Trump gets jobs day reprieve

By: The Hill

Published on: February 11, 2026, 10:34 pm

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Trump good news from delayed January jobs report January’s delayed jobs report gave President Trump a badly needed spot of good news on Wednesday, showing the economy gained 130,000 jobs, well ahead of expectations. © AP...

Fiery exchanges dominate Bondi appearance before Congress: Four takeaways

By: The Hill

Published on: February 11, 2026, 10:16 pm

Attorney General Pam Bondi went toe to toe with lawmakers in a heated hearing on Wednesday as the country’s top lawyer appeared before the House Judiciary Committee for the first time since taking office. Bondi fielded questions on issues ranging from pending investigations into adversaries of President Trump to immigration, but the most tense exchanges...

Member of White House Religious Liberty Commission booted after antisemitism hearing

By: The Hill

Published on: February 11, 2026, 10:15 pm

Carrie Prejean Boller has been removed from the White House Religious Liberty Commission after Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R), who chairs the body, accused her of trying to “hijack” a hearing on antisemitism this week. “No member of the Commission has the right to hijack a hearing for their own personal and political agenda...

Just 8 percent in US see immigration as biggest problem: Gallup

By: The Hill

Published on: February 11, 2026, 10:13 pm

A new poll from Gallup released Wednesday shows that few Americans see immigration as the country's biggest problem compared with other nations where more respondents say it's an issue. Gallup found that 8 percent of Americans said immigration was their top concern, placing the U.S. in a tie with Germany and Switzerland. Pollsters found that...

Anthropic says it will cover electricity price hikes caused by its data centers

By: The Hill

Published on: February 11, 2026, 10:13 pm

Anthropic said Wednesday that it will cover increases in consumer electricity prices that result from its data centers, becoming the latest company to make commitments in the face of growing pushback to the AI infrastructure. The company behind Claude pledged to pay for grid infrastructure upgrades required to connect its data centers, which it noted...

State Department to revoke more passports from people who haven't paid child support

By: The Hill

Published on: February 11, 2026, 10:02 pm

The State Department is planning to revoke more passports from people with large amounts of outstanding unpaid child support.  Individuals who owe more than $100,000 will be among the first groups targeted by the State Department for passport revocation, a U.S. official told the Associated Press. Those who enroll in a payment plan could avoid...

Rep. Crow on grand jury’s refusal to indict six Democrats: ‘They always will fail’

By: The Hill

Published on: February 11, 2026, 9:57 pm

Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) on Wednesday applauded a grand jury’s decision not to indict him and five other Democratic lawmakers over their participation in a controversial video last year, arguing that the Department of Justice “failed, and they will always fail.” The failed federal indictment was pursued by the office of U.S. Attorney for the...

Trump slams 'RINO' Stitt over National Governors Association dinner

By: The Hill

Published on: February 11, 2026, 9:57 pm

President Trump lashed out at Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) in a Truth Social post on Wednesday, calling him a “RINO” after the National Governors Association (NGA) announced it would not hold its annual meeting at the White House.  “The RINO Governor of the Great State of Oklahoma, in which I won all 77 Counties, three...

The Memo: Failure to indict 6 Democrats disrupts Trump’s push to punish 

By: The Hill

Published on: February 11, 2026, 9:45 pm

The Trump administration suffered one of its most embarrassing legal setbacks so far on Tuesday, when a grand jury in the District of Columbia rebuffed a request to indict six Democratic lawmakers. The case was made over a video the lawmakers released in November noting troops do not have to obey “illegal orders.” The grand...

Bessent says housing market has 'gotten better' in defense of Trump economy

By: The Hill

Published on: February 11, 2026, 9:44 pm

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday the housing market has improved in defense of the economy under President Trump. “President Trump is laser-focused on the housing market, and things have gotten better. Last month, we hit a three-year low in mortgage rates. The Fed, subsequent to, I believe the appearance you were talking about, it...

Trump gets spot of good news from delayed January jobs report

By: The Hill

Published on: February 11, 2026, 9:31 pm

January’s delayed jobs report gave President Trump a badly needed spot of good news on Wednesday, showing the economy gained 130,000 jobs, a number well ahead of expectations. Economists expected the U.S. to have added roughly 70,000 jobs in January, with the unemployment rate staying flat at 4.4 percent, according to consensus projections. After Trump’s...

'Sandcastle Man' banned from California hotel property over 'political' quote

By: The Hill

Published on: February 11, 2026, 9:24 pm

The Sandcastle Man had been building sandy creations outside a Southern California hotel for nearly 20 years.

LA28 Olympics leaders back Casey Wasserman after Epstein files fallout

By: The Hill

Published on: February 11, 2026, 9:01 pm

The leaders of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics determined on Wednesday that the chair of its organizing committee, Casey Wasserman, will remain in his role amid uproar over his past exchanges with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and associate Ghislaine Maxwell. "The [LA28] Executive Committee of the Board has determined that based on these facts, as well...

Johnson on calls for Lutnick to resign over Epstein ties: 'Absurd'

By: The Hill

Published on: February 11, 2026, 8:47 pm

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Tuesday said calls for Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to resign for misrepresenting his previous interactions with Jeffrey Epstein are “absurd.” “It’s absurd. Howard Lutnick is a great Commerce Secretary. He’s done an extraordinary job for the country,” Johnson told CNN’s Manu Raju. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and a growing number...

Walz: Immigration crackdown in Minnesota may end in days

By: The Hill

Published on: February 11, 2026, 8:28 pm

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) said Tuesday that he expects the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis to end in a matter of days. Walz told reporters that he spoke with White House chief of staff Susie Wiles earlier that morning and with White House border czar Tom Homan on Monday. He noted that while...