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• Dem rep: 'Pretty clear' that Trump administration does not want boat strike video released

  07-12-2025 16:52 via thehill.com
  
  Democratic Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) said Sunday it is “pretty clear” that the Trump administration does not want to release video of a second strike on an alleged drug boat in September.“It’s no different than any of the dozen-plus videos they’ve already released. It seems pretty clear they don’t want to release this video...
  
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• Roadmap for Trump's FEMA reforms set for release Thursday

  10-12-2025 20:25 via thehill.com
  
  The Trump administration is set to unveil its plan this week to reform the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), a proposal that is sure to be contentious but is not expected to go as far as earlier calls to eliminate the agency completely. Earlier this year, President Trump established a FEMA Review Council, tasking the group —...
  
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• Read: FOMC statement on interest rate cut

  10-12-2025 20:12 via thehill.com
  
  The Federal Reserve cut interest rates Wednesday in an unusually narrow vote, underscoring the divides among bank officials over the effect rate cuts will have on inflation and employment. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the panel of Fed officials responsible for setting monetary policy, dropped its baseline interest rate down to a range of...
  
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• Democrats grow more bullish on midterms after string of wins

  10-12-2025 20:10 via thehill.com
  
  Emboldened Democrats are expanding their target lists for the House and state legislatures after a series of notable wins and overperformances on Tuesday.The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC) and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) both announced Wednesday morning they were expanding their target maps as they hope to shift the balance of power...
  
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• Live updates: NDAA comes to House floor; Federal Reserve cuts rates

  10-12-2025 20:08 via thehill.com
  
  The House will take its first votes on the must-pass Defense funding bill on Wednesday afternoon, after the Rules Committee advanced the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) late Tuesday. The Federal Reserve on Wednesday also cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point, its final decision of 2025, as President Trump looks to...
  
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• Only one American woman in politics makes Forbes most powerful list

  10-12-2025 19:57 via thehill.com
  
  Only one American woman in politics, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, made Forbes's 2025 list of most powerful women. Wiles, the White House's first female chief of staff, is ranked 66th on the Forbes list, behind figures like pop star Taylor Swift, television host Oprah Winfrey and General Motors CEO Mary Barra. But...
  
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• DHS inks Boeing contract to create fleet of planes for deportations

  10-12-2025 19:56 via thehill.com
  
  The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed Wednesday that it reached an agreement to purchase Boeing 737 planes for deportation proceedings. DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said on the social platform X that the planes will allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to “operate more effectively, including by using more efficient flight patterns.” McLaughlin added...
  
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• 55 percent in new poll blame Trump administration for high grocery prices

  10-12-2025 18:29 via thehill.com
  
  A majority of Americans who said grocery prices are hard to afford blamed the Trump administration for putting them in that situation, according to a new poll. The Politico Poll, conducted in mid-November, asks those who said grocery prices are “difficult” or “very difficult” to afford who they thought is most responsible: 55 percent said...
  
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• Senate Democrat expresses fear about Trump 'sleepwalking us into a war' with Venezuela

  10-12-2025 18:08 via thehill.com
  
  Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) expressed fear Tuesday that President Trump is “sleepwalking us into a war” with Venezuela in the wake of recent tension between the U.S. and the South American country. “I’m afraid that Secretary [Pete] Hegseth and President Trump are sleepwalking us into a war with Venezuela, and that regime change and access...
  
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• House GOP to bring vote on health care plan without ObamaCare subsidies

  10-12-2025 17:55 via thehill.com
  
  House GOP leaders will bring a vote next week on a package of health care bills that does not include an extension of expiring ObamaCare enhanced subsidies, as Republicans remain divided about how to address the health care cliff ahead of a midterm election year. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told reporters the legislation will comprise...
  
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• House GOP health care package will exclude ACA subsidy extension

  10-12-2025 17:55 via thehill.com
  
  House GOP leaders will bring a vote next week on a package of health care bills that does not include an extension of expiring ObamaCare enhanced subsidies, as Republicans remain divided about how to address the health care cliff ahead of a midterm election year. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told reporters the legislation will comprise...
  
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• Prominent election denier joins FEMA leadership

  10-12-2025 17:40 via thehill.com
  
  The Trump administration has tapped Gregg Phillips, who gained notoriety for claims about noncitizens voting in the 2016 election, for a leading role at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). “Gregg Phillips is joining the FEMA leadership team, bringing experience in emergency and humanitarian response, state government operations, and large scale program reform,” said a spokesperson...
  
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• Foreign tourists required to disclose 5 years of social media activity in US proposal

  10-12-2025 17:11 via thehill.com
  
  Foreign tourists could be required to disclose the past five years of their social media activity if a Tuesday rule proposed by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is approved. “In order to comply with the January 2025 Executive Order 14161 (Protecting the United States From Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats),...
  
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• House Democrat files articles of impeachment against RFK Jr.

  10-12-2025 16:57 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) said on Wednesday she filed articles of impeachment against Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., calling him “the biggest self-created threat to our health and safety.” “RFK Jr. has got to go. Today, I introduced Articles of Impeachment to remove him from office. RFK Jr. has turned...
  
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• Judge grants DOJ request to unseal Epstein sex trafficking case records

  10-12-2025 16:51 via thehill.com
  
  A federal judge ruled Wednesday that grand jury transcripts from Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 sex-trafficking case can be unsealed. Judge Richard Berman of the Southern District of New York, in a four-page decision, cited a law passed last month requiring the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release files related to the late convicted sex offender in...
  
