6-month HIV PrEP makes coverage gains with insurers

By: The Hill

Published on: January 29, 2026, 1:23 am

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story 6-month HIV PrEP makes coverage gains with insurers Six months after its approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the latest advancement in HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is gaining coverage from insurers initially weary of its high price tag. © Gilead Sciences...

Fed holds firm

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Published on: January 29, 2026, 12:39 am

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Fed keeps rates unchanged The Federal Reserve declined to cut interest rates Wednesday, holding steady amid President Trump’s battle to exert more influence over the independent central bank. © AP The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC)...

Duckworth fires back at Vance over Forrest Gump quip

By: The Hill

Published on: January 29, 2026, 12:12 am

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) fired back at Vice President Vance on Wednesday after he criticized her line of questioning at a Senate hearing, comparing her to the fictional character Forrest Gump, who is portrayed in the film as having a physical and intellectual disability. Duckworth — a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, who lost both...

Trump, Iran escalate war of words

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Published on: January 28, 2026, 11:51 pm

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Trump, Iran escalate war of words Both President Trump and Iranian diplomats sent strongly-worded warnings as the arrival of the U.S. armada ramps up tensions in the region. Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP...

Walz: Trump overseeing Pretti shooting investigation 'so wrong on so many levels'

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Published on: January 28, 2026, 11:36 pm

Following the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis last weekend, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) condemned President Trump’s comments that he will personally oversee the investigation into the 37-year-old's killing.  Trump told reporters at the White House on Tuesday that his administration will conduct a “big investigation” into the matter.  “I...

Kid Rock calls for price cap on resale tickets to protect against gouging

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Published on: January 28, 2026, 11:25 pm

Kid Rock on Wednesday called for a price cap on resale tickets for live music and sporting events, arguing that fans and artists have been “getting screwed” by a system that drives up prices and offers little benefit to performers. “I’m here because hardworking Americans who love live music deserve better, and artists deserve...

Trump, tech giants seek to change data center narrative

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Published on: January 28, 2026, 11:16 pm

{beacon} Technology   The Big Story Trump, tech giants seek to change data center narrative President Trump and major tech companies are attempting to change the narrative around data centers, as rising electricity costs linked to AI infrastructure face growing local opposition and increasingly become a political liability. © Jeff Amy, Associated Press Both the...

Joaquin Castro shares Texas detention visit with 5-year-old boy, father captured in Minnesota

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Published on: January 28, 2026, 11:15 pm

Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) visited a 5-year-old and his father at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Dilley, Texas, where they are both being held following their arrests in Minnesota. “I demanded his release and told him how much his family, his school, and our country loves him and is praying for him,” Castro wrote...

Concerns over lawmaker safety heighten after attacks against Frost, Omar

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Published on: January 28, 2026, 11:15 pm

Violent attacks in the last week against Reps. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) have amplified already high concerns about the safety of lawmakers, as deepening political polarization and incendiary rhetoric further escalate the dangers members face. Omar was sprayed with an unknown substance Tuesday night while addressing constituents at a town hall in...

House Republicans warn against Senate changing DHS funding bill

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

House Republicans are warning the Senate against making any changes to a government funding package that includes funds for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), saying any reforms sought by Democrats would not clear the House and would lead to a government shutdown at the end of the week. Conservatives also say they would seek...

Suit seeks to block FEMA firings

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Published on: January 28, 2026, 11:09 pm

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story FEMA eyes cuts to half its staff, lawsuit alleges The Trump administration is advancing plans to cut down the workforce at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), unions and public interest groups alleged in court. © AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar In filing on Tuesday night,...

Democratic senator calls on Trump to approve FEMA aid for Palisades fire recovery

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Published on: January 28, 2026, 11:04 pm

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Wednesday called on President Trump to authorize $34 billion in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) aid to help the California communities ravaged by the Palisades fire recover more than one year after the disaster struck. Blumenthal, a ranking member of the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations,...

Slovakia's PM rails against Politico report he was 'shocked' by Trump's psychological state

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Published on: January 28, 2026, 10:51 pm

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico fiercely denied a Politico report that said he was “shocked” by President Trump’s state of mind during his visit to Mar-a-Lago in Florida this month. Politico, citing five unnamed European diplomats, reported that Fico told European Union leaders at a summit in Brussels last week that his meeting with the...

Rubio says oil companies were not tipped off about Venezuela operation, contradicting Trump

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Published on: January 28, 2026, 10:45 pm

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday that oil companies were not tipped off ahead of the Trump administration’s incursion into Venezuela, appearing to contradict past statements from President Trump. “The oil executives were not involved whatsoever in any of the planning on this matter,” Rubio said during a Senate hearing. “All of those executives learned about...

Erika Kirk pledges Turning Point will match $1,000 government deposits in 'Trump Accounts'

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Published on: January 28, 2026, 10:30 pm

Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk said her organization will match the federal government’s $1,000 deposits in new “Trump Accounts” for the children of its employees.  Kirk wrote Wednesday on social platform X that her husband, the late conservative activist and Turning Point co-founder Charlie Kirk, “spoke so often about the importance of young families...