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Schumer on Trump's new tariffs: A 'huge tax on American families' to 'help billionaires get a tax cut'
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday slammed President Trumpβs sweeping new tariffs, calling them a βhuge taxβ on the average American family. βThis is a huge tax on American families, all β all β to help billionaires get a tax cut,β Schumer said at the Capitol on Wednesday, suggesting the tariffs announced are...
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:
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All staff cut at federal HHS energy affordability office
Click for more from The Hill. {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story All staff cut at federal HHS energy affordability office The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has fired all of the workers in its program that seeks to help low-income Americans pay their energy bills. File:...
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:Section 230 fight revived
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Senators revive fight against Section 230 Senators from both sides of the aisle are reigniting efforts to crawl back tech firmsβ legal immunities with hopes bipartisan support in Congress could push the bill across the finish line this session and gain the backing of President Trump. J....
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:How Trump’s sweeping new tariffs could shake up U.S. and global economies
President Trump escalated trade wars with a new set of sweeping tariffs for about 60 countries. During a speech in the Rose Garden, the president declared a national economic emergency as the legal justification for the new tariffs. Trump says tariffs will revitalize manufacturing in the U.S. Amna Nawaz discussed the move with Roben Farzad, economic analyst and host of Full Disclosure.
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:News Wrap: Myanmar earthquake death toll tops 3,000 as civil war hampers relief efforts
In our news wrap Wednesday, the death toll from the earthquake in Myanmar surpassed 3,000 as relief efforts are hampered by the country's civil war, Israel says it will establish a new security corridor across Gaza, Denmark's prime minister spoke out against President Trump's ambition to take control of Greenland and a federal judge dismissed corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams.
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:What election results in Wisconsin and Florida tell us about voter sentiment
A trio of off-cycle election results show the president and his party losing political ground, even as they won two of the three races. Political correspondent Lisa Desjardins has a look at the message sent by voters in Wisconsin and Florida.
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:Fine, Patronis sworn in after special Florida election, boosting thin GOP House majority
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday swore in newly elected Florida Reps. Jimmy Patronis (R) and Randy Fine (R). The two won special elections Tuesday, and their quick entry to the House gives Johnson some additional room to navigate the GOPβs razor-thin margin. The House now stands at 220 Republicans and 213 Democrats, meaning Johnson...
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:Sean Duffyβs daughter lays into Luna proxy voting push: 'Feel free to resign'
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffyβs daughter, Evita Duffy-Alfonso, laid into the effort for proxy voting led by Florida Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna after the House tanked a procedural rule on Tuesday. βWhen my baby sister was born with two holes in her heart and needed a very risky surgery, my father, @SecDuffy, knew he needed...
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:Important HHS services ‘will grind to a halt’ with cuts, former Secretary Sebelius says
Thereβs growing concern over massive cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services as Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. works to reduce the agency workforce by 25 percent. Geoff Bennett discussed the Trump administration's cuts with Kathleen Sebelius, the HHS secretary during the Obama administration.
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:Supreme Court case could decide if states can block Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that could dramatically change how Medicaid recipients can choose their own medical providers. The case went before the court after South Carolina attempted to remove Planned Parenthood clinics from the stateβs Medicaid program since it also provides abortions. Geoff Bennett discussed more with special correspondent Sarah Varney.
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:Analysts: Trump tariffs 'worse than the worst case scenario' for tech investors
Analysts described President Trumpβs latest slate of tariffs Wednesday as βworse than the worst case scenarioβ for tech investors. Trump announced a sweeping 10 percent tariff on goods from all foreign countries, alongside higher tariffs on nations deemed the βworst offendersβ when it comes to trade barriers. Tech firms, such as Apple, Nvidia and other chipmakers,...
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:How private equity’s increasing role in health care is affecting patients
Economics correspondent Paul Solmanan is exploring the impact on communities in Massachusetts after a private equity firm bought struggling hospitals. In his second report, he looks at how private equity's increasing role in health care is affecting patients.
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:Oklahoma, Tennessee to get restored family planning funds
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Trump administration restoring some family planning funds to red states The Trump administration is restoring millions of dollars of Title X family planning funds to state health departments in Oklahoma and Tennessee. AP The Oklahoma State Department...
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:USDA freezes funding for Maine schools over transgender athletes
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)said Wednesday it had frozen federal funds for some Maine education programs over the stateβs refusal to ban transgender students from girlsβ and womenβs sports as ordered by President Trump and his administration. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced the freeze following a letter sent to Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D)...
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:West Philadelphia uses art to confront neighborhood problems and threats to democracy
Local arts organizations have the power to tackle everything from community challenges to threats against national democracy by expanding access to art. That mission drives one of the countryβs most vibrant and diverse artistic hubs in West Philadelphia. Jeffrey Brown reports for our series, Art in Action, exploring the intersection of art and democracy and our arts and culture series, CANVAS.
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:Amazon’s places last-minute bid for TikTok days before U.S. ban is set to take effect
Amazon has put in a bidto purchase TikTok, a Trump administration official said Wednesday, in aneleventh-hour pitchas aU.S. ban on the platformis set to go into effect Saturday.
