The Senate confirmed President Biden’s 100th federal judicial nominee on Tuesday, outpacing his two most recent predecessors. Biden and Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) have led a speedy push to confirm diverse, liberal nominees in the closely divided Senate after Republicans notched several momentous legal victories enabled by their conservative judicial picks, including decisions...
A dozen Democratic senators are calling on the White House to take stronger executive action to protect access to abortion, amid increasing state restrictions and fears that a federal judge in Texas will soon rule to block access to a legally approved pill used in medication abortions. Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade's...
President Biden announced on Tuesday that Air India purchased more than 200 Boeing planes, marking a "historic agreement" between the two companies. "The United States can and will lead the world in manufacturing. I am proud to announce today the purchase of over 200 American-made aircraft through a historic agreement between Air India and Boeing," Biden...
The White House on Tuesday said that they don’t have an indication that the three objects shot down by the U.S. military over the weekend were part of China’s spy program, noting though the difficulties with recovering the debris. “While we can’t definitively say, again without analyzing the debris, what these objects were, thus far—and...
If an independent judiciary is lost in Israel, it could have a profound effect on the U.S.-Israeli relationship.
Adam Frisch, the Democrat who came within half a percentage point of unseating Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) in last year’s midterm election, is launching a 2024 bid against the congresswoman. Frisch — who is vying for the seat in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District — rolled out his campaign on Tuesday and will hold an in-person launch...
Ford Motor Co. announced plans on Monday to invest $3.5 billion in an effort to build the country’s first automaker-backed lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery plant in Michigan. In their news release, Ford said the BlueOval Battery Park Michigan plant will initially employ 2,500 people when production begins in 2026. The company further explained that...
What may well prove to be America’s most colossal intelligence failure in recent history was observed by the entire world last week, slow motion, and in real time. China’s high-altitude surveillance balloon, equipped with sophisticated antennas and other collection and transmission features, was permitted to continue “purposefully maneuvering” and loitering over America’s most sensitive nuclear...
If raising the retirement age is a cut in Social Security benefits, as Biden says it is, then he did it first.
Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.) says she received well wishes from President Biden — and beer from Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) — after she was attacked in her Washington, D.C., apartment building’s elevator. Craig confirmed on Monday that Biden called her following the alleged assault. In addition to Biden ringing her, Craig said Klobuchar “brought beer...
Jill Biden is spreading the love once again this Valentine’s Day, sharing a message of kindness on the North Lawn of the White House. The first lady continued her tradition of presenting some eye-catching heart-filled décor to celebrate Feb. 14. Early on Tuesday morning, a massive “Valentine to the country” was installed on the North...
The United States is warning it will stand with and defend the Philippines after reports that Beijing’s Coast Guard used laser devices to temporarily blind the crew of a Philippine Coast Guard ship, according to the State Department. State Department spokesperson Ned Price called China’s conduct “provocative and unsafe” and said it interfered with the...
No matter how powerful a country we are, we have the disadvantage of being downwind. That makes us sitting ducks for an invasion of unmanned, floating aerial objects from Asia. A Chinese spy balloon, first spotted 60,000 ft. over Alaska on Jan. 28, sent the entire nation into a panic — until it was shot down off the South Carolina coast on Feb. 4. Five days later, in a rare...
A gunman killed three people and wounded five others at Michigan State University late Monday, then fatally shot himself off the East Lansing campus, police said. The shooter opened fire at two locations on campus, an academic building and a student union area, according to authorities, prompting a multi-hour manhunt as students sheltered in place. ...
Former Vice President Mike Pence is expected to resist a subpoena for testimony as part of a Justice Department special counsel’s investigation into former President Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, a source familiar with Pence’s plans confirmed to The Hill. Pence is preparing to fight a subpoena from Jack Smith, the special counsel...
You may have noticed an inordinate number of television commercials offering opinions on the price of prescription drugs. That’s because a fierce battle is being waged in Washington over the role that pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) — the administrators of prescription drug plans — play in the health care industry. The Senate Committee on Commerce,...
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) jumped into the presidential race early Tuesday, becoming the first Republican to officially challenge former President Donald Trump for the GOP’s 2024 nomination. The former governor and United Nations ambassador announced her bid in a video, calling for new leadership in a party that she acknowledged had repeatedly...
“Let’s all agree to stand up for seniors,” President Biden told Congress in his State of the Union address. “If anyone tries to cut Medicare, I will stop them.” Yet, Congress has been constantly pruning Medicare for over four decades — most recently under Biden and the Democratic majority only a few months ago. While...
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo excoriated President Biden for his handling of the spy balloon issue on Monday, telling The Hill in an exclusive interview that the current administration “made an enormous mistake” that caused “global shame.” Pompeo also strongly denied that he or any member of former President Trump's administration, to the best...
Lesbian, bisexual and queer (LBQ) women and non-binary people assigned female at birth face discrimination and violence across the globe stemming from long-standing patriarchal norms and systems that prevent them from building relationships, homes and families, the advocacy group Human Rights Watch said Tuesday in a new report. Tuesday’s report is the culmination of interviews...
A budding GOP impeachment case against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is relying on a 2006 law that says operational control of the border means the prevention “of all unlawful entries” to the United States — a standard seen as impossible to meet. The Secure Fence Act of 2006 was passed during a failed Bush-era effort to...
Chaz Beasley can still remember the first time he was pulled over by law enforcement. He was young, driving his cousin home in his 1997 Ford Contour — maybe just a little too fast, he said — when the cops pulled up behind him. “The police never told us why we were stopped. They just...
An Oklahoma couple found themselves in a battle with Starbucks after a glitch cost them thousands.
The race among tech companies to roll out generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools is raising concerns about how mistakes in technology and blindspots in regulation could hasten the spread of misinformation, elevate biases in results and increase the harvesting and use of Americans' personal data. So far tech giants Microsoft and Google are leading the race in releasing new AI...
A federal appeals court on Monday said it would reconsider a lawsuit that questioned Connecticut's policy allowing transgender athletes to compete there. The 2nd U.S. Circuit of Appeals announced Monday that a majority of the judges agreed to rehear the case, which was first brought to a panel of three judges last September by the...
