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• Trump economic adviser defends tariffs: Not a 'big effect' on US consumer

  06-04-2025 16:10 via thehill.com
  
  National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett defended President Trump's sweeping global tariffs that have stoked concerns about the United States economy.During a Sunday interview on ABC's "This Week," Hassett said he doesn't believe there will be a "big effect on the consumer in the U.S.," noting that more than 50 countries are also "coming to the table" to negotiate."So the fact is, the countries are angry and retaliating — and, by the way, coming to the table," he said. "I
  
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• House Democrat requests Congressional delegation visit El Salvadorian prison

  17-04-2025 05:28 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.) has requested a congressional delegation to visit a prison in El Salvador where the Trump administration has sent numerous deportees.In a Wednesday letter addressed to House Homeland Security Committee Chair Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.), Ramirez asked “that the House Committee on Homeland Security authorize a Congressional Member Delegation (CODEL) to conduct an oversight visit to the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) in Tecoluca, El Salvador.”In
  
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• Noem announces cancelation of $2.7 million in grants to Harvard

  17-04-2025 03:16 via thehill.com
  
  Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Wednesday announced the cancelation of more than $2.7 million in grants to Harvard University amid tensions between the school and the Trump administration.The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in a Wednesday press release that Noem unveiled the discontinuation of two grants from the department to Harvard worth more than $2.7 million. DHS also noted in the press release that the secretary requested “detailed records on Harvard’s for
  
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• Former top CISA official leaving SentinelOne to challenge Trump administration probe

  17-04-2025 02:28 via thehill.com
  
  Chris Krebs, a former top Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) official, is leaving the private sector to challenge a Trump administration probe.Krebs said in a Wednesday email that he was “stepping away from” the cybersecurity company SentinelOne “effective immediately.”“For those who know me, you know I don't shy away from tough fights. But I also know this is one I need to take on fully - outside of SentinelOne. This will require my complete fo
  
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• IRS asked to revoke Harvard's tax-exempt status

  17-04-2025 02:01 via thehill.com
  
  The Trump administration asked the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to revoke Harvard University’s tax-exempt status on Wednesday, a day after President Trump suggested the idea.Andrew De Mello, the IRS’s acting chief counsel, received an inquiry from the Treasury Department on Wednesday requesting that the agency rescind the Ivy League school's tax-exemption status, according to the Washington Post. “Perhaps Harvard should lose its Tax Exempt Status and be Taxed as a Polit
  
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• Democrat Norcross in intensive care, faces 'extended recovery'

  17-04-2025 01:06 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Donald Norcross (D-N.J.), 66, was admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) at a New Jersey hospital and was said to be dealing with "an extended recovery that could require physical rehabilitation,” according to a Tuesday press release from his office.Norcross was transferred to Cooper University Health Care on April 7 "following a medical incident that necessitated his hospitalization" in Raleigh, N.C., Eric Kupersmith, Cooper University Health Care chief physician executive, sa
  
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• Draft budget would slash HHS funding by a third: Reports

  17-04-2025 00:54 via thehill.com
  
  The Trump administration is seeking to slash the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) budget by nearly a third, according to multiple reports. An initial draft of the White House budget request calls for dropping the agency’s discretionary budget from its fiscal 2024 enacted level of about $117 billion to $80 billion in fiscal 2026, according to The Washington Post.  The draft calls for the creation and funding of a new agency called the Administration for a Healthy Amer
  
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• Maine Gov. on DOJ lawsuit over transgender athletes: This is about 'states rights,' 'defending the rule of law'

  17-04-2025 00:40 via thehill.com
  
  Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) on Wednesday commented on the Justice Department’s announcement of a lawsuit over transgender athletes targeting her state, calling it part of “an unprecedented campaign to pressure the State of Maine to ignore the Constitution and abandon the rule of law.”"This matter has never been about school sports or the protection of women and girls, as has been claimed, it is about states' rights and defending the rule of law against a federal government bent
  
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• White House embraces Abrego Garcia fight

  16-04-2025 23:59 via thehill.com
  
  The White House is digging in on its refusal to bring back a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador, viewing the controversial fight as a political winner that keeps the focus on an issue of strength for President Trump.Democrats and civil rights groups have been in an uproar about the removal of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who the Trump administration acknowledged in a court filing had been sent to a notorious El Salvador prison by mistake.Abrego Garcia is a 29-year-old Salvador
  
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• London mayor says US trade war would be 'bad for all of us'

  16-04-2025 23:37 via thehill.com
  
  London Mayor Sadiq Khan said in a Wednesday interview that a trade war between the United States and any country would be “bad for all of us.”In an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Khan said he hopes the United Kingdom secures a deal to mitigate the impact of President Trump's tariffs. Still, he warned of the global implications that could result from protectionism.“I'm hoping that Prime Minister Keir Starmer and President Trump embrace this special relationship but als
  
