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• Trump knocks Republicans who backed Iran war powers votes: 'Grandstanders!'

  04-06-2026 15:06 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump on Thursday panned the House for passing a resolution designed to force him to end the Iran war, calling the action "meaningless" and knocking Republicans who bucked the party. “Yesterday, in a meaningless vote, the House voted, 4 bad Republicans and all of the Dumocrats, to limit my War Powers, right in the...
  
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• Hezbollah rejects latest ceasefire brokered by Israel, Lebanon

  04-06-2026 18:38 via thehill.com
  
  Hezbollah on Thursday rejected the latest U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon, which creates "pilot zones" where Beirut will work to drive out the militant group.  Hezbollah’s leader, Naim Kassem, described the ceasefire as “absurd, humiliating, and insulting” while urging Israel to withdraw from Southern Lebanon entirely, according to The Associated Press.  Kaseem said,...
  
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• Live updates: Senate vote-a-rama underway on reconciliation

  04-06-2026 18:22 via thehill.com
  
  The Senate launched a voting blitz on Thursday as it moves toward passing a $70 billion budget reconciliation package that would fund immigration enforcement agencies. A party-line vote on Wednesday kicked off hours of debate, followed by a series of unlimited back-to-back amendment votes before final passage later this week. The Supreme Court issued three...
  
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• Gabbard says husband's surgery was successful: 'Now the recovery begins'

  04-06-2026 18:17 via thehill.com
  
  Tulsi Gabbard, who announced her resignation as director of national intelligence after her husband was diagnosed with bone cancer, said he underwent successful surgery and is recovering.  “My husband Abraham was diagnosed with a very rare sacral chordoma,” Gabbard wrote on the social platform X. “The surgery to remove bone and surrounding tissue lasted almost...
  
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• Panetta on Pulte: Intelligence community getting 'a political hack' 

  04-06-2026 18:03 via thehill.com
  
  Former CIA Director Leon Panetta on Thursday morning derided President Trump’s new pick to lead national intelligence operations: Bill Pulte. Panetta, who also served as defense secretary under former President Obama, told NPR’s Leila Fadel on “Morning Edition” that the Pulte, currently the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), has “absolutely no business”...
  
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• Education Department sued over student loan limitations

  04-06-2026 17:26 via thehill.com
  
  A pair of advocacy groups filed suit on Wednesday against the Education Department over its cap on how much physician associates and assistants (PAs) can borrow in student loans, the latest legal challenge to the recent limits. The American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) and the PA Education Association filed suit in the U.S. District...
  
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• Trump's ballroom commissioner leads US delegation to 'Russia's Davos'

  04-06-2026 17:23 via thehill.com
  
  The U.S. official overseeing President Trump’s controversial White House ballroom project led an official delegation to Russia’s premier economic forum, underscoring the president’s outreach to Moscow as Russian President Vladimir Putin escalates the war against Ukraine.Rodney Mims Cook Jr., who serves as chairman of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, is attending the St....
  
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• Trump net approval hits new low: Polling tracker 

  04-06-2026 16:56 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump’s net approval rating is down to its lowest point ever amid the Iran war and stubbornly high prices, according to a polling analysis.The Economist has tracked public opinion about presidential job performance in its poll tracker since 2009, relying on data from YouGov surveys. The outlet found that Trump’s net approval rating...
  
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• Trump under no pressure to change ahead of midterms: Marc Short

  04-06-2026 16:43 via thehill.com
  
  Former White House staffer Marc Short on Wednesday said President Trump is under no pressure to change his agenda before midterm elections.   “I think he still has that control of the Republican Party, and I don't think he really cares what the Senate does,” Short, who previously served as former Vice President Mike Pence's chief...
  
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• New York House candidates face off in race to succeed Nadler: How to watch PIX11 debate

  04-06-2026 16:36 via thehill.com
  
  NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) — Candidates in New York’s 12th Congressional District will face off in a race for the district’s first open seat in more than three decades. The spot is being contested by Alex Bores, George Conway, Micah Lasher, Jack Schlossberg and five other candidates, following Rep. Jerry Nadler's (D-N.Y.) decision not to...
  
