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What’s in the first draft of the GOP’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ cutting taxes and spending
House Republicans advanced the largest portions of the Trump agenda package, which the president calls the big, beautiful bill, out of committee. It includes trillions in tax cuts along with changes to Medicaid that would affect millions of people. Congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardins reports on whatβs in this sweeping plan.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:
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Trump narrows, delays 'forever chemical' rule
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Trump EPA narrows, delays PFAS drinking water regulation The Environmental Protection Agency is narrowing and delaying its drinking water regulations for toxic "forever chemicals." Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Associated Press file Exposure to these chemicals, also known as PFAS, has been linked to health...
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:EPA rolls back Biden-era rules against ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water
The Environmental Protection Agency announced a rollback of Biden-era regulations on PFAS chemicals in drinking water systems. The EPA estimates more than 158 million Americans are exposed to these "forever chemicals" through water. John Yang discussed the move with Amudalat Ajasa of The Washington Post.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Georgetown scholar released from immigration detention after federal judge’s ruling
A Georgetown University scholar from India who was arrested in the Trump administrationβs crackdown on foreign college students was released from immigration detention Wednesday after a federal judge's ruling.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:How RFK Jr. is shaping the conversation about autism and why advocates are pushing back
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s agenda has won praise from some whose loved ones have severe complications from autism. But others say his rhetoric fails to accurately portray people on the spectrum and the contributions they make. We have perspectives from people with autism and their caregivers and Ali Rogin looks at how leaders in the community are advocating for themselves.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Port of LA head describes how Trump’s tariffs are affecting imports
Trade tensions between the U.S. and China may be cooling but the economic fallout is still rippling through the Port of Los Angeles. This matters because the port plays a major role in the global supply chain and a slowdown affects everything from store shelves and prices to American jobs. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Gene Seroka, the port's executive director.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:4 takeaways from RFK Jr.'s dual congressional hearingsΒ
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified during back-to-back hearings in the House and Senate on Wednesday for the first time since his confirmation. Kennedy faced questionson vaccines, canceled medical research and his drastic overhaul of the federal health agency during the hearings about President Trump's budget request, which...
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Wisconsin judge says no legal basis to charge her with helping man evade immigration agents
A Wisconsin judge charged with helping a man who is in the country illegallyevade U.S. immigration agentswho were trying to detain him at her courthouse filed a motion to dismiss the case Wednesday, arguing that there's no legal basis for it.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:New novel ‘The Director’ explores an artist’s responsibilities in a time of trauma
A powerful new work of fiction, rooted in real events, explores the role of the artist in times of crisis. "The Director" by Daniel Kehlmann is resonating deeply with the challenges of our own time. Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown has the story for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Temperatures rise over House Democratsβ scuffle with ICE agents
Temperatures are rising over an altercation between three Democratic lawmakers and immigration agents at a detention center in New Jersey, as Democrats say the administration is using the incident to improperly target political opposition. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem this week accused Garden State Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman, Rob Menendez and LaMonica McIver of βcommitting feloniesβ during...
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Musk looms over midterms
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Dems hope Musk will be midterm election liability Elon Muskhas become as much of a political liability as an asset for Republicans as his full-time role at the White House winds down and midterm chatter ramps up. Jeffrey Phelps, Associated Press While Musk brings with him loads of...
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:California Gov. Newsom outlines $12 billion deficit and freeze on immigrant health care access
California is facing a $12 billion deficit that Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to help close by freezing enrollment in a state-funded health care program for immigrants living in California without legal status.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lawler get salty in fight over tax demands
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) took aim Wednesday at one of the most vulnerable House Republicans as he and several of his blue-state colleagues threaten to tank President Trump's signature policy bill. In a Wednesday post on social platform X, Greene blasted Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) for pushing House Republican leadership for a higher state...
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:House GOP advances Medcaid cuts
Presented by AARP β Plus: Lawmakers press RFK Jr. at hearing {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story House GOP advances Medicaid cuts after 26-hour markup After a grueling overnight markup session, the House Energy & Commerce Committee voted along party lines to advance the portion of the GOP reconciliation bill enacting deep...
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Democratic senators call for probe into whether Trump is 'intervening' to aid Musk's Starlink
A group of Democratic senators called for a federal investigation into whether the Trump administration is using trade negotiations with foreign governments to benefit SpaceX CEO Elon Muskβs Starlink initiative. In a letter Wednesday to Attorney General Pam Bondi, acting Director of the Office of Government Ethics Jamieson Greer, White House designated agency ethics official...
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:64 percent of Jewish voters disapprove of Trump efforts to fight antisemitism: Poll
More than half of Jewish American voters disapprove of President Trumpβs efforts to combat antisemitism, according to a new poll. In the Jewish Voters Resource Center poll, 64 percent of respondents said they either βstrongly disapproveβ or βsomewhat disapproveβ when it comes to βthe job Donald Trump is doing combatting antisemitism.β And 36 percent said...
