Month: July 2025

96 <!– Welcome to The Hill’s Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy <!–   The Big Story  Would markets tolerate Fed chair Scott Bessent? The possibility that President Trump could replace Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is spinning heads from Washington to Wall Street and…
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Monday that the Trump administration should release all of the files related to the disgraced late-financier Jeffrey Epstein, and that Congress should intervene to force that release if the administration doesn’t act on its own.  Jeffries said there’s no good reason for the Justice Department to keep those…
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Sending Ukraine offensive weapons could push Russian President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table, retired Adm. James Stavridis, the former NATO supreme allied commander, said on Monday. Speaking ahead of the announcement of the U.S.-NATO weapons deal for Ukraine, Stavridis said he was hoping the deal would “move beyond strictly defensive weapons, such as the…
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For some strange reason, Trump’s “won’t somebody think of the unattractive billionaires” claim wasn’t exactly the rallying cry he might have expected.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Monday pushed back on a new report from NBC News that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees are going hungry and being fed spoiled food. “FAKE NEWS! Any claim that there is a lack of food or subprime conditions at ICE detention centers are FALSE,” DHS said in…
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The former president returned to the fundraising circuit to urge his party to “stop looking for the messiah.”

The president appears to harbor an uncharitable view of marriage.

The contradictory stories come as Trump, finally, announces new sanctions to counter Russia and more military aid to Ukraine.

Both women have been vocal in the past about their strained relationship.

The Supreme Court is allowing Trump to put his plan to dismantle the Education Department back on track and go through with laying off nearly 1,400 employees.

Rep. Marc Veasey (D-Texas) said on Sunday he plans to introduce a resolution demanding files be released in the case involving financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “Either @realDonaldTrump and his acolytes fueled the rumors of the significance of these Epstein files to help his campaign, or something is there!” Veasey said in a…
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“Who are the rich & powerful being protected?” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) implored.

Voters are evenly divided on President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” according to a poll.  A Harvard CAPS/Harris poll released Monday found 44 percent of respondents said they supported the Republicans’ major policy bill while another 44 percent said they didn’t support the legislation. A separate 12 percent said they were not sure. Among the provisions…
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Members of the conservative Republican Study Committee are slated to hold a news conference Monday afternoon marking the first anniversary of the assassination attempt against President Trump at a rally in Butler, Pa. Sunday marked one year since Trump was bloodied in the assassination attempt, which served as a turning point for Trump both politically and…
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) will hold a news conference Monday afternoon. Earlier this month, Jeffries commandeered the chamber floor to deliver a marathon speech hammering away at the GOP’s tax and spending cut bill. He stalled passage of the sprawling package full of President Trump’s legislative priorities for several hours. The Jeffries news…
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A majority of voters gave President Trump’s immigration policies high marks, according to a Harvard CAPS/Harris poll released Monday.  Sixty percent of voters surveyed said they support Trump’s efforts to close the border, including 89 percent of Republicans, 55 percent of independents and 34 percent of Democrats.  Seventy-five percent of respondents also said they support…
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Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) said in a CNN interview on Monday that recent State Department layoffs affecting hundreds of people were probably seen as good news by Russian President Vladimir Putin. “I think the folks who are celebrating this decision are our adversaries — China is going to be celebrating; Vladimir Putin is going…
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(NewsNation) — With U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers being pressed by the White House to arrest thousands of migrants each day, how they are carrying out their mission remains under scrutiny amid complaints the agency is shrouded in secrecy. Democrats are pushing legislation that would require federal immigration officers to identify themselves properly…
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President Trump on Monday ridiculed former Energy Secretary Rick Perry and blamed him for suggesting the 2019 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that eventually led to Trump’s first impeachment. “I told that secretary, who wasn’t the smartest bulb — Rick Perry. You don’t want him on your debate team, let me put it…
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The U.S. faces yet another clear and apparent danger. Since Jan. 20, the Trump administration has eviscerated what should be the president’s most important decision-making body: the National Security Council. Indeed, today’s National Security Council should be renamed the “non-security council.”   Established by the National Security Act of 1947, along with an independent U.S. Air Force and the CIA, President…
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European Union officials warned on Monday that countermeasures are still on the table if they cannot reach a trade deal with the United States to avoid the 30-percent tariffs that President Trump announced over the weekend would take effect on Aug. 1. The EU, which negotiates trade deals on behalf of 27 member states, responded…
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At his second inauguration, President Trump announced the start of “the golden age of America” and “a thrilling new era of national success.” Six months later, how has that momentum continued? What actions have we seen from the Republican-controlled Congress? What are the top priorities for Democrats? Where does the White House go from here?…
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More than two-thirds of California’s power grid is now fueled by clean energy sources — marking a new milestone for the Golden State, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced Monday, noting that fossil fuel alternatives were the only energy sources used “nearly every day this year for some part of the day.” “As the federal government…
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Monday he does not support merging his electric vehicle (EV) company with his artificial intelligence (AI) firm, xAI, after the idea was floated last week by a prominent analyst.  In response to a user on his social platform X who asked Tesla investors whether they backed a merger, the tech…
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Speaking for a 6-3 majority in Trump v. CASA, the Supreme Court case involving birthright citizenship, Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote that while the “executive has a duty to follow the law, the judiciary does not have unbridled authority to enforce this obligation.”   That sentence should strike fear into the heart of every American. And it was the…
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