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Morning Report — Firestorm swirls over Trump funding freeze

In today’s issue:   The White House triggered a national eruption of panic over the future of federal loans and grants Tuesday, followed by a...

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Morning Report — Trump rallies the troops at House GOP retreat

In today’s issue: Reconciliation. It’s the key word at the House Republican policy retreat at Trump National Doral outside Miami this week as...

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Morning Report — Trump seeks to impose his will on immigration

In today’s issue: President Trump begins his second week by daring Congress, the courts and other nations to bend to his will — or else. After...

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Morning Report — Trump heads west playing defense and offense 

In today’s issue:   President Trump spent a dizzying first week on offense, but this morning he is reminded that the courts and states,...

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Morning Report — Trump dispatches troops, ICE in migration crackdown 

In today’s issue:    President Trump on Wednesday ordered active-duty troops to the southern border to bolster federal, state and local law...

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Morning Report — Critics tee off on Trump orders 

In today’s issue:   Within hours of his inauguration, President Trump’s flurry of executive orders is facing significant pushback from...

22.01.2025 10

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Morning Report — Trump's whirlwind second term begins  

In today’s issue:   Trump whirlwind second term begins  President Trump stormed into office for his second term with soaring rhetoric and...

21.01.2025 10

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Morning Report — Trump returns to power

In today’s issue: © The Associated Press | J. Scott Applewhite President-elect Trump today will revel with supporters during an indoor...

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Morning Report — Treasury choice touts Trumponomics 

In today’s issue: President-elect Trump won the November election with bold economic promises embraced by an electorate ready to hold him...

17.01.2025 10

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Morning Report — Gaza ceasefire: Will it last?

In today’s issue:   Gaza ceasefire: Will it last? Fifteen months of fighting in Gaza is poised to end in the coming hours, as Israel and Hamas...

16.01.2025 10

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Morning Report — Hegseth clears fiery Senate hearing

In today’s issue:   Pete Hegseth, a self-described former Fox News “disruptor” and President-elect Trump’s choice to be Defense secretary,...

15.01.2025 10

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Morning Report — Trump under fire in released Smith report

In today’s issue: President-elect Trump today confronts the unprecedented and mundane challenges of having lost the presidency and then winning...

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Morning Report — Trump team blitzes Senate

In today’s issue:   The Cabinet nominees are officially going under the Senate’s microscope. Starting Tuesday, senators will hold hearings to...

13.01.2025 10

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Morning Report — Senate gears up for confirmation fights

In today’s issue: This weekend, all roads lead to Mar-a-Lago. President-elect Trump, who has called his Florida club “the winter White House”...

10.01.2025 10

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Morning Report — Trump, Senate GOP try to get on the same page

In today’s issue: Republicans’ 2025 legislative playbook is taking shape. President-elect Trump on Wednesday met with Senate Republicans in the...

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Morning Report — Trump signals he means it on Greenland, Canada

In today’s issue: President-elect Trump, transactional to his core, argued Tuesday that Denmark should sell Greenland to the United States to...

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Morning Report — Trump aims for fast action on legislative agenda 

In today’s issue: With an exceedingly tame 30-minute certification by Congress Monday, President-elect Trump saw his Electoral College victory...

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Morning Report — Senate GOP leader eyes Trump tutorial

In today’s issue:   © The Associated Press | J. Scott Applewhite Senate GOP leader eyes Trump tutorial President-elect Trump exults in the power...

06.01.2025 8

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Morning Report — Do or die for Johnson

In today’s issue: Today is Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) moment of truth. On the first day of the 119th Congress, will his fellow House...

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Morning Report — Trump seizes stage from Biden 

IN TODAY'S ISSUE Trump seizes stage from Biden President-elect Trump’s inauguration isn’t for another four weeks, but he is already seizing the...

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Morning Report — Funding fight foretells fraught GOP future 

IN TODAY'S ISSUE Funding fight foretells fraught GOP future Congress narrowly avoided a government shutdown over the weekend, but the chaotic...

23.12.2024 4

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Morning Report — Congress tries to keep the lights on

In today’s issue:   Congress is poised to avert a government shutdown — with hours to spare, necessary assistance from Democrats and some uproar...

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Here are The Hill's Changemakers 2024

Welcome to The Hill's Changemakers: 24 of 2024. For the second year in a row, we're highlighting both the household names and lesser-known players...

17.12.2024 9

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Morning Report — Trump slows his promises clock

In today’s issue: President-elect Trump is making a politician’s pivot from candidate to officeholder while resetting voters’ expectations about...

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Morning Report — From drones to tariffs, Americans seek answers 

In today’s issue: Washington is in the grip of some mysteries this morning. Are drone sightings in the skies over the Northeast the result of...

16.12.2024 10

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Morning Report — GOP lawmakers try to pack up 2024 to ring in 2025  

In today’s issue:   By the end of next week, lawmakers will bid farewell to a legislative year that proved to be both the best and worst of...

