Sonceria “Ann” Berry was sworn in as the Senate’s new secretary Monday afternoon, becoming the first Black American and eighth woman to hold the appointed position.A veteran Senate aide, Berry most recently served as deputy chief of staff for Sen....
The Senate will vote this week on a sweeping $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill, as Democrats try to get the legislation signed into law before federal unemployment benefits expire.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will be holding a fundraising event on International Women’s Day next week with former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.In an announcement detailing the event on Monday, Clinton said the...
A new wealth tax proposed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and other progressives on Monday would result in the 100 richest Americans paying over $78 billion in taxes annually, according to ...
Former President Trump and former first lady Melania Trump both received coronavirus vaccines in January, an adviser confirmed to The Hill on Monday.The two got their first dose while in the White House and have since received their second dose, the...
White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Monday defended the Biden administration's decision not to penalize Saudi Arabia's crown prince in connection with the murder of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi.Psaki...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Sunday said the push for a $15 minimum wage is in response to millions of Americans living in poverty who are struggling or unable to meet basic needs."Any person who thinks that a $15 minimum wage is a...
Taylor Swift is calling out a Netflix series for a "deeply sexist" joke that she says is "degrading hard working women."The "Willow" singer took to Twitter on Monday to slam the streaming giant for a quip about her dating life on the show "Ginny and...
President Biden is starting his tenure in White House with the approval of 61 percent of voters, according to a new Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll survey released exclusively to The Hill on Monday.Biden’s initial approval numbers are markedly higher than...
President Biden is starting his tenure in White House with the approval of 61 percent of voters, according to a new Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll survey released exclusively to The Hill on Monday.Biden's initial approva...
The White House on Monday formally threw its backing behind a massive voting rights bill that seeks to shore up voting rights and limit gerrymandering ahead of the 2021 redistricting cycle.“In the wake of an unprecedented assault on our democracy, a...
GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger (Ill.) on Monday responded to former President Trump’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) speech by saying it was “obvious” that Trump had no vision and only wanted “to stand in front of a crowd and be...
Ferris State University in Michigan has fired a professor over a series of racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic tweets from last year, The Detroit Free Press reported on Sunday.Thomas Brennan, a physical sciences professor, tweeted Saturday that...
A top White House official Monday said the Biden administration is working with states to improve their coronavirus vaccine sign-ups, as many Americans have expressed frustration at the difficulties in finding appointments."I think scheduling an...
MSNBC host Joe Scarborough on Monday mocked Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) for criticizing "elites" during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), noting that all three senato...
Sen. Dick Durbin (Ill.), the No. 2 Senate Democrat, is shooting down calls from progressives to overrule the chamber's parliamentarian and include a minimum wage hike in the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill. Asked about talk of...
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Monday to approve Merrick Garland’s nomination for attorney general, teeing him up to be confirmed by the Senate as soon as this week. The panel voted 15-7 in favor of President Biden’s pick to lead the...
With the U.S. rejoining the Paris Agreement last Friday, it’s puzzling to see what President Biden has actually announced he’ll do to meet its goals. Mr. Biden seems to believe that adding boxes to a bureaucratic org chart and mingling with foreign...
A Trader Joe's worker said he was fired for asking the CEO of the grocery chain to improve precautions against the coronavirus.Ben Bonnema, who worked at one of the company's stores in New York City, tweeted a copy...
A shooting was reported at a Pine Bluff, Ark., junior high school on Monday, leaving one boy in serious condition and another in police custody.The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette ...
The Biden administration will allow families separated at the southern border by the Trump administration to reunite and remain in the U.S., the White House announced Monday.“We are hoping to reunite the families, either here or in their country of...
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An anti-Trump Republican will jump into the race for a Texas congressional seat today, The Hill has learned, setting up a proxy war over the former president's influence in a primary that is also likely to feat...
Republican women's group Maggie's List named Arizona Rep. Debbie Lesko (R) as its 2021 congressional chairwoman on Monday as women in the party look to capitalize on the gains made in the House in November."I just...
The Supreme Court announced Monday that it will hear a case on Puerto Ricans’ eligibility for Supplemental Security Income (SSI), The Associated Press reported.A lower court ruled in April that it was unconstitutional to exclude residents of the...
