Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Venture capitalists pledge support for Harris LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and television personality Mark Cuban have joined a group of more than 100 venture capitalists backing Vice President Harris, a strong show of support amid concerns that former President Trump is making inroads...
Project Bioshield, the federal bioterrorism preparedness program that's yielded vaccines effective against anthrax and Ebola, heads into its third decade anticipating threats far different from those it was originally created to prepare for. The federal program was launched in 2004, in the shadow of the Sept. 11 attacks, partly in response to a slew of...
Donald Trump questioned Vice President Harris’ identity, touted his record with the Black community and defended his pick for running mate during an often combative interview with three journalists at the National Association of Black Journalists Convention on Wednesday. ABC senior congressional correspondent Rachel Scott, Semafor political reporter Kadia Goba and Fox News anchor Harris...
Vice President Harris will make a campaign appearance Wednesday evening in Houston, her second such visit in as many weeks to the largest city in Texas, one of the predominantly red state's deep blue islands. The campaign appearance comes one day before Harris will attend the funeral of Houston's long-serving Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas),...
Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Harris courts Pennsylvania voters with fracking reversal Vice President Harris has reversed her 2019 campaign position on fracking, signaling a move to the center on the issue. The rightward shift comes as she tries to court...
Vice President Harris’s campaign bashed former President Trump over his Wednesday interview at the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) convention, saying he showed hostility and chaos on stage. The campaign’s statement didn’t focus on the personal attacks against Harris, which included Trump saying that the vice president “happened to turn Black,” but instead on...
The Biden administration on Wednesday urged Americans in Lebanon to “shelter in place” amid rising tensions in the Middle East over a series of attacks and retaliation among Hezbollah, Israel and Iran. The State Department updated its travel advisory for the entire country of Lebanon to Level 4: Do Not Travel. It advises Americans already...
Speculation has swirled over whether Vice President Harris is likely to announce Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) as her running mate as she kick-starts a swing-state tour with her vice presidential pick in Philadelphia next week. While some say the location is a tipoff that she's choosing Shapiro, presidential candidates have not announced their vice...