13.12.2024 6

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Morning Report — Wray to exit FBI; Kari Lake chosen for VOA  

In today’s issue:   FBI Director Christopher Wray, who began his tenure atop the bureau in 2017 as the choice of then-President Trump, does not...

12.12.2024 4

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Morning Report — Trump government: Keeping family, friends close

In today’s issue:   President-elect Trump is building a government that resembles the seating charts at a Mar-a-Lago VIP event: friends,...

11.12.2024 4

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Morning Report — Dear Congress, your deadline is nigh

In today’s issue: The trouble with lame-duck congressional sessions is that they’re so short and too long. In 10 days, Congress will run out of...

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Morning Report — What’s next in Syria; Trump’s Jan. 20 plans

In today’s issue: The stunning weekend collapse of Bashar Assad’s regime in Syria marked a “fundamental act of justice,” President Biden said...

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Morning Report — DOGE leaders, Speaker woo lawmakers

In today’s issue: It’s charm offensive time on Capitol Hill. In a quest to convince lawmakers of their plans to radically transform the federal...

06.12.2024 3

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Morning Report — Congress braces for first 100 days

In today’s issue: As Republican lawmakers gear up for the 119th Congress, the House and Senate are bracing for differing challenges in the first...

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Morning Report — Hegseth, Gabbard face uphill climb with Senate GOP

In today’s issue: Key nominees to President-elect Trump’s Cabinet are on shaky ground, as senators appear increasingly skeptical of their...

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Morning Report — Democrats bemoan party damage from Biden pardon

In today’s issue: President Biden knew that Sunday’s pardon for his son, Hunter Biden, after saying all year that he would not intervene, would...

03.12.2024 4

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Morning Report — President pardons son Hunter; lawmakers return 

In today’s issue: © The Associated Press | Susan Walsh President Biden granted his son Hunter Biden clemency late Sunday after repeatedly saying...

02.12.2024 10

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Morning Report — Trump’s tariff plans rock global, local leaders

In today’s issue: President-elect Trump on Monday announced what he sees as the fix for the state of the economy and inflation: Huge new tariffs...

27.11.2024 5

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Morning Report — Trump criminal case dismissed; He announces tariff hikes

In today’s issue: President-elect Trump’s electoral victory on Nov. 5 shifted the scales of justice. And just as the president-elect celebrated...

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Morning Report — What are Trump’s plans for the Department of Justice?

In today’s issue: What are Trump’s plans for the Department of Justice? During an election year in which Donald Trump promised Americans he...

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Morning Report — Trump taps new AG after Gaetz bows out

In today’s issue: A matter of time. That was the betting among Washington politicos. A week after his nomination, former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.)...

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Morning Report — Trump taps new AG after Gaetz bows out

In today’s issue: A matter of time. That was the betting among Washington politicos. A week after his nomination, former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.)...

22.11.2024 1

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Morning Report — Jockeying for Trump’s final Cabinet picks

In today’s issue: As President-elect Trump’s Cabinet takes shape, two factors have defined the proceedings: controversy and loyalty. From...

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Morning Report — Trump lobbies GOP senators to back unusual Cabinet

In today’s issue: It helps to have experience hosting television programs, preferably with good ratings. Telegenic males with money, name...

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Morning Report — How much is the party of Trump willing to spend?

In today’s issue: President-elect Trump’s plans for historic migrant roundups and generous tax cuts next year will cost Republicans, perhaps...

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Morning Report — GOP Senate and Trump: Salutes or ‘cooling saucer’?

In today’s issue: © The Associated Press | J. Scott Applewhite GOP Senate and Trump: Salutes or ‘cooling saucer’? President-elect Trump learned...

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Morning Report — Trump squeezes Senate GOP with Cabinet picks

In today’s issue: President-elect Trump wants Washington to take him seriously — and literally. After promising voters he would rewire U.S....

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Morning Report — Trump takes victory lap; Gaetz bombshell

In today’s issue: “Isn’t it nice to win?” President-elect Trump’s question received raucous applause from House Republicans during a...

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Morning Report — Trump heads to Capitol Hill, White House

In today’s issue: President-elect Trump is in Washington today, meeting with Hill Republicans before heading to the White House for a sit-down...

13.11.2024 10

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Morning Report — Congress starts the funding sprint

In today’s issue: Congress is back in town. Lawmakers begin their lame-duck session today and are facing a Dec. 20 funding deadline ahead of the...

12.11.2024 10

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Morning Report — Trump, GOP Congress aim for swift governing start

In today's issue: While the Democratic Party searches for its black box buried under an election crash site, Senate and House Republicans are...

11.11.2024 3

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Morning Report — Leadership races, funding up next for Congress

In today’s issue: As the remaining ballots are being counted in House and Senate races, Congress returns to Washington next week for the lame...

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