The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a case concerning Title 42 as moot, days after the policy ended along with other pandemic emergency measures. The judicial death knell of the controversial border policy was foreshadowed in February by Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar, the administration's litigator for the case, when she wrote "absent other relevant developments"...
There will soon be a Tupac Shakur Way in California after the Oakland City Council voted to posthumously honor the rapper with a street name. In a unanimous Tuesday vote, the council said Shakur’s “contributions to the Bay Area community eminently merit commemoration,” renaming a stretch of Oakland’s MacArthur Boulevard. The hip-hop star grew up...
Conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch on Thursday slammed the use of emergency power during the pandemic as a mass intrusion on civil liberties. The high court on Thursday dismissed as moot a case seeking to preserve Title 42 after the pandemic emergency expired last week. The public health authority had allowed for the swift expulsion of...
If you wanted to destroy once-great American cities, what would you do differently from what the Democrats who govern them are doing now?
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) suggested on Thursday that he is the only Republican who can successfully take on President Biden in 2024, as he reportedly prepares to launch a bid for the Republican nomination next week. “You have basically three people at this point that are credible in this whole thing — Biden, [former...
The man accused of killing Cash App founder Bob Lee last month pleaded not guilty on Thursday to murder charges, with a judge ordering him held without bail. Nima Momeni, a tech consultant who has been charged in the fatal stabbing of Lee in the streets of San Francisco, was arrested last month and charged...
The Walt Disney Company is scrapping plans for a billion dollar office complex in Florida that was set to bring thousands of jobs to the region as the company and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) continue their ongoing feud. Josh D’Amaro, Chairman of Disney Parks, Experiences and Products, sent an email to employees Thursday notifying...
What is the overarching goal of United States energy policy? Most of my colleagues in Washington would agree it’s to minimize energy cost and pollution, incentivize reliability and innovation, and—as much as possible—rely on domestic supply. And yet, what we actually do is at odds with those goals. Consider: The truth is that we’ve never...
Welcome to The Hill's Campaign newsletter {beacon} Campaign Report Campaign Report The Big Story DeSantis’s big moment Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis spent last Saturday barnstorming Iowa, moved his political shop into a new office on Monday and has begun coordinating an event in Miami with donors and top supporters. A 2024 campaign launch appears...
American workers are testing positive for marijuana following on-the-job accidents at the highest level in 25 years, according to a new report released on Thursday. The report from Quest Diagnostics found that 7.3 percent of workers tested positive for marijuana after being involved in an accident at work in 2022, up from 6.7 percent in 2021. This...
Major urban areas in the U.S. are regaining some of the residents they lost when the COVID-19 pandemic pushed many out of cities into less dense areas, according to new Census data. U.S. metro areas grew by roughly 0.4 percent between 2021 and 2022, the Census estimates, with around two-thirds of the 384 recorded metro...
A case would rein in abuses of Bill C-11, and deter other countries from getting carried away with their own cultural protectionism.
Vice President Harris on Thursday convened a call of elected officials, local leaders and administration allies to warn of the dangers of a potential default as she takes on an increased role in the White House’s messaging on the debt ceiling. Harris led a virtual briefing on the debt ceiling fight, where she underscored the...
Walgreens will pay the city of San Francisco nearly $230 million, after a federal judge found the company liable for contributing to the city’s opioid epidemic. The settlement, which will be paid out over 14 years, will go towards addressing the city’s opioid crisis, San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu announced on Wednesday. “Opioids have...
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced on Thursday that the Senate will go ahead with its planned one-week recess next week despite a lack of a deal between the White House and lawmakers to raise the debt ceiling. Schumer added that senators will receive a 24-hour notice in case a deal is struck and...
New York City plans to order restaurants and bodegas to set out their trash in trash cans instead of bags, as the city continues its fight against rats. The new rule proposed by the New York City Department of Sanitation on Thursday is an effort to “reduce food sources for rats,” the department said in...
The cultural issue of "sensitive snowflakes" has reached the highest court of the United States.
Three Florida families with transgender children are challenging a new state law that bans gender-affirming health care for transgender youths and places heavy restrictions on adult transition-related care in federal court, arguing in a motion filed Wednesday evening that Florida’s Senate Bill 254 violates the U.S. Constitution and “will cause irreparable harm” to each of the plaintiffs. Florida Gov....
President Biden is expected to withdraw his nomination of Michael Delaney to serve on the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, two sources familiar with the decision told The Hill on Thursday. Delaney’s nomination has been in limbo in the Senate Judiciary Committee, with Democrats unsure of his controversial handling of a sexual assault case...
Louisiana Rep. Clay Higgins (R) was involved in an incident on Wednesday when he physically pushed back an activist during a press conference in front of the Capitol when the man approached to ask Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) questions. In a video posted online and shared with The Hill, Higgins can be seen grabbing the...
A professor at Texas A&M University-Commerce attempted to fail all his students in an animal science class after he incorrectly concluded they used ChatGPT to complete their assignments, according to multiple reports. Jared Mumm sent an email to his class on Monday as students were finishing up for the semester, claiming he discovered they all...
A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced a bill that would require all new cars to include AM radio as many manufacturers have increasingly been phasing it out. A release from the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on Thursday states Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), who serves as the committee’s ranking member, and Ed Markey...
Uber announced on Wednesday the launch of a new feature that will let teenagers younger than 18 open accounts and take rides on their own. In a news release, the ride-hailing company said that its “teen accounts” will allow people from 13 to 17 years old to set up personal accounts through their families' profiles. ...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Thursday she feels “threatened” by Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) following an encounter they had the day before on the steps of the Capitol. Greene said at a press conference that Bowman has a “history of aggression” toward her and others that she is “very concerned” about. She said Bowman...
South Dakota Sen. Mike Rounds (R) says he will endorse Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) for president, becoming the first Republican senator to publicly endorse a candidate other than Donald Trump for president in 2024. Rounds told The Washington Examiner on Wednesday that he has committed to backing Scott, who is expected to formally announce his campaign...
