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• Hassett touts market response to report that he’s the front-runner to replace Powell at the Fed

  30-11-2025 23:37 via thehill.com
  
  National Economic Council (NEC) Director Kevin Hassett on Sunday touted the market response to a Bloomberg report last week suggesting Hassett is broadly considered the front-runner among candidates to replace Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. The president’s top economic adviser, in an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” called the Bloomberg report a “rumor”...
  
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• For Republicans, it’s crunch time on health care

  30-11-2025 23:00 via thehill.com
  
  For Republicans, it’s crunch time on ObamaCare.  GOP leaders return to Capitol Hill this week facing a year-end deadline on Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies without a unified plan for how — or even whether — to extend the expiring benefits for millions of Americans. The debate is pitting Republicans concerned with delivering on "affordability"...
  
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• Walz: Trump 'demonizing an entire community' of Somalian migrants in Minnesota

  30-11-2025 22:40 via thehill.com
  
  Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) said Sunday that President Trump is “demonizing” Somalian migrants in his state. “As far as demonizing our Somali community, maybe, he could help us on some things,” Walz told host Kristen Welker on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “Demonizing an entire community, folks who are in the professions, educators, artists, doctors,...
  
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• Walz: Trump 'demonizing an entire community' of Somali migrants in Minnesota

  30-11-2025 22:40 via thehill.com
  
  Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) said Sunday that President Trump is “demonizing” Somali migrants in his state. “As far as demonizing our Somali community, maybe, he could help us on some things,” Walz told host Kristen Welker on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “Demonizing an entire community, folks who are in the professions, educators, artists, doctors,...
  
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• House Republican after Witkoff's leaked Russia call: White House 'should be very concerned'

  30-11-2025 22:04 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) said Sunday that the White House “should be very concerned” after a leaked call featuring special envoy Steve Witkoff and a senior Russian official. “I think you can't take just one slice of someone's conversation during a long, stretched out aspects of negotiations as reflective, but I think it's certainly important...
  
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• Kelly says Senate will 'put people under oath' over reported follow-up strikes in Caribbean

  30-11-2025 21:54 via thehill.com
  
  Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), a member of the Armed Services Committee, said Sunday that the body will put military officials “under oath” regarding reported follow-up strikes on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean.“We're going to have an investigation,” Kelly told host Kristen Welker on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “We're going to have a...
  
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• House Republican: Second U.S. strike on alleged Caribbean drug boat 'would be an illegal act'

  30-11-2025 21:06 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) on Sunday said if the U.S. military ordered a second strike targeting survivors of an initial attack on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean, as reported by The Washington Post on Friday, that would constitute an “illegal act.” In an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” Turner stressed that...
  
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• Klobuchar says Senate ACA vote 'will happen' before New Year

  30-11-2025 19:36 via thehill.com
  
  Sen. Amy Klobuchar predicted Sunday that the Senate will hold a vote on extending subsidies offered under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) this year.“That vote will happen. And whether it will pass is in the hands of Donald Trump and the Republicans,” Klobuchar told host Dana Bash on CNN’s “State of the Union.” The...
  
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• Mullin: 'Why do we care' if U.S. takes out alleged narco-terrorists?

  30-11-2025 19:09 via thehill.com
  
  Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) dismissed concerns about the legality of U.S. strikes on alleged narco-terrorists in the Caribbean and East Pacific.  “These individuals don't care about the lives of our friends and families,” Mullin told host Dana Bash on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “Why do we care if we take them out in international...
  
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• Bacon on report of Caribbean boat strike targeting survivors: ‘Let’s get the facts first’

  30-11-2025 18:42 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) on Sunday said he has concerns about a report that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” on an alleged drug boat in early September, but said he wants to probe the facts before drawing any conclusions. In an interview on ABC News’s “This Week,” the moderate Republican...
  
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• Bacon on report of Caribbean boat strike targeting survivors: 'Let’s get the facts first'

  30-11-2025 18:42 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) on Sunday said he has concerns about a report that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” on an alleged drug boat in early September, but he said he wants to probe the facts before drawing any conclusions. In an interview on ABC News’s “This Week,” the moderate...
  
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• Mullin says Trump will not send troops to Venezuela

  30-11-2025 18:02 via thehill.com
  
  Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) said he believes that President Trump will not send troops to Venezuela, amid escalating tensions between the U.S. and the South American country.“He's made it very clear we're not going to put troops into Venezuela," Mullin told host Dana Bash on CNN's "State of the Union." "What we're trying to...
  
