President Biden and his team on Friday marked two years since he was sworn into office, highlighting economic gains and bipartisan achievements that will likely form the backbone of a potential re-election bid. “When I came into office, we had a lot of problems,” Biden told a gathering of bipartisan mayors at the White House....
A migrant was shot and injured by a member of the Texas National Guard on Sunday morning near the U.S.-Mexico border, Military Times and The Texas Tribune reported. The migrant was reportedly shot in the left shoulder by Spc. Angel Gallegos near McAllen, Texas, and suffered an injury that was not life-threatening. He was treated at...
The Democratic fundraising organization ActBlue has named Regina Wallace-Jones as its first Black female CEO. Wallace-Jones previously served as a technology executive at multiple companies, including Yahoo, eBay and Facebook, and on the city council and as the mayor of East Palo Alto, Calif. ActBlue said in a tweet announcing her appointment as CEO and...
Story at a glance If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available. Call or text 988 or chat 988lifeline.org. Individuals diagnosed with cancer between 2000 and 2016 had a 26 percent higher risk of suicide compared with the general population, new research shows. Both insurance status and ethnicity contributed...
Since early in the pandemic, women have reported experiencing changes in their menstruation after they got COVID-19 or were vaccinated against it. Their cycles had gotten longer, some said. Their bleeding was heavier. Research has backed up those anecdotal reports, showing COVID-19 vaccination having a temporary but noticeable impact on women's periods and their accompanying...
A majority of voters say they believe President Biden’s handling of classified documents found at his home and his former office is a serious breach of national security, according to a new Harvard CAPS-Harris poll released exclusively to The Hill on Friday. The poll found that 64 percent of respondents said they consider “the presence...
Having two special counsel investigations at once is not necessarily a problem, but this particular combination is going to create a real headache for the attorney general.
Almost 30 percent of professional workers say they have used the artificial intelligence software known as ChatGPT while at work. A poll from the publication Fishbowl, which focuses on workplace trends and employee perspectives, found that 27 percent of professionals have used the program to help them with work-related tasks. Pollsters reported that those in...
The White House on Friday called it "incomprehensible" for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) to block a new Advanced Placement (AP) course for high school students on African American studies. "It is incomprehensible to see ... this ban or this block, to be more specific, that DeSantis has put forward," press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told...
The State Department will switch its official font from Times New Roman to Calibri next month in an effort to increase accessibility, a department spokesperson said. Secretary of State Antony Blinken directed staff to begin using a 14-point Calibri font for department paperwork on Feb. 6, after nearly 20 years of using Times News Roman...
When we’re parked in ideological campsites, we fail to acknowledge our interdependence.
Three active duty U.S. Marines were charged this week with misdemeanors for breaking into the U.S. Capitol during the rioting on Jan. 6, 2021, as a far-right mob sought to overturn certification of the 2020 election. The FBI charged Micah Coomer, Dodge Dale Hellonen and Joshua Abate with four misdemeanor accounts, according to court documents...
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in a new interview opens up about her husband’s recovery from the violent attack he suffered in October. “He’s doing OK,” Pelosi told CNN’s Chris Wallace in the interview, set to air on Sunday night. “It’s going to take a little while for him to be back to normal.” Paul Pelosi...
President Biden’s approval rating remains underwater as the president prepares for an anticipated reelection bid, according to a new Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll survey released Friday exclusively to The Hill. The poll found that 42 percent of respondents “strongly” or “somewhat approve” of Biden’s job as president, including 12 percent of Republicans, 76 percent of Democrats...
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The National Press Club issued a scathing rebuke late Thursday of the Nexstar Media Group, the parent company of the CW Network, over a TV deal the company agreed to this week with the Saudi-backed LIV Golf league. In a statement lambasting the television rights deal — LIV Golf's first — as a "shameful PR...
A federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit filed by an elected Florida state attorney who was ousted by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) over the attorney’s commitment to not prosecute people seeking or providing abortions. U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle ruled that DeSantis does not have to reinstate Andrew Warren (D), who the governor suspended...
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Story at a glance States that implemented recreational cannabis laws through 2019 saw lower demand for prescription codeine, according to new research published this week. Data showed a 26 percent reduction in pharmacy-based distribution of codeine in the 10 states plus Washington, D.C., while after the laws had been in place for four years, pharmacy-based...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) said on Friday that he will run for reelection in 2024, delivering some much-needed relief to Democrats seeking to defend their majority next year. “I am happy to announce that I will seek reelection in 2024 to keep delivering results for Virginia," Kaine told reporters after attending an economic roundtable in...
Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers warned on Friday that backing down on interest rates as a means of controlling inflation could precipitate a 1970s-style economic crisis. “I think to suppose that some kind of relenting on an inflation target will be a salvation would be a costly error that would ultimately have adverse efforts, as...
There aren’t many places where Republicans and Democrats can find common ground, but one is clear.
Former President Trump on Friday urged Republicans in Congress not to cut "a single penny" from Medicare or Social Security, a notable warning as some GOP lawmakers prepare to use the debt ceiling debate as leverage to try to secure spending cuts. "Under no circumstances should Republicans vote to cut a single penny from Medicare...
The metaverse looks set to change the way we work and play. Within it, you can make friends, design fashion, buy real estate, attend events, create and sell digital art, and earn money. Some believe the true metaverse, which is years away, will revolutionize the internet as we now know it, and what was once...
Sometime in March, the three AUKUS signatories — Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States — are supposed to have reached agreement on, in the White House’s words, “the optimal pathway for an Australian conventionally-armed, nuclear-powered submarine capability.” How that is to be done is a major issue, however. For the United States, in...