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• White House invites Rachel Morin's mother to press briefing to share daughter's story

  16-04-2025 23:34 via thehill.com
  
  The mother of a Maryland woman who was killed by an individual who entered the country illegally addressed reporters at the White House on Wednesday as the Trump administration seeks to go on offense over the case of an individual who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador.Patty Morin, whose daughter Rachel’s 2023 killing became a flashpoint in the presidential campaign last year, was a “special guest” of the White House at a previously unscheduled briefing with reporters.Press
  
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• David Hogg launches $20M effort to primary safe House Democrats

  16-04-2025 22:58 via thehill.com
  
  Democratic National Committee (DNC) Vice Chair David Hogg’s group, Leaders We Deserve, launched a $20 million initiative on Monday aimed at launching primary challenges against House Democrats in safe seats in the hopes of electing a new generation of leaders.“We’re not only focused on targeting Democratic incumbents when necessary,” Hogg told The Hill in a Wednesday interview. “We are here to elect young people who are running in open seats. We’re here to ele
  
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• Trump administration plans to end free tax filing program

  16-04-2025 22:04 via thehill.com
  
  The Trump administration is planning to end the free tax filing service developed during the Biden administration, The Associated Press reported, citing two people familiar with the decision.The IRS’s “Direct File program” allows Americans to file their tax returns directly to the agency for free online. The electronic system launched as a pilot program in 2024 and was made permanent last May.But, in mid-March, the IRS staff assigned to the program were told to stop working on
  
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• Stefanik eyeing New York governor's bid

  16-04-2025 21:57 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) is considering a run for governor of New York next year following her withdrawal as President Trump’s nominee to be United Nations ambassador, a source familiar with her thinking confirmed to The Hill. Stefanik has gained increasing prominence in recent years as a close supporter of Trump and for leading the charge against several top universities’ handling of pro-Palestinian protests on their campuses that dominated much of the 2023-24 aca
  
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• Trump administration removes Democratic members of credit union watchdog

  16-04-2025 21:28 via thehill.com
  
  The Trump administration has fired two Democratic board members from the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), the officials said Wednesday.Todd Harper, one Democrat on the board, shared the news of his removal in a post on LinkedIn and said the firing was “just plain wrong.”“The decision of the White House to fire me before the completion of my term is wrong. It violates the bipartisan statutory framework adopted by Congress to protect credit union members and their de
  
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• CNN host, GOP lawmaker spar over Trump deportation standoff

  16-04-2025 20:20 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Rich McCormick (R-Ga.) sparred with CNN host Pamela Brown over the Supreme Court’s ruling regarding the deportation of a Maryland man who was sent to the CECOT maximum security prison in El Salvador. Kilmar Abrego Garcia was removed from the United States last month despite his legal residency in Maryland for over a decade. An immigration court granted him approval to stay in the country under asylum after he fled his native country, El Salvador, due to threats of violence and pe
  
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• Rubio ends controversial State Department hub tracking foreign disinformation

  16-04-2025 20:10 via thehill.com
  
  Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday announced the closure of a small arm within the State Department aimed at countering foreign disinformation campaigns, but that Republicans increasingly criticized as silencing conservative voices online.Rubio announced the shuttering of the State Department’s Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (R/FIMI), formerly known as the Global Engagement Center (GEC), accusing it of using taxpayer dollars “to actively silence an
  
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• Suspect in Shapiro arson attack cited plight of Palestinians: Police

  16-04-2025 19:54 via thehill.com
  
  The suspect arrested in connection to the arson attack on Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s (D) home cited the plight of Palestinians as his motivation, according to a probable cause affidavit filed by the Pennsylvania State Police.The affidavit relays details of a 911 call that the suspect, Cody Allen Balmer, allegedly placed to Dauphin County 911 after the arson attack this weekend.Police say Balmer identified himself by name and told the 911 operator that Shapiro “needs to know tha
  
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• Trump, Musk, RFK Jr., Lutnick make Time's 'most influential' list

  16-04-2025 19:26 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump and five members of his administration — Vice President Vance, senior adviser Elon Musk, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought — have been named to Time magazine's list of the "100 Most Influential People of 2025."The six officials are the largest representation bloc from a presidential administration since Time's 2009 list at the start of former Presiden
  
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• Homan rips Van Hollen for trip to El Salvador prison holding Abrego Garcia: ‘Disgusting’

  16-04-2025 19:05 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump's border czar Tom Homan criticized Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) for flying to the El Salvador prison where a wrongfully deported man is being held, calling the trip “disgusting.”Homan joined Fox & Friends on Wednesday morning, as Van Hollen landed in El Salvador to check on Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s wellbeing and to “hold constructive conversations with government officials around his release.”“Rather than taking care of the constituents in h
  
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• GOP's legal threats sink Democrats' billboard attacks over Medicaid

  16-04-2025 18:19 via thehill.com
  
  The House GOP’s campaign arm in recent weeks has successfully pressed three advertising companies to pull down Democratic billboard displays bashing vulnerable Republicans over Medicaid — a setback to Democratic campaigners hoping to make health care a liability for battleground Republicans around the country. In a series of cease-and-desist letters, the National Republican Campaign Committee (NRCC) said the imposing roadside ads — sponsored by a splinter group of the top
  
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• GOP finds early success battling Democrats' Medicaid message with legal threats

  16-04-2025 18:19 via thehill.com
  
  The House GOP’s campaign arm in recent weeks has successfully pressed three advertising companies to pull down Democratic billboard displays bashing vulnerable Republicans over Medicaid — a setback to Democratic campaigners hoping to make health care a liability for battleground Republicans around the country. In a series of cease-and-desist letters, the National Republican Campaign Committee (NRCC) said the imposing roadside ads — sponsored by a splinter group of the top
  
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• Harvard medical professor says federal funding cuts ‘will cost lives’

  16-04-2025 18:14 via thehill.com
  
  David Walt, a Harvard University medial professor, argued the Trump administration’s cut to the university's funding is going to “cost lives.”Walt, a laureate professor working on early diagnosis of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), joined CNN on Wednesday as the legal battle between Harvard and the Trump administration continues and $200 billion in funding was cut from the school.“Cancellation of funding to researchers across the U.S. will delay medical progress and w
  
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• Grassley pressed on wrongly deported man in heated exchange at town hall

  16-04-2025 18:03 via thehill.com
  
  Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) was pressed on the status of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was wrongly deported to El Salvador, during a heated exchange at a town hall he held on Tuesday. Grassley discussed numerous topics during the Iowa event, including farmers, tariffs and congressional Republicans’ planned reconciliation bill that would seek to cut spending, extend President Trump’s tax cuts and provide money for border se
  
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• Unions launch 'Rise Up' legal defense network for federal workers fired under Trump

  16-04-2025 17:43 via thehill.com
  
  A network of federal employee unions and legal groups are launching a legal defense group to provide counsel to thousands of government workers recently fired by the Trump administration.Deemed Rise Up, the program will recruit lawyers to provide pro bono legal help to scores of federal workers.“Federal workers’ unions and allied organizations are already fighting back in court, but thousands of federal workers still need individual legal advice and representation. Rise Up: Fede
  
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• WTO warns of global trade decline amid Trump tariff war

  16-04-2025 17:31 via thehill.com
  
  The World Trade Organization (WTO) is calling the trade war unleashed by President Trump a "crisis" and is warning things could get worse if "the situation deteriorates."WTO economists on Wednesday updated their projections for 2025, noting a "substantial downgrade" to the forecast for merchandise trade and a smaller reduction in their outlook for services trade.
  Much of the change was driven by new estimates for North America, which is now is projected to see a 12.6 percent decline in exports a
  
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• Newsom sues Trump administration over 'tariff regime'

  16-04-2025 16:41 via thehill.com
  
  California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) moved to sue the Trump administration on Wednesday, challenging President Trump’s authority to enact tariffs they say have “devastating impacts” on the Golden State.In the lawsuit, filed Wednesday afternoon in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, they argue the president lacks the power to impose steep import taxes through the International Eco
  
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• Newsom says California will sue over Trump tariffs

  16-04-2025 16:41 via thehill.com
  
  California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) announced plans to sue the Trump administration Wednesday, challenging President Trump's authority to enact tariffs they claim will cause “immediate and irreparable harm” to the Golden State.In the lawsuit, expected to be filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, they argue the president lacks the power to impose steep import taxes through the International Economic Emergency Powers Ac
  
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• Bondi says mistakenly deported man 'not coming back to our country'

  16-04-2025 16:22 via thehill.com
  
  Attorney General Pam Bondi said the Trump administration failed to take “one extra step of paperwork” before it mistakenly deported a Maryland man, adding that nonetheless Kilmar Abrego Garcia is “not coming back to our country.”The comments were the latest example of officials under President Trump digging in despite a Supreme Court order requiring them to “facilitate” Abrego Garcia’s return.Bondi also repeated numerous claims about Abrego Ga
  
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• Bondi on Shapiro arson attack: Federal government assisting with investigation

  16-04-2025 16:21 via thehill.com
  
  Federal authorities are assisting with the state investigation into the arson attack on Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's (D) official residence, and Attorney General Pam Bondi told reporters Wednesday she wants the person responsible to end up "behind bars as long as possible.""It is absolutely horrific what happened to (Shapiro)," Bondi said, noting that she has known the governor for years.
  "Those photos — it was horrible. I firmly believe that they wanted to kill him," she added.But she
  
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