Democratic Sens. Ron Wyden (Oreg.) and Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) are launching an investigation into UnitedHealth Group (UHG) over its actions reportedly steering seniors away from hospital visits for the sake of cutting costs. In a letter to UHG CEO Stephen J. Hemsley, Wyden and Warren cited reporting from outlets including The Guardian that said his…
President Trump’s tariffs on imported goods from nations around the globe, promised during his 2024 campaign, are now in effect. An executive order signed July 31 established a 10 percent tariff for all imports. Some trading partners will face higher rates, including 41 percent on Syria, 19 percent on Indonesia and Thailand, and 15 percent…
Quorum breaking has a long history in Texas; however, Gov. Greg Abbott’s Tuesday petition to the state’s Supreme Court is unprecedented and lacks evidence, legal experts tell KXAN.
President Trump is facing a Ghislaine Maxwell problem. Publicly releasing testimony from Maxwell, an associate of Jeffrey Epstein who was convicted in 2021 on sex trafficking charges, could help satisfy Trump supporters who have clamored for more transparency around the Epstein case. But further elevating Maxwell would keep the Epstein controversy front-and-center after Trump and…
It might be the only thing Team Biden got right politically — the slow-motion trainwreck that is Kamala Harris.
Moscow’s nuclear saber-rattling is resuming in earnest.
Jay Jones, the Democratic nominee for Virginia attorney general, rolled out his first television ad of the general election cycle on Thursday. The ad, which was first seen by The Hill, is a part of a six-figure ad buy going up across Virginia. The thirty-second spot features Norfolk, Va. Sheriff Joe Baron (D), Prince William County Prosecutor…
Welcome to The Hill’s Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Trump, Zelensky see progress with Putin President Trump is weighing a meeting in the coming weeks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. © Greg Nash and Associated Press The news comes after Trump on Truth…
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) in a Wednesday interview said he would block any efforts to arrest Democratic lawmakers in the state who fled Texas to block a GOP effort to pick up five additional House seats in the midterm elections. “Our state troopers protect everybody in Illinois and anybody who’s here in Illinois,” Pritzker said…
Several Republicans are opening the door to getting the FBI involved in forcing Texas Democrats to return to the state amid a protest over a congressional map the GOP wants to pass, which would potentially net them five additional seats in the 2026 midterms. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) wrote to FBI Director Kash Patel this…
