The Education Department announced Thursday it is implementing formal guidance to determine when leaders of failing private colleges would be personally liable for unpaid government debts. Officials said under the authority of the Higher Education Act (HEA), the department can make leaders of private colleges that are failing “to operate in a financially responsible way...
In a bipartisan bid to boost the fight against endometriosis, Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Mitt Romney (R-Utah) co-hosted a screening Wednesday night of “Below the Belt,” a documentary film exploring the devastation caused by the chronic disease. Directed by Shannon Cohn, the film highlights the struggle facing women with the disease, in which tissue...
The State Department unveiled a range of new sanctions targeting six entities on Thursday to try to reduce Iranian energy exports. The department said in a statement that it is placing sanctions on companies that have taken part in the transport or sale of Iranian petroleum or petrochemical products. The entities are one Vietnam-based company...
President Biden on Thursday said he'll sign legislation that Republicans have championed that would undo parts of a District of Columbia crime bill. The president told Senate Democrats about his intention not to veto the measure when he went up to the Capitol on Thursday to meet with the caucus, several senators reported after the meeting....
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) on Thursday said Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is “not ready for the responsibility he has” and argued his Cabinet position would be better filled by someone else as Buttigieg comes under fire over the recent toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. “He’s not ready for the responsibility he has. He...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) declined to back former President Trump’s position that he should be immune from civil suits seeking to hold him responsible for his conduct on Jan. 6, 2021. The consolidated cases include legal challenges launched by numerous members of Congress who rushed for cover during the deadly riot at the Capitol...
The mayor of College Park, Md., resigned from his position on Wednesday ahead of being arrested on child pornography charges Thursday. In a news release, the Prince George's County Police Department (PGPD) said that the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children notified it that a social media account operating in the county possessed and...
The U.S. State Department denounced the Israeli finance minister's call for the elimination of a Palestinian village as “repugnant,” calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other top Israeli officials to repudiate the comments. Department spokesman Ned Price said at a press briefing on Wednesday that the remarks that Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich made,...
Former President Obama has congratulated Edith Childs, the originator of the “Fired up, ready to go” chant, on her retirement. In a statement through his nonprofit organization, the Obama Foundation, Obama said he took time to make a video call to Childs, who serves on the Greenwood, S.C., city council, on her retirement from her...
Bullfrogs might not be the first thing that hops to mind when considering dinner options, but Utah wildlife officials hope you'll reconsider.
Some Oregon lawmakers in the Portland Metro area want the state to hand out cash to people to help with the homeless crisis.
Nearly three-fifths of LGBTQ adults in America identify as bisexual, according to a new Gallup poll, a finding that illustrates the extent of a population that some researchers have termed the “invisible majority” of the queer community. Young Americans, and young women in particular, have widely rejected the notion of sexuality as a binary choice...
President Biden will trigger a fight over raising taxes when he introduces his budget plan next week, something that Senate Democrats who face a tough road ahead to protect their majority aren’t clamoring for, especially in West Virginia, Montana and Arizona. Democrats campaigned on repealing the Trump-era tax cuts ahead of the 2020 election but...
People are being told they need to provide their Social Security numbers to online platforms and cash transfer app companies for the sales of things like clothes and concert tickets over $600, even though the IRS says they don’t need to. The prompts from companies like Ebay and Ticketmaster are the result of a change...
House Democrats are shaping a strategy to push back against the public broadcast of Jan. 6 surveillance footage recently provided by Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who is promising to air clips on his popular prime-time program in the coming weeks. The process is in its early stages, and “nothing...
Michigan Republicans are anxious about 2024 as the party recovers from a disappointing midterm and struggles to find a way to reset in a key battleground state. As Democrats look to expand on their 2022 victories with Rep. Elissa Slotkin (Mich.) announcing her campaign for the state’s open Senate seat in 2024, Republicans in the...
Joni Mitchell brought “Both Sides Now” of the political aisle together, as lawmakers and musical artists celebrated her life and career at the Library of Congress’s Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. The “Big Yellow Taxi” singer and songwriter was honored Wednesday in a star-studded ceremony at D.A.R. Constitution Hall in Washington. The annual honor from...
After the House of Representatives gaveled out for the week on Wednesday, House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) traded voting sheets for a sheet of ice and laced up for the Congressional Hockey Challenge. Emmer and the rest of Team Lawmakers beat Team Lobbyists 8-3 after taking an early lead, marking the fifth consecutive win...
Four House Republicans broke from the GOP on Wednesday to oppose a bill that would require inflation estimates for certain executive orders signed by President Biden, a measure that Republican leadership brought to the floor in reaction to rising costs — which the party has blamed the White House for. The measure, dubbed the Reduce...
BALTIMORE — President Biden mocked Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Wednesday, sarcastically asking a room full of House Democrats during their annual retreat in Baltimore “isn’t she amazing?” The president’s comments came one day after Greene, during a hearing on Capitol Hill, asked Michigan mother and conservative activist Rebecca Kiessling — who lost two children to...
Workers that aided in the cleanup of the train derailment in Ohio have experienced lingering migraines and nausea, according to a union representative for workers that build and maintain railways for Norfolk Southern. Jonathan Long, a union representative for the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, said in...
BALTIMORE — President Biden rallied House Democrats on Wednesday to turn their attention towards implementing the legislative accomplishments notched in the last two years, a strategy that caucus leaders see as they way to reclaim the majority in 2024. “If we did nothing, nothing but implement what we’ve already passed and let the people know...
Former Vice President Mike Pence said in an interview that he disagrees with Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley's latest calls for politicians to take mental competency tests, saying that U.S. citizens “can sort that out.” In an interview with CBS News that aired Wednesday, Pence told political correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns that he is “confident” U.S....
Starbucks committed “egregious and widespread” violations of federal law in its campaign to halt unions, a federal administrative judge ruled Wednesday, ordering the company to give back pay and damages to workers who launched national organizing efforts. The decision from Judge Michael A. Rosas, an administrative law judge at the National Labor Relations Board, comes...
Welcome to The Hill's Health Care newsletter {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story White House takes victory lap on insulin price cap Eli Lilly, a leading global manufacturer of insulin, announced Wednesday it is capping monthly costs at $35, eliciting widespread plaudits from Washington. © AP Eli Lilly CEO David Ricks invoked...
