Asked about gun violence in their debate last week, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) both focused their answers on school shootings, an issue that often dominates the headlines but represents a tiny fraction of American deaths from firearms. Experts say that while discussions around and solutions to mass shootings...
About a decade after the Flint water crisis, the Biden administration is requiring the removal of most of the nation’s lead-contaminated water pipes within 10 years. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing a final rule that forces water systems to replace water lines containing lead within a decade. It expects that between 96 and 99...
Vice President Harris will announce a plan Tuesday to offer a new Medicare benefit for home care for seniors in an effort to focus on the challenges of caregivers, according to a senior campaign official. She will announce her proposal for the first-ever expansion of Medicare to include at-home care on ABC’s “The View,” where...
Hurricane Milton, which reached Category 5 strength Monday, is heading right for Florida's west coast, with a potential landfall near or at Tampa Bay.
Former President Trump is set to hold a rally in Aurora, Colo., weeks after he made attacks on the city and the governor of Colorado. The rally will be held in the Denver suburb this Friday, according to a Monday press release from Trump’s campaign. The release also described the city as having “become a...
The nation's eyes are on Florida as Hurricane Milton seems poised to strike the state this week -- nearly two weeks after experiencing the destruction of Hurricane Helene. Residents of the Sunshine State are no strangers to hurricanes, but experts are sounding the alarm over Milton. The storm rapidly intensified into a Category 5 hurricane...
Former President Trump on Monday marked the anniversary of the Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel with a pair of appearances to express solidarity with the Jewish people. Trump began the day with a meeting with Orthodox Jews in New York City to attend a memorial event. He traveled to one of his properties near Miami...
Vice President Harris was pressed on her changing policy positions and her expensive economic plan on “60 Minutes,” in what proved to be her toughest media interview since becoming the Democratic nominee. CBS News’s Bill Whitaker questioned Harris on a variety of issues, including Harris’s evolving stances on fracking, immigration and Medicare. At one point,...
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), the Democratic nominee for vice president, defended his past misstatements about his military service and his travel to China, arguing there was a difference between mixing up dates and being a "pathological liar like Donald Trump." Walz was pressed during an interview with "60 Minutes" that aired Monday about his...
Vice President Harris said in a "60 Minutes" interview that aired Monday that she owns a Glock and has fired it at a shooting range in another example of how she and her campaign have made a point to highlight her gun ownership. "I have a Glock, and I've had it for quite some time....
"60 Minutes" offered a lengthy on-air explanation to viewers Monday for why former President Trump declined to participate in the program's traditional interviews it has with presidential candidates ahead of the election. The news program addressed the cancellation ahead of an interview with Vice President Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D),...
CBS News leadership is addressing with staff an interview conducted on the network's flagship morning program by a top anchor that the executives said did not meet its editorial standards. In an editorial call Monday, audio of which was obtained and published by The Free Press, CBS News executives Wendy McMahon and Adrienne Roark said...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said Monday he “was not aware” of post-Hurricane Helene calls from Vice President Harris after multiple reports emerged that he dodged them. “I didn't know she called me. … I was not aware of that,” the Florida governor said at a Hurricane Milton-focused press conference. According to NBC News, who...
Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story How a popular podcast waded into politics Alex Cooper’s ultra-popular podcast, “Call Her Daddy,” featured a not-so-typical guest: Vice President Harris. © Chris Carlson, Charles Krupa, and Evan Vucci, Associated Press Harris is one of the few, if not the only, politicians to...
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will meet with his Israeli counterpart, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, at the Pentagon on Wednesday as the U.S. ally mulls how to respond to last week’s Iranian attack. The visit is Gallant’s third to Washington, D.C., since Hamas attacked Israel a year ago, sparking a war in the Gaza Strip...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Supreme Court won’t take up Texas emergency abortion case The court declined to take up an appeal of a decision involving emergency abortions in Texas, letting stand a ruling that allows the state to deny abortions that violate...
It's time to write Taylor Swift's name atop the list of the world's wealthiest female music artists — the "Shake it Off" singer is now in the No. 1 spot, according to Forbes. The business magazine estimated in an update this week that Swift's net worth comes in at $1.6 billion. The staggering figure surpassed the amount...
Vice President Harris marked the first anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel that was met with a loud demonstration outside her residence in Washington. Harris made her speech over the sounds of sirens and people chanting near the Naval Observatory on Massachusetts Avenue. Protesters could be heard chanting, yelling, banging drums and using...