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Trump tax cuts clear hurdle
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story House GOP moves Trump tax cuts through committee The House Ways and Means Committee advanced a slew of President Trumpβs top tax priorities Wednesday, setting the stage for a high-stakes sprint to get the provisions through...
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Dem drops effort to force impeachment vote β for now
The House will not vote this week on resolutions related to impeaching President Trump, lending a victory to Democratic leaders who have been cold to the idea. Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) has introduced seven articles of impeachment, and this week he launched the process of forcing his resolution to the House floor for a vote....
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Harvard president takes 25 percent pay cut amid funding battle with Trump
Harvard President Alan Garber has decided to take a 25 percent pay cut as the university faces multiple financial hits in its battle with the Trump administration. A spokesperson confirmed Wednesday that Garber will take the voluntary pay cut for the next financial year from July 2025 to June 2026. His financial package was...
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:NOAA seeks to reassign employees to fill 'critically understaffed' weather service officesΒ
The Trump administration is seeking to reassign other employees to βcritically understaffedβ offices in the National Weather Service (NWS), according to an internal document. The move to reassign these other employees comes after the administration fired hundreds of people at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), including some staff at the NWS. The service...
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Tensions flare as immigration battle runs hot
{beacon} THE FIGHT OVER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S immigration policies is growing in intensity, with emotions running hot on both sides of the aisle. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem accused three Democratic lawmakers of committing βfeloniesβ during a scuffle with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials at a detention facility in New Jersey last week. Newark...
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Celsius, compression socks and Cava: How lawmakers survived an all-nighter
The House Energy and Commerce Committee burned the midnight oil. The panel βwhich has jurisdiction over one of the largest parts of the GOPβs βbig, beautiful billβ βheld an around-the-clock markup this week, kicking off the action at 2 p.m. on Tuesday and continuing through the night before finally wrapping up at roughly 4:30 p.m....
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:New foreign minister says Israel using lack of food as 'political tool' in Gaza
Newly named Foreign Minister Anita Anand accused Israel on Wednesday of using a lack of food as a political tool in its Gaza operation and urged further work on a ceasefire with Hamas, the militant group that controls the Palestinian enclave.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Trans troops facing removal from U.S. military wrestle with uncertain future
Being separated from the military would mean βthe closing of one chapter and the beginning of the other, but unfortunately not on my own terms,β one service member said.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:LISTEN LIVE: Supreme Court hears arguments on Trump’s challenge to birthright citizenship
Birthright citizenship is among several issues the administration has asked the court to deal with on an emergency basis, after lower courts acted to slow Trumpβs agenda.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:WATCH: House Democrats say Congress would have to approve free Air Force One jet from Qatar
Rep. Ted Lieu, vice chair of the House Democratic Caucus, argued that congressional approval is required.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:FBI says it arrested man plotting attack on Army site near Detroit
Federal authorities say they arrested a 19-year-old man who is accused of spending months planning an attack on a U.S. Army site in suburban Detroit.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Trump administration rescinds rule limiting AI chip exports to foreign markets
The Department of Commerce rescinded a Biden-era rule that placed limits on the number of artificial intelligence chips that could be exported to certain international markets without federal approval.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:20 states sue Trump administration over conditions placed on federal transportation and disaster-relief funds
Democratic attorneys general say the Trump administration is threatening to withhold billions of dollars in transportation and disaster-relief funds unless states agree to certain immigration enforcement actions.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Buttigieg returns to Iowa with anti-Trump message and demands Democrats make their agenda clear
Pete Buttigieg returned to Iowa with some messages about whatβs changed since he ran in the stateβs 2020 Democratic presidential caucuses.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:What lifting sanctions on Syria could mean for the war-torn country
President Trumpβs announcement that the U.S. will ease sanctions on Syria could eventually facilitate the countryβs recovery from years of civil war and transform the lives of everyday Syrians.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Head of Russia's only independent election watchdog receives 5-year prison sentence
Russia has sentenced Grigory Melkonyants, co-chair of independent election watchdog Golos, to five years in a penal colony.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:GM, LG Energy Solution to make new, lower-cost battery cells for future EVs
The Detroit automaker is trying to lower its battery costs to enable cost parity with its gas-powered products by adding new types of cells and chemistries in those cells.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Former cycling world champ Dennis receives suspended sentence after death of Olympian wife Hoskins
Former Olympic cyclist and world champion Rohan Dennis received a suspended sentence on Wednesday over what was termed a "tragic accident" that led to the death of his wife, fellow Olympian Melissa Hoskins.
Published on: May 14, 2025 | Source:Trump meets with Syrian president Sharaa, who once fought U.S. troops
U.S. President Donald Trump met with Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, the first such encounter between the leaders of those two countries in 25 years.
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