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• Trump's poll numbers slip amid concerns over economy

  30-11-2025 18:00 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump’s approval ratings have fallen in recent weeks as he approaches the end of the first year of his second term. A Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ) polling average of surveys on Trump’s approval rating shows it sitting at 42 percent, while his disapproval rating currently sits at 55 percent. That’s lower than roughly a month ago, when the average had his approval rating at close to 46...
  
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• Trump administration 'harassing' Afghan refugees after National Guard shooting: Kelly

  30-11-2025 17:11 via thehill.com
  
  Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) said Sunday the Trump administration is “harassing” Afghan migrants through its crackdown on those from the country.  “Going after a large group of people, most of which I think are just trying to live their lives, raise their families, go to work every day, the U.S. government harassing them years later...
  
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• Bondi, Noem: DC National Guard shooting suspect 'radicalized' in US

  30-11-2025 17:01 via thehill.com
  
  U.S. officials say the suspect accused of shooting two National Guard members near the White House on Wednesday was “radicalized” in the U.S. after leaving Afghanistan. Attorney General Pam Bondi, in an interview on Fox News’s “Fox News Sunday,” was asked about reports that the suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, was vetted by the CIA and the...
  
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• Noem confirms she approved deportation flights despite court order

  30-11-2025 16:48 via thehill.com
  
  Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Sunday confirmed that she instructed the federal government to carry out the deportation and transferring Venezuelan detainees to El Salvador despite a court order halting the flights. "The decisions that are made on deportations, where flights go, and when they go are my decision at the Department of Homeland...
  
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• Reagan judges surface as unfiltered assessors of Trump

  30-11-2025 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  When U.S. District Judge William Young ruled this summer that the Trump administration illegally canceled hundreds of research grants focused on gender identity or diversity, he went further than just striking the revocations down.The Reagan-appointed judge, who took the bench in 1985, said it was his “unflinching obligation” to draw the conclusion that the administration’s move amounted to racial discrimination and discrimination against the LGBTQ community.“That’s
  
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• 5 ways Republicans are breaking with Trump

  30-11-2025 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump is facing increasing resistance from Republicans in Congress to certain proposals and parts of his agenda as he nears the end of his first year back in office. Trump remains the unquestioned leader of the Republican Party, and aides have argued that any lawmakers who fall out of line risk facing a primary...
  
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• House committee seeks 'full accounting' of boat strike after WaPo 'kill everybody’ report

  30-11-2025 04:09 via thehill.com
  
  The leaders of the House Armed Services Committee said late Saturday they are seeking “full accounting” of an early September U.S. military attack against an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the Caribbean after a report alleged that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered U.S. troops to “kill everybody” aboard the vessel.  “This committee is committed to providing...
  
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• House committee seeks 'full accounting' of boat strike after 'kill everybody' Washington Post report

  30-11-2025 04:09 via thehill.com
  
  The leaders of the House Armed Services Committee said late Saturday they are seeking “full accounting” of an early September U.S. military attack against an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the Caribbean after a report alleged that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered U.S. troops to “kill everybody” aboard the vessel.“This committee is committed to providing...
  
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• Russia kills at least 3 in Ukraine ahead of diplomatic talks in US 

  30-11-2025 04:00 via thehill.com
  
  A Russian drone strike killed at least three people in Ukraine’s capital early Saturday morning while wounding at least 29 others, according to The Associated Press. Two individuals were killed in Kyiv, while the other death occurred in the broader region, the Kyiv City Military Administration announced.  The Kremlin strikes consisted of both missiles and...
  
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• Ex-federal prosecutor rips Trump for using slur against Walz: ‘Absolutely indefensible’

  30-11-2025 01:31 via thehill.com
  
  Former federal prosecutor Joseph Moreno on Friday slammed President Trump for using a slur demeaning people with disabilities aimed at Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) in the wake of the National Guard shooting in Washington earlier this week. The president used the slur to criticize Walz in a Thursday Truth Social post, alleging he was allowing...
  
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• USDA secretary: Trump ‘resolutely focused’ on affordability

  30-11-2025 00:14 via thehill.com
  
  Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said President Trump is honing in on affordability measures ahead of the new year, as polling shows his approval on the economy is tanking. During a recent appearance on Fox Business's "Kudlow," Rollins recounted the president telling her, “​​’Brooke, we’re not going to have plastic eggs at the Easter Egg Roll...
  
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