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• Strike on alleged drug boat kills 2 in eastern Pacific

  04-06-2026 16:28 via thehill.com
  
  The U.S. launched a Wednesday strike on another alleged drug boat traveling through the eastern Pacific, resulting in the death of two people. U.S. Southern Command (SouthCom) said the vessel was operated by designated terrorist organizations but did specify which ones or provide additional evidence of the boat’s intent to transfer narcotics.  "Intelligence confirmed the...
  
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• Boebert on 'embarrassing' Kean absence: 'Where is he?'

  04-06-2026 15:44 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) slammed fellow GOP Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (N.J.) for his extended absence from Capitol Hill and the campaign trail. “Where is he? No, seriously. It’s embarrassing,” Boebert told TMZ on the Capitol steps Wednesday. “We’re supposed to be the party that is against campaigning from the basement,” she added, referring to...
  
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• Trump rips 'meaningless' House vote on resolution to end Iran war

  04-06-2026 15:06 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump on Thursday panned the House passing a resolution designed to force him to end the Iran war as "meaningless." “Yesterday, in a meaningless vote, the House voted, 4 bad Republicans and all of the Dumocrats, to limit my War Powers, right in the middle of my final negotiations to end the War with...
  
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• Live updates: Senate poised for vote-a-rama on reconciliation; Trump to boost coal

  04-06-2026 14:30 via thehill.com
  
  The Senate is expected to launch into a voting blitz on Thursday as it moves toward passing a budget reconciliation package that would fund immigration enforcement agencies. A party-line vote kicked off hours of debate, followed by a series of unlimited back-to-back amendment votes before final passage later this week. The chamber on Wednesday revealed...
  
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• Defeated GOP incumbents snubbed by Trump may grow more willing to buck him

  04-06-2026 13:42 via thehill.com
  
  Republican incumbents who were snubbed by President Trump in the midterms are increasingly signaling they will take a more independent approach to his agenda, creating fresh challenges for GOP leaders as they race to notch a series of legislative victories in the weeks ahead. Republicans are looking to pass an immigration enforcement funding package, secure...
  
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• Trump says he'll nominate Blanche as attorney general

  04-06-2026 13:40 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump on Wednesday evening signaled he will name acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to officially serve as the nation's top prosecutor. During a dinner at the White House, the president said that he will instruct Dan Scavino, the director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office, and other aides to nominate Blanche to the...
  
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• Rubio, Vance, Bessent, Oz: White House’s 'guest' briefers step into different spotlight

  04-06-2026 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  There’s a new, favorite Beltway game: evaluating the performance of the big figures in the Trump administration who have stepped to the lectern to conduct White House briefings. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Mehmet Oz, who on Tuesday became the latest person to fill the role, even gave his own — relentlessly...
  
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• Republicans rocked by Trump’s midterm approach 

  04-06-2026 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  Republicans hoping to keep control of Congress in a tough election year have been thrown off-balance by President Trump’s focus on foreign policy, pet projects, and statements dismissing the importance of the midterms and cost-of-living issues. To be sure, Trump’s team is putting its shoulder into the midterm operations. The president has helped to catapult...
  
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• FEMA staff losses leave questions about hurricane season

  04-06-2026 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) staffing losses after a tumultuous year at the agency are raising questions about whether it will be able to effectively respond to this hurricane season. While the Trump administration has backed off its most controversial ideas — such as outright eliminating FEMA or cutting its staff by 50 percent —...
  
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• USAID's closure led to 'entirely preventable' deaths, latest Ebola outbreak: House Dem report

  04-06-2026 06:00 via thehill.com
  
  The Trump administration’s decision to kill the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) likely contributed to 600,000 “entirely preventable” deaths, left the globe faltering in responding to the latest Ebola outbreak and let U.S. adversaries increase their standing in the developing world, a report from House Oversight Democrats finds. The report, issued Thursday, offers one...
  
