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Watch live: Rubio testifies before Senate on State Department budget as Iran talks falter

By: The Hill

Published on: June 2, 2026, 12:35 pm

Secretary of State Marco Rubio will testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday morning on the State Department budget request, as negotiations to end the three-month war in Iran have hit a roadblock. The optimism that President Trump projected last week toward securing a deal with the Iranian regime to end hostilities and...

Trump's court losses could kill his slush fund and possibly the Kennedy Center

By: The Hill

Published on: June 2, 2026, 12:30 pm

Donald Trump took a double-barreled shellacking last week.  

Smuggling tunnel found connecting San Diego and Tijuana

By: The Hill

Published on: June 2, 2026, 12:19 pm

Mexican authorities say it was used as a storage, logistics, and trafficking center for weapons, explosives and illegal drugs

Dr. Oz to helm White House press briefing 

By: The Hill

Published on: June 2, 2026, 12:03 pm

Dr. Mehmet Oz, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) administrator, will host the White House press briefing on Tuesday, becoming the latest Trump administration official to fill in for press secretary Karoline while she is on maternity leave.  Oz follows Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Vice President JD Vance, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent...

The Movement: Mike Pence’s stand against ‘progressivism in disguise’ in Trump’s GOP

By: The Hill

Published on: June 2, 2026, 12:00 pm

Former Vice President Mike Pence sees a new calling in restoring traditional conservatism in the heart of the Republican Party. It’s a tall task with a Republican Party that is defined by President Trump, whom he once helped elevate, and increasingly embracing populist policies. But in his new book out today, What Conservatives Believe, Pence takes sharp aim at...

Put a revolution-era woman on the $250 bill 

By: The Hill

Published on: June 2, 2026, 12:00 pm

President Donald Trump wants to release a $250 bill with his picture on it to commemorate the country's 250th anniversary, but federal law prohibits printing money with a living person on the bill and Congress would have to pass new legislation to make it happen.

Watch live: The Hill's Decision Desk 2026 - Data Nerds track results in California, New Jersey, Iowa and more

By: The Hill

Published on: June 2, 2026, 12:00 pm

The Hill presents two hours of live, real-time primary night coverage on Tuesday, diving deep into the 2026 primaries as the Data Nerds track results in California, Iowa, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota from 10:00 p.m. EDT to 12:00 a.m. EDT. The Hill's coverage will be anchored by "Sunrise on The Hill’s" Cory Smith, joined...

Trump demands New York civil, criminal cases be thrown out

By: The Hill

Published on: June 2, 2026, 11:56 am

President Trump is demanding that his criminal conviction and civil fraud judgment in New York be tossed, months after his former lawyer claimed he felt “pressured and coerced” to testify against Trump during the investigations. Trump ranted in an overnight Truth Social post that he was “an innocent man who has been horribly treated,” calling...

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano begins 48th episode

By: The Hill

Published on: June 2, 2026, 11:46 am

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano experienced its latest eruption episode Monday.

We must not participate in the crime of enabling

By: The Hill

Published on: June 2, 2026, 11:30 am

In December 2024, while sitting at home outside Jerusalem, I received the most extraordinary email possible. The subject line was the name of my late grandfather, murdered in Auschwitz in May 1944. My initial thought: Spam. I took a quick look; there were three identifying questions. The answer to all was affirmative. To make a...

Cornyn: Paxton ‘absolutely’ endangers Texas Senate seat as GOP nominee

By: The Hill

Published on: June 2, 2026, 11:18 am

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) says state Attorney General Ken Paxton, his former opponent, will “absolutely” make it tougher for Republicans to defend the Texas Senate seat as the Republican nominee in the general election, standing by the criticisms he made during the primary. Asked by a reporter late Monday if Paxton “endangers the seat as...

California’s 3-horse race for governor comes down to the wire

By: The Hill

Published on: June 2, 2026, 11:11 am

In today's issue: ▪ Close finish looks likely in California ▪ Status of Iran talks uncertain ▪ Trump drops ‘anti-weaponization’ fund ▪ Airline industry pushes back on Mullin It’s primary day in California, and the primary field for governor appears to be down to a three-horse race — with two candidates advancing to the general election in...

Ukraine changed its tactics, and now Putin is slowly losing

By: The Hill

Published on: June 2, 2026, 11:00 am

The events of recent days in Ukraine and Russia have radically changed the picture of the war as well as attitudes toward the Russian aggressor. There was recently a telling sign of the shift: Russia, for the first time in almost 20 years, held its festive annual parade on Red Square without any tanks or...

Senators still hope for details on a deal to pause the war in Iran as talks falter

By: The Hill

Published on: June 2, 2026, 10:03 am

Senate Democrats and Republicans alike have high hopes for a deal to end the Iran War and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. But a shaky ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, a proxy of Iran, is complicating Trump’s negotiations with Tehran, leaving lawmakers hungry for more information as they return to Washington. Trump last week indicated...

Mullin faces backlash over 'naive or dumb' plan to pull CBP from blue-city airports

By: The Hill

Published on: June 2, 2026, 10:00 am

National security experts and the airline industry are cautioning against Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin’s threat to pull U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) from international hubs, arguing the “shockingly naive or dumb” plan would cause airline chaos for Americans of all stripes. Mullin floated the plan last week during an appearance on Fox News...