump’s tariffs
New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including President Trumpโs sweeping new tariffs draw criticism from leaders on both sides of the aisle, how voters will respond to the move and Sen. Cory Booker's record-breaking speech on the Senate floor.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Kennedy Center faces a crossroads as it’s pulled into partisan politics
The Kennedy Center is one of the nationโs premiere performing arts centers, holding around 2,000 events each year. Itโs a public-private partnership with most funding raised privately, but some coming from the federal government. The center has traditionally been a bipartisan institution but itโs now at a crossroads. Jeffrey Brown reports for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Medicare won't cover anti-obesity GLP-1 drugs as Biden admin proposed
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Friday it will not be finalizing a rule proposed by the Biden administration that would have allowed Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries access to anti-obesity drugs such as the highly in-demand GLP-1 medications. In November last year, the Biden administration proposed a new rule that would allow...
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:How NCAA’s transfer portal transformed March Madness
The NCAA Womenโs Final Four tips off Friday in Tampa Bay with the menโs games starting Saturday in San Antonio. This year, the tournaments are unique because they feature a large number of players who previously played for a different school. Thatโs thanks to rule changes that let athletes easily move between schools. William Brangham discussed more with Jesse Dockerty of The Washington Post.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Stock market craters
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Dow plunges 2,231 points as Trump tariffs cause frenzy The stock market cratered Friday as concerns about the economic impact of President Trumpโs new tariffs shook Wall Street for yet another day. AP The Dow...
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Ousted FDA vaccine director calls Kennedy's start 'very scary'
Peter Marks, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) official pressured to resign over his disagreements with Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., warned in an interview published Friday that Kennedy's tenure at the HHS has been "very scary" so far. Marks announced his resignation toward the end of March, reportedly having...
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Judge declines Khalil's request to block Columbia from giving student records to House committee
A district judge denied a temporary restraining order in Mahmoud Khalilโs case against Columbia University attempting to block the transfer of student records to the GOP-led House Education and the Workforce Committee. Khalil, the former lead negotiator for Columbia's pro-Palestinian encampment who has been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), sued the school...
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Americans are farming truffles and finding success. Here’s how
Research continues on best practices in American truffle growing. Projects spearheaded by the truffle growers' association and universities are done in tandem with the growers themselves.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Energy Department considers more than 40 percent ofย its staff nonessential as layoffs loom
The Energy Department (DOE) considers more than 40 percent of its staffers to be nonessential โ meaning these people could be on the chopping block โ as mass layoffs loom at the agency and across the federal government. A document viewed by The Hill on Friday states that out of the agencyโs current headcount of...
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Congress demands answers after Trump abruptly fires head of National Security Agency
PresidentDonald Trumphas abruptly fired the director of the National Security Agency, according to U.S. officials and members of Congress, but the White House and the Pentagon have provided no reasons for the move.
Published on: April 04, 2025 | Source:Federal judge orders case of Tufts student in ICE custody moved to Vermont
A federal judge issued a Friday order transferring the case involving Rumeysa รzturk, a Tufts University graduate student detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), to a jurisdiction in Vermont in the โinterest of justice.โ โThe government asserts that this Court lacks jurisdiction over the Petition as รzturk, unknown to anyone but the government, was...
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