On his visit to the U.S.-Mexico border this week, President Biden rued the death of the bipartisan Senate border policy bill, called on former President Trump to join him in calling for the bill’s revival and tried to flip the script on his weakest issue. But he did not sign a much-prognosticated executive action to...
Re-empowering Palestinians in their quest for good governance will likely require some risk-taking.
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) launched a mobile billboard that will appear in North Carolina and Virginia Saturday, attacking former President Trump during his visits to the Super Tuesday states. The mobile billboard, which was first shared with The Hill, argues that Trump is “coming for your healthcare” if he’s elected to another term. “Medicaid expansion? Gone,”...
Michael Sparks, the man accused of being the first rioter to enter the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has been convicted on charges that he interfered with police and obstructed Congress from certifying the election results. A federal jury in Washington, D.C. convicted Sparks, 46, a Kentucky resident, on all six charges he faced,...
Hospitals account for a significant amount of healthcare’s enormous 550 million metric ton greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is pushing harder for a cease-fire in Gaza and demands that the United States send "not another nickel” to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “My view, not another nickel for Netanyahu’s government if he’s going to continue this wholesale slaughter of the Palestinian people,” Sanders told MSNBC’s Alex Wagner Friday. Sanders’...
The fate of former President Trump’s 2020 election interference case in Georgia now rests with a state judge tasked with determining whether to disqualify Fulton County’s district attorney’s office from the historic prosecution over a romance between two top prosecutors. Judge Scott McAfee heard arguments Friday to determine whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) and...
Two lawmakers from opposing parties in Congress will be interviewed as part of the inaugural episode of “The Hill Sunday” on NewsNation. NewsNation political editor Chris Stirewalt will talk with Rep. Jim Himes (D-Ct.) on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s nuclear warning to the West, election security, and the U.S.’ role in conflicts abroad. Stirewalt will also...
Congressional leaders are moving quickly to pass their first batch of bills to fund the government for most of 2024 by next Friday, but negotiators are already looking to a March 22 deadline when they say their tougher bills come due. Congress approved its fourth stopgap for fiscal year 2024 this week after leaders said...
More than two months of direct fighting with the Houthis has heavily taxed the U.S. military, which is expending a significant amount of money to take down cheap drones, launch retaliatory strikes and defend against rebels who are, in turn, shooting down pricey American drones. In most cases, the U.S. is launching $2 million defense missiles...
New York passed new congressional lines this week that will offer some clarity to candidates and voters alike on what the House map looks like, after a protracted redistricting battle. Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed a map drawn by state legislators into law Wednesday, which offers slight changes to a handful of seats and...
President Trump's controversial remarks that Black voters will back him because of his legal woes are raising new questions about whether the GOP's likely standard-bearer will help or hurt his party with the demographic. Trump is making a concerted effort to win over Black men in what is expected to be a razor-tight contest with...
Arizona lawmakers recently rejected a state proposal that would commission a statute of the late Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Conor to sit in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol, according to multiple reports. “We cannot allow the distinguished members of this body to have to suffer walking by such an undistinguished jurist when they...
Former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan vowed Friday that his new company will cover the former President Trump's legal woes differently than the media has thus far. “We will stop with this charade that this is a legal story,” Hasan said Friday evening in an interview on NewsNation’s "Cuomo." “Like you and I both worked in...
Former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan touted his new media company Friday evening, saying one benefit to going solo is that "I'm my own boss." “I can't say I've ever been a fan of having bosses.. one of the appeals of doing this, is that now I'm my own boss, which is a scary thought, I...
The FBI is looking into debris possibly tied to a balloon that fishermen located off the coast of Alaska Friday. Reports began circulating Friday night about the debris, which CNN reported some officials believe could be from a surveillance balloon. The commercial fishing vessel will bring the debris to shore at some point this weekend...
Deaths linked to excessive drinking surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). The study in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report found that the average annual number of deaths from “excessive alcohol use” rose by around 30 percent from 2016-2017 to 2020-2021. In the...
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Friday declined to speculate whether former President Trump would abide by the Constitution if he's reelected in 2024. Haley expressed doubt, though, when asked by "Meet the Press" host Kristen Welker if she thought Trump would do so if he takes back the Oval Office. "I don’t know. I...
The Department of Education said Friday that it is opening an investigation into the death of Nex Benedict, a 16-year-old Oklahoma high school student who died one day after getting into a fight in the girls bathroom at school, where they were allegedly bullied for months over their gender identity. The department’s Office for Civil...
Arizona Senate hopeful Kari Lake (R) earned the support of three additional GOP senators Friday in the race to unseat Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) in the Grand Canyon State. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), in her endorsement, said the state needs someone "who will fight" for border security. She argued that Lake would do "just that."...
Presented by AFPM — EPA Deputy Administrator Janet McCabe said that it contains the 'strongest safety requirements ever for industrial facilities.' {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story EPA imposes stricter safety rules for chemical plants Biden administration on Friday tightened a safety rule for chemical plants that was loosened under the Trump administration....
Boeing is in talks to rebuy Spirit AeroSystems, a manufacturer linked to a mid-air blowout on one of its planes earlier this year, which sparked backlash and led to several lawsuits. “We have been working closely with Spirit AeroSystems and its leadership to strengthen the quality of the commercial airplanes that we build together,” Boeing...
One of the paramedics who injected Elijah McClain with a lethal dose of ketamine was sentenced to five years in prison on Friday. Peter Cichuniec and fellow paramedic Jeremy Cooper were found guilty of criminally negligent homicide in December for their role in McClain’s 2019 death. During his trial, Cichuniec was also found guilty of...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story CDC drops COVID isolation guidance Stay home if you’re sick. That’s the message the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sent to Americans Friday, as the agency dropped its previously recommended five day isolation for those who...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story US will drop crucial aid into Gaza soon President Biden's announcement comes one day after Palestinians scrambling for aid were killed in an alleged shooting by Israeli forces. © Credit: Women for Women International Speaking during...