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• Trump admits to calling some countries a 's‑‑‑hole'

  10-12-2025 16:48 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump acknowledged Tuesday he had referred to some developing nations as "s‑‑‑hole countries," confirming he had made the inflammatory comments he repeatedly denied having said at the time. Trump during a rally in Pennsylvania on Tuesday touted he had paused migration from “hellholes like Afghanistan, Haiti, Somalia, and many other countries.” When one supporter...
  
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• Trump rips NY Times over 'seditious' reporting about his health

  10-12-2025 16:43 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump late Tuesday went after The New York Times over “seditious” reporting about his health. “The New York Times, and some others, like to pretend that I am ‘slowing up,’ am maybe not as sharp as I once was, or am in poor physical health, knowing that it is not true, and knowing that...
  
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• Soybean association president on Trump farm aid plan: 'A Band-Aid on an open wound'

  10-12-2025 16:07 via thehill.com
  
  American Soybean Association President Caleb Ragland on Tuesday said farmers would need more than President Trump’s $12 billion relief package to overcome losses from new trade policies. “This is a Band-Aid on an open wound. And, again, we’re thankful that there’s something that will help keep some farms in business, but what we truly need...
  
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• Musk: DOGE 'somewhat successful'

  10-12-2025 15:37 via thehill.com
  
  Tech billionaire Elon Musk said his controversial Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was “somewhat successful” in a new podcast episode. “We're a little bit successful, we were somewhat successful. I mean, we stopped a lot of funding for — that really just made no sense, that was just entirely wasteful,” Musk said on a Tuesday...
  
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• Nancy Mace: Police report on airport incident 'falsified'

  10-12-2025 15:34 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) claimed on Tuesday that officials “falsified” much of a police report that accused her of berating airport security and escalating a “minor miscommunication” by police into a “spectacle” that left employees “visibly upset.” “Well, part of the report was actually falsified,” Mace said in an appearance on CNN's "The Source," when...
  
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• Justice Dept. fights court ruling they say is blocking efforts to reindict Comey

  10-12-2025 15:03 via thehill.com
  
  Federal prosecutors are appealing an order blocking access to the communications of a close associate of James Comey, saying the move was a “strategic tool to obstruct” their case against the former FBI director. A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked the Justice Department from accessing seized materials from Daniel Richman, exchanges prosecutors relied on...
  
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• DOJ fights court ruling it says is blocking efforts to reindict Comey

  10-12-2025 15:03 via thehill.com
  
  Federal prosecutors are appealing an order blocking access to the communications of a close associate of James Comey, saying the move was a “strategic tool to obstruct” their case against the former FBI director. A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked the Justice Department from accessing seized materials from Daniel Richman, exchanges prosecutors relied on...
  
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• Live updates: NDAA comes to House floor; Federal Reserve expected to cut rates

  10-12-2025 14:50 via thehill.com
  
  The House will take its first votes on the must-pass Defense funding bill on Wednesday, after the Rules Committee advanced the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) late Tuesday. The Federal Reserve on Wednesday is expected to cut interest rates, its final decision of 2025, as President Trump looks to chart a new course for the...
  
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• Almost half oppose boat strikes near Venezuela: Survey

  10-12-2025 14:02 via thehill.com
  
  Nearly half of Americans say they oppose the Trump administration’s military strikes on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean near Venezuela, according to new polling. In a Reuters/Ipsos survey, released Wednesday, 48 percent say the U.S. should not be conducting the strikes without first getting court approval. Another 34 percent say the military should carry...
  
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• The Memo: Trump battles MAGA vibe shift at end of first year back in power

  10-12-2025 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump is nearing the end of his first year back in power, but he’s in a very different political spot compared with 12 months ago. Back then, Trump and his Make America Great Again (MAGA) allies were euphoric about his convincing victory over former Vice President Kamala Harris. Their excitement was not just about...
  
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• Federal Reserve poised to cut rates as Trump plots new course for bank

  10-12-2025 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  The Federal Reserve will make its final interest rate decision of 2025 on Wednesday, setting up a pivotal year for both the U.S. economy and the central bank as President Trump prepares to install a new leader. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the panel of Fed officials responsible for monetary policy, is expected to...
  
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• Conservatives grumble over defense bill compromises

  10-12-2025 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  Republicans in the House are grumbling over the final version of the annual defense bill set to hit the floor on Wednesday, frustrated at the omission of a cryptocurrency provision, an $8 billion increase in funding authorization and other compromises with Democrats that leaders made during bicameral negotiations.Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.), who said he...
  
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• Sanders concerned ACA subsidies will not be extended before New Year: 'It's a tragedy'

  10-12-2025 04:59 via thehill.com
  
  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) expressed concern that Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies will not be extended before the end of this year. “It’s a tragedy,” Sanders told host Kaitlan Collins on CNN’s “The Source.” The Vermont progressive added that Americans “are not prepared” for the ramifications if the subsidies expire, which they are set to...
  
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• House panel advances mammoth annual defense policy bill

  10-12-2025 04:06 via thehill.com
  
  The House Rules Committee on Tuesday evening advanced a sweeping bipartisan defense policy bill following months of work by the House and Senate Armed Services committees, clearing a key procedural hurdle and sending it to the floor for consideration. The panel advanced the measure, dubbed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), by a recorded vote of 9-3....
  
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• House GOP leaders to pitch health care options for vote next week

  10-12-2025 03:43 via thehill.com
  
  House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) said Republican leaders will present their health care proposals to the full House GOP conference on Wednesday to find out which items have consensus for votes in the House next week. The development comes after a meeting with a “good cross-section of our members” and committee leaders in the...
  
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