Seven people were killed and one was injured in two related shootings in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Monday, police said. Authorities said the victims were found at a farm and another agricultural location several miles away. Police arrested a suspect in the shootings, 67-year-old Chunli Zhao, after he was found in his car in...
I am the last Republican to have represented the New York congressional district now represented by Rep. George Santos. When I was in office, it was labeled the 6th District and was, as it is now, a Queens/Nassau district. Today, it is known as the 3rd District and has less of Queens and more of...
ANTITRUST Live Nation Entertainment, the ticketing giant under scrutiny from Congress over its market dominance, hired Bloom Strategic Counsel to lobby on competition issues in the ticketing sector. Seth Bloom, former longtime general counsel on the Senate Judiciary Committee’s antitrust subcommittee, will work on the account. Sony Interactive Entertainment, which is fighting Microsoft's proposed acquisition...
Jeff Zients is expected to step in for outgoing White House chief of staff Ron Klain in coming weeks, replacing a longtime confidant of President Biden’s with what some say is a less politically savvy adviser ahead of 2024. That question mark comes at a time when the White House will be juggling a host...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has used his office to cast himself as a leader on some of the country’s most pressing — and in some cases, divisive — challenges. While he hasn’t explicitly declared his intentions of seeking the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, he’s emerged as the biggest threat to former President Trump...
House conservatives are breathing new life into an old proposal to do away with income taxes, payroll taxes, estate taxes and even the IRS itself in favor of a supersized sales tax that would account for nearly all government revenues. Versions of the far-reaching plan have been around for decades, and with Democrats controlling both...
A majority of Democratic voters say President Biden should be the party’s 2024 White House nominee, according to a new Emerson College poll released on Tuesday. Fifty-eight percent of registered Democrats said Biden should be the nominee, while 42 percent said it should be someone else. “Biden has solidified his support among minority voters in...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has been firing barrage after barrage in the culture wars — a strategy that many Republicans see as an effort to raise his profile and differentiate himself from former President Trump in advance of a 2024 run for the White House. Virtually everyone in political circles expects DeSantis to make...
Environmental advocates, generally strong supporters of the Biden administration, are expressing frustration at what they describe as too-lengthy delays for important regulations. Their frustration follows the administration’s recent release of its semiannual regulatory agenda, which pushed back timelines for a range of rules governing planet-warming emissions and other pollution coming from power plants, drinking water limits...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) criticized Fox News primetime hosts over coverage of mass shootings and gun violence in the U.S., calling it a "disgrace." "It's a disgrace what they say, what these people say every single night," Newsom told reporters, according to ABC 10. "There's xenophobia, they're racial priming, what they have done to...
President Biden on Monday praised a contingent of Senate Democrats who earlier in the day introduced a pair of bills to ban military-style weapons and high-capacity magazines as well as raise the age of purchasing them to 21 years old. Biden cited recent shootings across the U.S., including those at a gay nightclub in Colorado...
Though it may sound alarming, researchers say this likely isn't the first time this has happened.
The top Senate Democrat wants Republicans to explain just how exactly they want to cut spending in exchange for keeping the country solvent. We’ll also look at how many millions of Americans would lose their jobs if the U.S. defaulted and how the IRS is trying to fix the tax-filing process. But first, find out...
The FDA’s vaccine committee is set to consider a recommendation for an annual COVID-19 immunization plan, similar to the one employed for flu shots. We'll dive into the details. Plus: President Biden issues a memorandum to further protect access to medication abortion. Welcome to The Hill's Health Care roundup, where we’re following the latest moves...
The widow of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi on Monday responded to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who in his new book dismissed what he called “faux outrage” surrounding her husband’s death. In an interview with NBC News, Hanan Elatr said she is committed “to silence all of these people who publish books, disparage my...
Rep. Ruben Gallego’s (D-Ariz.) entrance into the Arizona Senate race has supercharged many Democrats' hopes of ousting Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) while putting others in a tough position. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Democratic senators, and the party’s aligned campaign arm will need to decide how to handle what could be a three-party race with Gallego, Sinema...
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) appointed two of his conservative critics to the House Rules Committee on Monday following this month’s protracted Speaker’s race, when the GOP leader agreed to increase the number of hard-line Republicans on the panel. McCarthy appointed GOP Reps. Ralph Norman (S.C.) and Chip Roy (Texas) to the powerful panel, giving them...
Senate Minority Whip John Thune (R-S.D.), one of Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s (Ariz.) best friends in the chamber, is urging the newly declared Independent lawmaker to caucus with Senate Republicans, which he suggested could help avoid a three-way race for her seat in 2024. “We’ll see. We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it,” he...
Democrats are expressing alarm over President Biden’s classified documents controversy, with some criticizing the president as diminished in stature and his staff as irresponsible. “I’m very concerned,” said Sen. Jon Tester (Mont.), one of several incumbent Democrats who face potentially difficult reelection races next year in reliably GOP states in presidential elections. “We have to...
In the space of less than a year, FBI agents have recovered classified documents from the homes of the last two American presidents. As he is now a private citizen, Donald Trump faces real legal danger for evidently violating, at a minimum, the Presidential Records Act after taking dozens of highly classified records with him after...
Satellites operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) helped rescue nearly 400 people in 2022, the agency said on Monday. NOAA’s polar-orbiting and geo-stationary satellites are part of the worldwide Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking system (SARSAT), which employs a network of spacecraft to detect and locate distress signals, according to NOAA....
The White House on Monday pledged to “accommodate legitimate oversight interests” in response to House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer’s (R-Ky.) request for materials related to classified documents found at President Biden’s old office and Delaware home. White House counsel Stuart Delery wrote to Comer that the administration does not have possession of...
The Oregon Department of Justice on Monday launched the Oregon Reproductive Rights Hotline, a help line aimed at providing free legal advice for people seeking access to abortions. “Even in a state like ours, where abortion is legal, confusion and fear has ensued since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the constitutional right to obtain...
Expectations for a smooth tax filing season are high after two chaotic cycles brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, which resulted in huge backlogs of tax returns and unanswered calls. That optimism was boosted by $80 billion in funding for the agency passed by Democrats as part of the Inflation Reduction Act last year. Anticipating...
The U.S. economy could suffer an economic hit comparable to the 2007-08 financial crisis and recession if the federal government defaulted on its debt, according to an analysis released Monday. Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moody’s Analytics, estimated that the U.S. would lose 6 million jobs, $12 trillion in household wealth and 4 percent of...
