Aris Folley

House Republicans are looking for a reset on government funding following the chaotic — and prolonged — spending process over the last year, adding to the pressure on Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who already faces an uphill climb to achieve many of the conference's goals. The push for a clean slate on 2025 spending comes shortly after the House wrapped up fiscal year 2024 appropriations,...

Grover Norquist, anti-tax advocate and head of Americans for Tax Reform, said Thursday he would rather Congress pass a bipartisan deal expanding the child tax credit, while also reviving some business tax breaks, than not pass it all amid opposition from Senate Republicans. Norquist was pressed about the ongoing pushback to the legislative deal while...

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Do-or-die for Trump in hush money trial Former President Trump is running out of options to put off his hush money case in the days leading up to his trial. © The Associated Press “Their entire strategy...

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House Republicans are expected to move quickly this week to install a new head of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, as the party looks to get a strong start crafting plans for how to fund the government next year. The House Republican Steering Committee is set to consider a new chair for the panel upon...

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon}   Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Trump hush money case closer to reaching trial A New York judge removed another pathway for former President Trump to delay his upcoming hush money trial, rejecting his presidential immunity claims. © The Associated Press...

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Taylor Swift is officially a billionaire Taylor Swift officially joined Forbes’ World’s Billionaires list Tuesday. © AP Photo/Chris Pizzello With a net worth of $1.1 billion, the “Holy Ground” singer ranked 2,545 on the financial publication’s...

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Trump's social media company takes nosedive Former President Trump’s social media company is taking a beating in the stock market after reporting a $58 million annual loss in new regulatory filings. © The Associated Press Trump Media...

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story  DEI practices at Boeing targeted in Texas AG probe Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is targeting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices at Boeing as part of a probe into the major aerospace company following a series...

The Senate in the early hours of Saturday passed a sprawling $1.2 trillion package to fund large swaths of the government, capping off a dramatic negotiation in the upper chamber and an intense months-long spending fight.  The chamber approved the mammoth package, which spans more than a thousand pages, in a 74-24 vote, sending the...