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GOP lawmakers join Democrats to force vote on extending health care subsidies

A group of moderate Republicans signed a petition to force a House vote on extending health care tax credits for three years, a major blow to Speaker Mike Johnson.

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Fed governor Waller says rates could be cut by as much as a full point

Policymaker set to meet Donald Trump on Wednesday for interview to be next chair of US central bank

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Trump turns to primetime address to sell agenda

Morning Report is The Hill's a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today's issue: ▪ Trump World rallies around Susie Wiles ▪ Jack Smith heads to Capitol Hill ▪ Hegseth rebuffs calls to release video ▪ Trump expands travel ban President Trump will leverage the bully pulpit Wednesday in a speech to the…

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DEI Died This Year. Maybe It Was Supposed To

I’m a Black staffer at WIRED. My position feels more precarious than ever. There’s a reason for that.

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Faced with Trump’s deportation push, US teachers fear leaving the classroom

The US has increasingly looked abroad to fill teaching shortages. But some educators fear uncertainty under Trump.

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Kelly on Pentagon investigation: 'This is all a bunch of bulls---'

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) blasted the Pentagon’s ongoing probe into him Tuesday. “This is all a bunch of bulls---,” Kelly told reporters on Capitol Hill. The Defense Department said Monday it is escalating its review into Kelly, a retired Navy captain, over a Nov. 18 video in which and other Democr…

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Speaker Johnson on Trump’s remarks on Reiner killings: ‘That’s not the way I would have done it’

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday said President Trump’s response to the death of actor-director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner was “not the way I would have done it.” “I’m asked to give running commentary on everything the president says every five minutes of the day, a…

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Trump Venezuela Oil Blockade: US Turns Up Heat On Maduro | The Pulse 12/17

President Donald Trump ordered a blockade of sanctioned oil tankers going into and leaving Venezuela, ratcheting up pressure on Caracas as the US builds up its military presence in the region.

Venezuela said in its statement that its ambassador to the United Nations would immediately denounce what …

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Mike Johnson Shuts Door on Key Health Care Vote, and a Dangerous New Drug Hits U.S. Cities

Plus, the subway stop that’s also a museum.

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Statue of teen civil rights icon Barbara Rose Johns replaces Robert E Lee at US Capitol

Statue of Johns, who protested poor conditions at her segregated Virginia high school, unveiled following removal of statue of Confederate generalThe US Capitol on Tuesday began displaying a statue of a teenaged Barbara Rose Johns as she protested poor conditions at her segregated Virginia high scho…

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Hochul leads Stefanik by 19 points in 2026 governor's race: Poll

Governor Kathy Hochul maintains a 19-point lead over her Republican challengers in a hypothetical 2026 election matchup, according to a Siena College poll, while New Yorkers expressed optimism about the state's direction and supported proposals to tax the wealthy to fund social services.

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Health workers decry hasty House bills to ban gender-affirming care for children: ‘They hurt people’

Two bills mark the first time Congress has voted over national care bans and an escalation of anti-trans rhetoricUS politics live – latest updatesNicholas Mitchell took a deep breath and reached for the door handle. He never knew what to expect inside. Sometimes, the staffers for US House representa…

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STAT+: House set to vote on bills to ban gender-affirming care for young people

It's the latest effort by GOP lawmakers and President Trump to restrict care for transgender youth.

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Navarro won't quit appealing his contempt of Congress conviction

Peter Navarro's appeal of his contempt of Congress conviction may seem, to some, unnecessary. Last year, fresh out of prison after serving a 4-month stint for refusing to abide a congressional subpoena, he was whisked onto the Republican National Convention stage and welcomed back into the fold. …

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GOP senators break with Hegseth over video of missile strike on survivors

Republican senators are openly questioning Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s decision not to release the full video of a Sept. 2 follow-up strike on two survivors of an initial military strike against a Venezuelan boat, second-guessing a key decision in the Trump administration’s operations in the…

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Jack Smith defends Trump prosecutions in closed-door House testimony

Former special counsel Jack Smith defended his prosecutions of President Trump in a closed-door deposition with lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.

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Democratic socialism gets a trial run on Broadway with Zohran Mamdani

Zohran Mamdani has been elected Mayor of New York City, and is promising to lower costs and make life easier for New Yorkers through rent freezes, free childcare, and non-profit city owned grocery stores, funded by tax increases on corporations and wealthy residents.

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Susie Wiles reacts to bombshell Vanity Fair reporting about Trump administration

White House chief of staff Susie Wiles is slamming a Vanity Fair piece that she is quoted in after agreeing to multiple interviews with author Chris Whipple. CBS News' Weijia Jiang reports.

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Big Tech bent the knee for Trump in 2025

Sure, we've seen millions poured into lobbying and other means of influence during every presidency, but the last two years set a whole new bar. Business leaders, including those from almost every Big Tech company, stepped over themselves to prove fealty to Donald Trump's second administration. It's…

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Live updates: GOP health care bill comes to House floor; Senate takes up NDAA

The House is set to vote Wednesday on a narrow, GOP-crafted health care bill, having shut down any chance of an amendment that includes an extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies. A contentious Rules Committee meeting ended Tuesday night with an ObamaCare effort by moderate Republicans being rule…