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Mangione lawyers to assert psychiatric defense in UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing

By: The Hill

Published on: June 17, 2026, 4:01 pm

Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, plans to pursue a psychiatric defense in his state murder trial, a judge revealed Wednesday. New York Judge Gregory Carro said Mangione’s lawyers notified the court that they intend to argue that the 28-year-old Ivy League graduate from Maryland was suffering from an “extreme...

GOP senator: Trump Iran deal 'tremendous foreign policy blunder'

By: The Hill

Published on: June 17, 2026, 4:00 pm

Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy (La.) on Wednesday slammed the deal between the Trump administration and Iran, two days before the two sides are set to sign it. “The details that I’ve seen so far look… awful. This will go down as a tremendous foreign policy blunder,” Cassidy told Nexstar’s Reshad Hudson on Capitol Hill. President...

Government for a new era: Where do we go after the trauma of Trump?

By: The Hill

Published on: June 17, 2026, 4:00 pm

The American experiment has endured wars, depressions and constitutional crises, but the current moment has degraded the government and the services it provides, politicized the nonpartisan, merit-based civil service and undermined the rule of law, and it is important to look ahead to a time when we can repair the damage and build a consensus to improve the functioning of our government.

Trump's FEMA nominee says disaster agency should 'strike a new balance' to save money

By: The Hill

Published on: June 17, 2026, 3:50 pm

During his Wednesday confirmation hearing, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) administrator nominee Cameron Hamilton sought to toe the line between restoring order after a turbulent year at the agency and President Trump’s desire to scale down federal disaster aid. Hamilton was FEMA’s acting head last year until he was fired in May 2025 after he said that FEMA...

3 important steps to reform hospital-based emergency care

By: The Hill

Published on: June 17, 2026, 3:30 pm

Without reform, emergency practices will remain financially fragile and expose patients to preventable risk.

Stephen Colbert made CBS pay for 'Linus and Lucy' music. The funds are now going to charity

By: The Hill

Published on: June 17, 2026, 3:16 pm

CBS has reached a licensing agreement with the music company that owns the famed "Peanuts" song used by late-night host Stephen Colbert during his final show last month, with the funds set to go to charity. During his last "Late Show" on CBS, Colbert made a joke about the music company, which he said had...

Thune: 'The votes currently aren’t there' to get rid of filibuster, pass SAVE America Act

By: The Hill

Published on: June 17, 2026, 3:16 pm

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said Tuesday his conference does not have enough votes to bypass the filibuster to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act. “The only way you can get … this done is to nuke the legislative filibuster, and that is not something that we have anywhere close to...

Carney: Lack of bilateral meeting with Trump at G7 not a snub

By: The Hill

Published on: June 17, 2026, 3:11 pm

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday that leaving the Group of Seven (G7) summit in France without holding a bilateral meeting with President Trump was not a snub. "I wouldn't take a big message from that," Carney said. "I had seven or eight discussions with President Trump over the course of the last 36...

Scott Bessent's most important speech wasn't about tariffs

By: The Hill

Published on: June 17, 2026, 3:00 pm

Bessent is arguing for something Washington has spent decades avoiding: a serious American industrial policy.

Sen. John Kennedy not ruling out White House bid

By: The Hill

Published on: June 17, 2026, 2:30 pm

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) on Tuesday said he wouldn’t rule out a White House bid after nearly a decade in the upper chamber. His second term is set to end in January 2029. “I'm planning on running for the United States Senate. But if you're asking me what if a lot of people enter the...

Trump may be triggering a new Cuban migration crisis

By: The Hill

Published on: June 17, 2026, 2:30 pm

Millions of Cubans are being forced to leave their home due to the economic crisis caused by U.S. sanctions and the COVID-19 pandemic, creating a new migration crisis.

Trump invokes Defense Production Act to boost munition production

By: The Hill

Published on: June 17, 2026, 2:28 pm

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} View Online Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Trump invokes Defense Production Act to boost munition production President Trump has invoked the Defense Production Act (DPA) in an effort to bolster the production of key munitions and supply chains as the U.S....

Collins does 'not regret' support for Kavanaugh but 'disappointed' with his landmark abortion ruling

By: The Hill

Published on: June 17, 2026, 2:12 pm

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) says she does “not regret” her vote to confirm conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court in 2018, but she says she is “disappointed” that he ruled with the conservative majority in 2022 to overturn the constitutional right to an abortion. Collins told News Center Maine in a televised interview...