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Israeli troops seize more land in Gaza as mass evacuations of Palestinians continue

Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada

Israeli troops expand 'security zone' in northern Gaza, take control of more territory

Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada

Republicans hold 2 House seats, Democrats win highly coveted Wisconsin Supreme Court seat

Wisconsin voters elected Democrat Susan Crawford to the state Supreme Court on Tuesday, maintaining the court's 4-3 liberal majority, while Republicans maintained two congressional seats in special U.S. votes held four months after the presidential election.

Published on: April 02, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada

White House issues warning to China for war games near Taiwan

The Trump administration on Tuesday issued a warning to China after Beijing announced large-scale war games in the waters and airspace around Taiwan. The joint military drills, which were launched with no prior notice and included China's army, navy and air and rocket forces, were meant as a "severe warning and forceful containment against Taiwan...

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: The Hill

Booker's speech tops 350 million likes on TikTok live

More than 350 million people liked Sen. Cory Booker’s (D-N.J.) floor speech on TikTok live, as the senator approached 25 hours of holding the floor in the Senate chamber. By 7:07 p.m. EDT on Tuesday — just over 24 hours after Booker began his historic floor speech on Monday — more than 270 million people...

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: The Hill

SCOTUS to hear oral arguments in abortion-related case

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story SCOTUS to hear oral arguments in abortion-related case The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments this week on its first abortion-adjacent case since President Donald Trump returned to office in January. The Hill, Greg Nash SCOTUS...

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: The Hill

Trump nominee says he would have stopped Signal breach

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Trump nominee says he would have stopped Signal breach President Trump’s nominee to be the U.S. military’s highest-ranking officer said he would have stopped a Signal chat among senior officials last month had he been in...

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: The Hill

Booker sets record for longest Senate speech in history

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) on Tuesday set a new record for the longest floor speech in Senate history, having held the floor for at least 24 hours and 19 minutes to decry potential GOP spending cuts in their looming tax bill and policies put in place by the Trump administration. Booker, the No. 4 member...

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: The Hill

Republican Randy Fine wins Florida special election for Waltz seat

Florida state Sen. Randy Fine (R) has won the special election for Florida’s 6th Congressional District on Tuesday, according to Decision Desk HQ, defeating Democrat Josh Weil in what became a closely contested race in the deep-red district. Fine’s win will come as a relief for Republicans, who grew increasingly worried about the race as...

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: The Hill

Live updates: GOP's Randy Fine wins Florida special election

A group of House Republicans rebelled against GOP leadership’s effort to block a vote on allowing proxy voting for new parents and delivering a blow to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) The gambit drew the ire of House Democrats, who bashed the "outrageous" move as several Republicans bucked their party’s leadership. Nine Republicans — led by...

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: The Hill

Miners express concerns over recent Trump actions

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Safety official firings cause concerns for miners Reported firings at federal offices are creating concerns about the safety and health of coal miners. AP On Tuesday, massive layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services (DHS) were expected to result in 873...

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: The Hill

In marathon speech, U.S. Senator Cory Booker accuses Trump of 'recklessly' attacking democratic institutions

Democratic U.S. Senator Cory Booker accused U.S. President Donald Trump of "recklessly" attacking the nation's democratic institutions in a speech that began at around 7 p.m. Monday and is approaching a Senate record for continuous speech.

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada

What's up with U.S. Sen. Cory Booker's record-breaking speech on the Senate floor?

In a record-breaking speech on the U.S. Senate floor, Democratic Sen. Cory Booker accused U.S. President Donald Trump of "recklessly" attacking the nation's democratic institutions.

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada

Mass firings begin at government health agencies, including FDA, CDC and NIH

The Trump Administration began terminating thousands of staff and purging some of the top leaders at the Department of Health and Human Services. It included several key agencies, including the Food and Drug Administration, The National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Matthew Herper of STAT News.

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

Greene rails against Luna proxy voting push

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) blasted Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) on Tuesday over her push to force a vote on a measure to allow proxy voting for new parents in Congress. That effort scored a significant win Tuesday, when nine House Republicans joined all Democrats in opposing a procedural rule that would have blocked...

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: The Hill

Businesses brace for Trump’s new tariffs while Senate Democrats try to push back

The American public and U.S. trading partners are waiting for President Trump’s new set of tariffs, a plan he says is finalized and will be revealed on Wednesday. Trump's first two months back in office have seen him implement tariffs on countries like Canada and Mexico, only to reverse course days later. It’s not yet clear which countries will be taxed hardest. Geoff Bennett reports.

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

News Wrap: Bondi directs federal prosecutors to pursue death penalty for Luigi Mangione

In our news wrap Tuesday, Attorney General Bondi directed federal prosecutors to pursue the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, the body of a fourth Army soldier who died in Lithuania has been found and Israel struck the Lebanese capital of Beirut for the second time since a ceasefire with Hezbollah took effect last November.

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

After quake, aid groups warn Myanmar has overwhelming need for food, water and health care

Recovery efforts from the earthquake in Myanmar are slow-moving. The country is grappling with the natural disaster plus an ongoing humanitarian crisis amid the civil war since 2021. The death toll has now risen past 2,700, with more than 4,500 people injured and at least 440 still missing. Stephanie Sy reports.

