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California governor candidates struggle for standout moments at feisty debate

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Published on: April 29, 2026, 3:05 am

California gubernatorial candidates struggled to break through on the debate stage Tuesday, as Democrats look to capitalize on former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s (D-Calif.) dramatic exit from the crowded field.  California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, billionaire Tom Steyer, former Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) and five other rivals, including Trump-backed Republican Steve Hilton, fought for standout moments...

Trump says King Charles “agrees” Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon

By: The Hill

Published on: April 29, 2026, 2:24 am

President Trump on Tuesday said King Charles III “agrees” that Iran should not have a nuclear weapon. “We're doing a little Middle East work right now, as you might know, and we're doing very well. We have militarily defeated that particular opponent, and we're never going to let that opponent ever—Charles agrees with me even...

Live updates: Trump hosts state dinner after King Charles's historic remarks

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Published on: April 29, 2026, 1:38 am

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump hosted King Charles III and Queen Camilla at the White House for a state dinner on Tuesday night, all against a backdrop of U.S.-U.K. tension. Trump described the partnership between the two countries as strong and thanked Charles for the "inheritance" the U.K. has given the U.S. Trump...

More than 70 House Dems call on Trump to keep Chinese automakers out of US

By: The Hill

Published on: April 29, 2026, 1:16 am

More than 70 Democrats in the House signed on to a Tuesday letter urging President Trump to block Chinese automakers from saturating the U.S. car market. Michigan Rep. Debbie Dingell (D) led the effort with support from 73 colleagues ahead of Trump’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping next month in Beijing. In the letter,...

Secret Service director: Agents did 'great job' in WHCA dinner shooting response

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Published on: April 29, 2026, 12:08 am

Secret Service Director Sean Curran on Tuesday said the agents who responded to the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner did a “great job” reacting to the unexpected intruder.  “My agents did a great job,” Curran told CBS News's Nikole Killion, while appearing for a briefing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.  Killion also asked if the dinner...

Here's what's on the White House's state dinner menu for King Charles

By: The Hill

Published on: April 28, 2026, 11:44 pm

President Trump and Melania Trump will be joining Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla at a meal fit for royalty. The White House has released details of the menu for Tuesday's state dinner. The first lady "led preparations for the dinner," according to the White House. The first course includes a garden vegetable velouté,...

House tees up vote on ethanol compromise, which would attach to Farm Bill

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Published on: April 28, 2026, 11:33 pm

The House is seeking to advance a biofuel bill and then procedurally tie it to the Farm Bill before sending the package to the Senate. The legislation in question enables year-round sales of gasoline with a high ethanol content, which is typically restricted in the summer due to smog concerns. It also reforms the process for...

House panel advances three major bills after marathon hearing, but fate on floor uncertain

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Published on: April 28, 2026, 11:30 pm

Republican leaders snapped the House out of a state of limbo caused by GOP infighting as the House Rules Committee advanced an ambitious slate of high-profile, must-pass bills on Tuesday evening — tacking on two major sweeteners to appease corn-state Republicans and hardline conservatives. The panel, after a marathon hearing that stretched over two days...

House Republicans tee up vote on spy powers as some in GOP vow to oppose bill

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Published on: April 28, 2026, 11:28 pm

House Republicans have teed up a vote to renew the nation’s spy powers that has those on varying sides of the issue crying Groundhog's Day. The GOP is once again moving ahead with legislation to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which allows the government to spy on foreigners located abroad....

Stalemate on a deal with Iran

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Published on: April 28, 2026, 11:13 pm

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Stalemate on a deal with Iran The Trump administration continues to pour cold water on a reported proposal by Iran that would end the two-month conflict with the U.S. and Israel and reopen the Strait of...

Comey responds to indictment: 'This is not who we are as a country'

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Published on: April 28, 2026, 11:00 pm

Former FBI Director James Comey issued a Tuesday video response to a new indictment on two charges of making threats to harm President Trump stemming from a social media post in which he arranged seashells that read “86-47.” “Well, they're back. This time about a picture of seashells on a North Carolina Beach a year...

Former Fauci aide charged for evading records requests

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Published on: April 28, 2026, 10:52 pm

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Former Fauci aide charged for evading records requests The Justice Department on Tuesday indicted David Morens, a former top official at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, for an alleged scheme to keep his dealings with...

Republicans swipe at Democrats applauding King Charles after 'No Kings' protests

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Published on: April 28, 2026, 10:47 pm

Multiple Republican lawmakers poked fun at Democratic lawmakers for applauding King Charles III on Tuesday, given their prior support for “No Kings” protests against President Trump. Senator Ashley Moody (R-Fla.) asked on the social platform X, “Why did I just watch every Democrat in Congress stand and clap for an actual King?” The Florida Republican...

Blue Cross Blue Shield customers to receive payments in $2.67B settlement. Do you qualify?

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Published on: April 28, 2026, 10:46 pm

More than five years after it was granted approval in court, payments in the massive $2.67 billion Blue Cross Blue Shield settlement should start hitting people's bank accounts in just a matter of days.

McConnell lays into Pentagon for sitting on $400M in Ukraine aid

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Published on: April 28, 2026, 10:40 pm

Former Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), who now chairs the powerful Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, is taking the Pentagon to task for sitting on $400 million in military aid to Ukraine authorized by Congress. And he is putting the spotlight on Elbridge Colby, the undersecretary of defense for policy, as the most likely obstacle...