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:Trump NATO envoy poised to press allies on defense spending
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Trump NATO envoy poised to press allies on defense spending The Senate confirmed Matthew Whitaker, former acting attorney general during President Trumpβs first term, as the next U.S. ambassador to NATO. The Hill, Greg Nash...
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:Trump says Great Depression would never have started if tariffs continued
President Trump on Wednesday said that the 1930s Great Depression wouldnβt have happened if tariffs had continued, while announcing his massive tariff plan to hit trading partners. The president argued that before the income tax on U.S. citizens was established in 1913, the U.S. leaned into tariffs and was collecting money from other countries. Then...
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:Johnson: 'Working on every possible accommodation' for mothers amid parental proxy voting impasse
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday said he is βworking on every possible accommodationβ to make it easier for mothers to serve in Congress amid the impasse between GOP leadership and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) over parental proxy voting. βProxy voting aside, I am actively working on every possible accommodation to make Congressional service...
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:Crockett responds to Bondi's 'threat' over Musk criticism
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) on Wednesday pushed back against Attorney General Pam Bondi after the Justice Department head criticized the Texas Democratβs comments about tech billionaire Elon Musk being βtaken downβ multiple times. βTo have her go on Fox News, and to then decide that she wanted to send a threat to me, it was...
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:Shingles vaccine tied to fewer dementia diagnoses, study in Wales suggests
A new study out of Wales has found those who received the shingles vaccine were 20 per cent less likely to develop dementia over the next seven years than those who did not receive the vaccine.
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:WATCH LIVE: Senate expected to vote on resolution to undo Trump’s Canada tariffs
Just hours after Trump announced his plan for import taxes on a slew of international trading partners β his so-called βLiberation Dayβ β the Senate was expected to vote on a resolution that offers Republicans an off-ramp to the import taxes on Canada.
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:Do adults need a measles booster? An epidemiologist explains who is immune
With cases of measles on the rise, a medical epidemiologist explains who should consider getting a booster and whether you might need to check your antibody levels.
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:Amazon among bidders to acquire TikTok as deadline looms for a buyer to be found
As the weekend deadline approaches for TikTok to find a non-Chinese buyer to avoid being banned in the U.S., bidders for the short-video social media site are piling up, including Amazon.
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:Wisconsin’s conservative Supreme Court candidate tells supporters to accept election outcome
The conservative-backed candidate in Wisconsin's Supreme Court election promptly conceded the race as it was called Tuesday night, angering his own supporters, who yelled for him to stay in the fight. βYouβve got to accept the results,β he said.
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:WATCH: Trump announces broad tariffs at ‘Liberation Day’ White House event
President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced far-reaching new tariffs on nearly all U.S. trading partners β a 34 percent tax on imports from China and 20 percent on the European Union, among others β that threaten to dismantle much of the architecture of the global economy and trigger broader trade wars.
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:Musk could be headed for White House exit amid turbulent times at DOGE
Elon Musk and President Donald Trump have recently suggested that the billionaire entrepreneur's time in the administration might be running out.
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:Netanyahu says Israel will establish a new security corridor across Gaza to pressure Hamas
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel is establishing a new security corridor across the Gaza Strip to pressure Hamas, suggesting it would cut off the southern city of Rafah, which Israel has ordered evacuated, from the rest of the Palestinian territory.
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:Extreme weather across central U.S. expected Wednesday, gets most severe ‘high-risk’ designation
Potentially deadly flash flooding, high-magnitude tornadoes and baseball-sized hail could hit parts of the Midwest and South on Wednesday as severe thunderstorms blowing eastward become supercharged, forecasters warned.
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:Trump pressures Senate Republicans to oppose Democratic resolution that would nullify Canada tariffs
Senate Republicans are facing pressure Wednesday from President Donald Trump to oppose a Democratic resolution that would nullify the presidential emergency on fentanyl he is using to implement tariffs on Canada.
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:Tesla sales tumble as Musk backlash, competition and aging lineup turn off buyers
The 13 percent drop is likely due to a combination of factors, including its aging lineup, competition from rivals and a backlash from Muskβs embrace of right wing politics.
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:Wall Street swings in final hours of trading before Trump’s tariff announcement
Financial markets around the world have been particularly shaky lately because of all the uncertainty around what Trump will announce in the event scheduled to begin after the U.S. stock market closes for the day.
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:Netanyahu to meet OrbΓ‘n in Hungary. How is he getting around his international arrest warrant?
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to arrive in Hungary's capital on Wednesday to meet with the country's prime minister, despite an international arrest warrant for the Israeli leader over the war in the Gaza Strip.
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:Cheeseburgers, chicken fail to entice a rescue dog who’s spent weeks on the run in Alaska
The German shepherd-husky mix slipped her collar on the first day with her new family in mid-February and absconded to a pocket of forest. Since then, she has been living by her wits β eluding a trap that was set with food such as cheeseburgers or chicken by animal control workers and volunteers worried about her.
Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source:Why no one is challenging Trump’s executive order that keeps TikTok online in the U.S.
After TikTok was banned in the United States earlier this year, President Donald Trump gave the platform a reprieve, barreling past a law that was passed in Congress and upheld unanimously by the Supreme Court that said the ban was necessary for national security.
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