Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said on Tuesday that the Biden administration will not ban crude oil exports, despite a push from some Democrats to do so. Speaking before the National Petroleum Council — an advisory board made up of oil...
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is threatening to keep the Senate in session and voting over the weekend and into the week of Christmas to break a Republican blockade of President Biden’s nominees.Schumer noted that the backlog of...
A man who pleaded guilty to threatening House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) one day after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol was sentenced on Tuesday to more than two years in prison.Cleveland Grover Meredith Jr., 53, was sentenced to 28 months in...
A 52-year-old Pennsylvania man named Keith Smith - whose wife, Darla, had gone to court to have his COVID-19 infection treated with ivermectin - died on Sunday evening after his first dose of the anti-parasitic medication...
"We are stunned by their amount of detail, and by the action and number of stars they reveal around the black hole," said Julia Stadler, researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Germany.
President Biden's press secretary Jen Psaki acknowledged on Tuesday that the holiday season at the White House isn't quite the same as previous years in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.“It doesn’t look exactly like it has always looked here, but...
The White House intends to commemorate the anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, though specifics are still in the works, press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters on Tuesday."I don’t have anything to report to you at this point...
White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Tuesday said text messages between Fox News hosts and former President Trump’s chief of staff on Jan. 6 were “disappointing” because they showed the hosts expressing concern in private but “spreading lies and...
For many, this holiday season will be the first time in years that people across the country are able to join together, see their loved ones, and celebrate as a family. But for too many, holiday travel also means bellying up to astronomical airline...
House Democrats reintroduced a bill Tuesday that would block foreign-owned corporations from spending company funds to influence U.S. elections.The bill would extend the federal ban on political donations from foreign nationals to multinational...
Nine years ago this month (12-14-12), 20 first-graders and six educators were shot to death at Sandy Hook Elementary School. It was an unimaginable tragedy that shook the nation to its core.The tragedy demanded solutions. So in 2013, we — members of...
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) met with a bipartisan group of senators this week to discuss how to “restore the Senate,” including how to make it easier to bring up legislation. The group, which met in Manchin’s Senate basement office on Monday...
A Pew Research Center poll published Tuesday indicates that the number of people in the U.S. who describe themselves as religiously unaffiliated increased by 6 points in the last five years and 10 points in the last decade. When asked...
Senate Republicans’ campaign arm hauled in nearly $8.4 million last month, bolstering its war chest ahead of next year’s crucial midterm elections.The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) said in figures shared first with The Hill that it...
More frequent and severe floods spurred by climate change are poised to wreak major damage to commercial real estate in the U.S. over the next 30 years, causing significant economic harm, a new study finds.Damage to businesses, stores and...
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said on Tuesday that he has made an offer to Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) to drop his hold on some of President Biden’s ambassador nominees in exchange for a vote on Nord Stream 2 pipeline sanctions.Cruz,...
The House on Tuesday will vote on a resolution to hold ex-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in contempt of Congress.The event is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. ET.Watch the live video above.
Washington, D.C., Attorney General Karl Racine (D) on Tuesday filed a federal lawsuit against far-right groups Proud Boys and Oath Keepers over their role in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.The 84-page civil complaint, which also lists dozens of...
A 55-second video captured between 2,000 and 2,600 feet beneath the ocean surface contains closeups of the rarely seen barreleye fish's translucent head and tail and glowing green eyes.
President Biden on Tuesday urged Congress to act on gun violence prevention in remarks commemorating the ninth anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.“As a nation, we owe all these families more than our prayers. We owe them action...
The U.S. 5th Circuit Court vehemently rejected the Biden administration's appeal to allow an end to the Trump-era "Remain in Mexico" border management policy, taking the fight one step closer to the Supreme Court.A 5th Circuit panel on Monday...
Democrats will vote as soon as Tuesday to raise the debt ceiling by $2.5 trillion, which they expect will lift the nation’s borrowing cap until 2023.Senate Democrats unveiled a resolution to raise the debt ceiling on Tuesday, shortly before they are...
Kroger Co. will eliminate paid emergency leave for unvaccinated employees who contract COVID-19 and require some unvaccinated employees on the company’s health care plan to pay a $50 monthly surcharge, the company said Tuesday. The grocery...
White House press secretary Jen Psaki is slated to hold a news briefing with reporters on Tuesday afternoon.The event is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. ET.Watch the live video above.--Updated at 10:...
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) in a letter on Tuesday is calling for an update on a review of policies regarding guns on Capitol grounds. "The presence of deadly firearms only raises the dangers of a violent incident, an...
