Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) said what Texas Republicans are doing is “wrong” after they forwarded a gerrymandered congressional map, which would result in five new GOP seats in the House ahead of next year’s midterm elections, as he seeks reelection in his New York swing district. “I think it’s wrong, what Texas is doing,” he said of…
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story CDC to restore overdose prevention funds The Trump administration is restoring full funding for a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention program that provides grants to reduce and track drug overdoses, including fentanyl. (John Bazemore, Associated Press…
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has sued to remove Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Gene Wu from his seat amid a battle between Texas Democrats and Republicans over redistricting. “What is at stake here? Nothing less than the future of Texas. If a small fraction of recalcitrant lawmakers choose to run out the clock today,…
Two Chinese nationals were charged with illegally shipping to China tens of millions of dollars’ worth of sensitive microchips used in artificial intelligence (AI) applications, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Tuesday. Chuan Geng and Shiwei Yang are accused of “knowingly and willfully” exporting chips, including Nvidia H100s, to China without obtaining the required licensing…
Welcome to The Hill’s Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Russia breaks self-imposed freeze on intermediate-range missiles Russia said it will no longer be bound by a self-imposed restriction on the deployment of short- and medium-range nuclear missiles. © AP Moscow justified its move by pointing…
Violent crime declined by 4.5 percent in 2024, according to an FBI report released Tuesday. The 2024 drop in violent crime follows a 3 percent drop the year before and continues a general downward trend seen since levels peaked during COVID. The latest data also shows a year-over-year decrease across all other major crime categories.…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday said that a call with President Trump ahead of a sanctions deadline for Russia was “productive.” “A productive conversation with President Trump, with the key focus of course being ending the war. We are grateful to @POTUS for all efforts toward a just and lasting peace,” Zelensky said in…
Rep. Don Bacon (Neb.), a moderate Republican, said he’s concerned about the U.S. economy, noting his state saw a 6 percent annual drop in real gross domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter of 2025. In an interview with CNN’s Phil Mattingly, Bacon pointed to the recent jobs data and the latest round of tariffs…
Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley questioned President Trump’s trade moves with China and India on Tuesday, warning the U.S. shouldn’t “burn” its relationship with India. “India should not be buying oil from Russia. But China, an adversary and the number one buyer of Russian and Iranian oil, got a 90-day tariff pause,” Haley wrote…
Conservative pundit Megyn Kelly knocked singer-songwriter Beyoncé over a new ad campaign promoting Levi jeans. “This is the opposite of the Sydney Sweeney ad. Quite clearly there is nothing natural about Beyonce,” Kelly wrote in a post on the social platform X. “Everything — from her image to her fame to her success to her…
