Editor’s note: The Hill’s Morning Report is our daily newsletter that dives deep into Washington’s agenda. To subscribe, click here or fill out the box below. As NATO members gather today within 20 miles of the border with Russian ally Belarus, their fortified summit will focus on Ukraine’s defense needs and Monday’s news that a previously reluctant Turkey agreed to…
Editor’s note: The Hill’s Morning Report is our daily newsletter that dives deep into Washington’s agenda. To subscribe, click here or fill out the box below. President Biden, who has forcefully promoted unity among NATO nations behind Ukraine’s defense against Russia, heads later today from London to attend a key summit in Lithuania vowing to back Kyiv while also acknowledging…
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy faces a daunting task when lawmakers return from their Independence Day recess next week: passing a dozen appropriations bills for 2024 with a small and fractious House majority, while under threat of yet another government shutdown at the end of September if he fails to do so. Conservative House Republicans are pushing for McCarthy to take a harder line in the budget process. They want to see spending in 2024 rolled back to 2022 levels, as McCarthy originally sought
Editor’s note: The Hill’s Morning Report is our daily newsletter that dives deep into Washington’s agenda. To subscribe, click here or fill out the box below. President Biden ascribes to a West Wing adage handed down through the ages that good policy is good politics. And repetition helps. It’s too soon for legacy building (reelection is required). But persuasion takes…
Editor’s note: The Hill’s Morning Report is our daily newsletter that dives deep into Washington’s agenda. To subscribe, click here or fill out the box below. State legislatures do not have unchecked power when drawing congressional districts, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday (The Hill). The decision means state courts can intervene in cases of gerrymandered districts and review legislatures’ approaches…