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• Democrats question reported White House intervention in loan for Donald Trump Jr.

  04-06-2026 05:01 via thehill.com
  
  Several Democratic lawmakers are demanding answers following a report that a White House official intervened to grant a $620 million Pentagon loan to a company linked to President Trump’s eldest son.“We write to demand a full explanation for what appears to be an egregious example of Trump administration corruption involving the White House delivering...
  
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• These Republicans bucked the party on Iran, Ukraine votes 

  04-06-2026 00:57 via thehill.com
  
  Several GOP lawmakers joined House Democrats on Wednesday afternoon to pass a resolution to force the Trump administration to end its war against Iran and to advance legislation to support Ukraine in its fight against Russia. Four Republicans crossed party lines to support the Iran war powers resolution, including Reps. Thomas Massie (Ky.), Brian Fitzpatrick...
  
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• Trump says Reflecting Pool to be completed 'today'

  04-06-2026 00:45 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump said renovations to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool were completed on Wednesday after being cleaned and re-painted “American flag blue.” “Excitingly, the final coat of protection will be completed on the Reflecting Pool that sits between The Washington Monument and The Lincoln Memorial, at 4 P.M., today,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social...
  
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• Trump expected to announce $700M boost for coal

  04-06-2026 00:39 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump is expected to announce that his administration will put about $700 million to bolster coal. Trump is set to use wartime authority under the Defense Prevention Act to dole out $425 million to 13 existing coal plants and $75 million for an export terminal in California.  He is also expected to announce $185...
  
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• Pentagon sued over Stars and Stripes restrictions

  04-06-2026 00:36 via thehill.com
  
  Two advisory board members for the Stars and Stripes military newspaper are suing the Pentagon, alleging that the Defense Department’s overhaul of the publication is undermining its editorial independence. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday, asks a federal judge to block the Pentagon’s efforts to “exert unprecedented control” over the news outlet, arguing the department is attempting...
  
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• Trump says UFC arena outside White House could be permanent

  04-06-2026 00:08 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump suggested on Wednesday that the UFC arena currently under construction on the White House’s South Lawn could be a permanent addition.  “I’m looking at it and maybe we’ll never ever take it down,” Trump said in a video posted on his official TikTok account on Tuesday.The president directed the installation of this...
  
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• Trump attacks CNN's Collins: 'Hatred in her eyes'

  03-06-2026 23:53 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump on Wednesday attacked CNN's Kaitlan Collins, accusing her of having "hatred in her eyes," while he took questions from reporters in the Oval Office. The president was answering a question about the recently defunct "anti-weaponization" fund, which he called "a beautiful thing." He then attacked CNN, calling the network "crooked as hell" and...
  
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• Trump congratulates Hilton on yet-to-be called California governor's race

  03-06-2026 23:46 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump on Wednesday congratulated Republican Steve Hilton for “coming in first” in the California gubernatorial primary, but Decision Desk HQ has not called the race yet. “Congratulations to Steve Hilton on coming in first, last night, in the California Vote for Governor,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. “If Californians are smart, which...
  
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• Trump on whether anti-weaponization fund is dead: 'I'd have to ask the lawyers'

  03-06-2026 23:34 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump sidestepped a question Wednesday about whether his $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund is a dead idea or just on hold after acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said there were no plans to move forward with it. "It's a... I’d have to ask the lawyers," Trump said in the Oval Office. "I don't know." He...
  
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• House moves forward on new aid for Ukraine package, spurning Trump

  03-06-2026 23:33 via thehill.com
  
  Six Republicans joined Democrats on Wednesday to push through a vote on military aid for Ukraine, a blow to President Trump’s handling of Russia’s war against the country and his withdrawal of U.S. support for Kyiv.  The House voted 218-204 in a procedural motion that clears the way for a vote on the Ukraine Support...
  
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