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

Trump’s pick to lead Joint Chiefs tells senators he would stay out of politics

President Trump’s pick to be the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told senators during his confirmation hearing that he would give the president candid guidance and stay out of politics. But he also said he was willing to push back if asked to do something unconstitutional and suggested concern about recent messages sent by senior national security leaders over Signal. Nick Schifrin reports.

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

Federal firings and office closures create concerns for miners

Reported closures and firings at federal offices are creating concerns about the safety and health of coal miners. On Tuesday, massive layoffs at the Department of Health and Human were expected to result in 873 staff cuts from the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), according to CBS News. This agency conducts research...

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: The Hill

Democrats decry 'sloppy and rushed' release of JFK files during task force hearing

House Democrats on Tuesday decried the Trump administration’s rollout of records related to the 1963 assassination of former President Kennedy, raising concerns about the release of personal information even as they agreed with Republican colleagues that there was value in accessing the files. “We’ve got to have transparency so that we can learn to be...

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: The Hill

Musk slams ‘fake judges’ who 'should be ashamed of themselves'

Tech billionaire Elon Musk slammed “fake judges” challenging him in legal battles during an interview on Fox News’s “The Five” Tuesday, where he also highlighted the importance of the Wisconsin Supreme Court race. Musk, who leads the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has been a large focus of the Supreme Court election, which...

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: The Hill

Library and museum support agency faces massive cuts after Trump order

It’s a small federal agency few have heard of, but it has a large impact around the country. The Institute of Museum and Library Services is the largest source of federal funding for museums and libraries and the Trump administration has placed roughly 80 percent of IMLS staff on administrative leave. Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown reports for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

The impact of private equity’s expansion into health care

Steward Health Care was once the largest private hospital system in the country. When the private equity-backed network filed for bankruptcy last year, it devastated providers and patients. In Massachusetts, five of the eight Steward-owned hospitals were salvaged by the state and two were shuttered. Economics correspondent Paul Solman went there to see what happened and how.

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

Professor explains why he’s leaving Yale for Toronto as colleges react to Trump’s threats

Princeton University said several dozen of its federal grants have been halted. It's just the latest Trump administration move targeting colleges. Partly in response, Yale philosophy professor Jason Stanley announced he’s leaving not only his school, but the country, to teach at the University of Toronto. Stanley joined Amna Nawaz to discuss his decision.

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

Thune backs Trump tariffs

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Senate GOP leader warns against undoing tariffs Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is warning his party not to join a Democratic-led effort to undo President Trump’s 25-percent tariff on Canadian imports. Greg Nash Thune...

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: The Hill

How efforts to send Haiti cheap rice made it hard for the nation to produce its own

As the U.S. sees new tariffs, we look at how they can make or break an economy. In Haiti, U.S. policies forced the government to bring down tariffs on foreign goods, allowing American farmers to export crops cheaply. That made it expensive for Haitians to eat food grown domestically, leading to dependence on foreign aid. Special correspondent Marcia Biggs and videographer Eric O'Connor report.

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

ICE : ‘Administrative error’ sent a Maryland man to an El Salvador prison

President Donald Trump’s administration has acknowledged mistakenly deporting a Maryland man with protected legal status to a notorious El Salvador prison last month. Lawyers for Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia maintain he is not affiliated with MS-13 or any other street gang and argue the U.S. government “has never produced an iota of evidence” that he does.

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

Why Trump's tariffs may not hit Tesla

{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Why Tesla may fare better under Trump's auto tariffs Elon Musk’s focus on American-made products at Tesla could shield his company from the brunt of President Trump’s new tariffs on foreign vehicles and automobile parts. Mike Stewart, Associated Press While foreign automakers and American consumers anticipate climbing...

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: The Hill

Judge refuses Trump admin's request to move Mahmoud Khalil case to Louisiana 

A New Jersey-based federal judge on Tuesday declined the Trump administration’s request to transfer pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil’s immigration detention challenge to Louisiana, where is he is being held. U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz ruled he has jurisdiction over Khalil’s case because the Columbia University graduate and legal permanent resident was detained in New Jersey when...

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: The Hill

WATCH: Film director Oliver Stone calls for new congressional investigation in hearing on release of JFK files

Scholars say the files that President Donald Trump ordered to be released showed nothing undercutting the conclusion that a lone gunman killed Kennedy. Many documents were previously released but contained newly removed redactions, including Social Security numbers, angering people whose personal information was disclosed.

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

Top scientists pen letter calling for end to 'assault on U.S. science'

Nearly 2, 000 doctors, researchers, and scientists have signed an open letter urging Americans to stop the erosion of scientific funding and integrity.

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada

NFL passes on tush push verdict until next month

NFL team owners had been set to vote Tuesday on Green Bay’s proposal to ban the play that’s helped the Philadelphia Eagles win one Super Bowl and reach another, but it was tabled until May.

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

WATCH: Senate hearing examines whether to allow schools to serve whole milk

Federal lawmakers have revived bills that would allow whole and 2% milk to be served again in schools, in addition to the skim and low-fat milk mandated since 2012. A U.S. Senate committee hosted a hearing Tuesday on a bill that has bipartisan support.

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

Storms in Midwest and South could unleash deadly floods, strong tornadoes in coming days

Waves of thunderstorms are poised to strike parts of the Midwest and South later this week.

Published on: April 01, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour