Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) cleared the first major hurdle of his packed legislative agenda Tuesday, when House Republicans passed a rule setting up floor debate and final votes on a slate of high-profile Republican priorities before lawmakers leave Washington.
The lower chamber voted 214-211 to pass the rule, advancing the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), a stock trading ban bill, a budget framework for a third reconciliation package and a stopgap measure that would fund federal agencies at existing levels until Dec. 4.
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Robert F. Bukaty, Associated Press
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How Jackson became Democrats’ pick to take on Collins in Maine
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Former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson (D) is shifting his attention to a coming battle against incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) after pulling off a stunning rise to become the likely Democratic nominee for Senate.
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Senate Democrats press Hegseth on testosterone plan details
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Senate Democrats are demanding answers from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on the Pentagon’s new testosterone screening policy for troops, seeking specifics on how the directive would be implemented and its scientific justification.
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Upcoming FDA peptide meeting puts industry on edge
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Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recently reformed committee on compounding pharmacies will meet this week to discuss adding more peptides to the list of substances that pharmacies can produce.
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Live updates: Hegseth, Caine testify in Senate; House passes key procedural vote to move agenda forward
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President Trump met with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Tuesday, the first time a Lebanese head of state has made a White House visit since 2009. Trump lauded the Lebanese nation and its people as he opened his meeting in the Oval Office.
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Thune: Senate GOP will ‘hold’ budget reconciliation bill as backup plan to avoid shutdown
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) announced on Tuesday that Senate Republicans will “hold” any budget reconciliation framework passed by the House to use as a potential back-up plan to avoid a government shutdown at the end of September.
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Judge, nominated by Trump, rules against him in key Minnesota case
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A Trump-nominated federal judge has ruled against the administration in a key case centered on local immigration policy in Minnesota.
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Trump blames Canada for wildfires, but scientists point to climate change
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President Trump and other Republicans are blaming Canada for wildfires whose smoke has choked parts of the U.S. in recent days. Experts from both countries told The Hill that climate change is the real culprit.
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Collins slams Hegseth’s removal of senior military officers
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Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), the chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, slammed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday for the removal of more than two dozen senior military officers since taking the helm at the Pentagon.
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