The mother an 8-year-old girl who died in the custody of U.S. Border Patrol earlier this week said on Friday that border agents “didn’t do anything” to help her daughter. “They killed my daughter, because she was nearly a day and a half without being able to breathe,” Mabel Alvarez Benedicks told The Associated Press. “She...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson called herself a “Survivor superfan” on Saturday and offered an audience of graduating law school students lessons from the reality TV show. The show has been on television for 23 years and is now in its 44th season. Jackson said she has seen every episode since...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) requested that the judge in Disney's First Amendment case against him be dismissed, citing statements the judge has made in the past that the governor's lawyers argue demonstrate a lack of impartiality. DeSantis filed a motion on Friday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida to ask...
President Biden said at the Group of Seven (G7) summit on Saturday that he believes the United States will avoid a default as the deadline for lawmakers to reach a deal approaches. Biden said at a press conference in Hiroshima, Japan, that he is “not at all” worried about the ongoing negotiations to raise the...
A federal judge has struck down a partnership between American Airlines and JetBlue in the northeast, finding that it has violated antitrust laws in reducing competition in the industry. U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin ruled on Friday in favor of the Justice Department (DOJ) and six states and the District of Columbia that sued to...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Brittney Griner stood for the national anthem before her first regular-season WNBA game since being jailed in Russia. Griner was outspoken for social justice in 2020 and didn’t take the court during the pregame anthem. But nearly a year behind bars in Russia changed her. “I was literally in a cage...
NFL Hall of Famer, civil rights advocate and actor Jim Brown — who had one of the most successful football careers in history and appeared in more than 30 films — died on Thursday in Los Angeles. He was 87 years old. A spokeswoman for Brown’s family said he died peacefully at home with his...
The White House on Friday night tempered its optimism about ongoing talks with Republicans on a budget agreement and debt ceiling increase, acknowledging the two sides have “serious differences” heading into the weekend. “We have serious differences and this is going to continue to be a difficult conversation. That’s not lost on us,” press secretary...
National security adviser Jake Sullivan said that while the debt limit talks have been a subject of interest at the Group of Seven (G-7) summit, President Biden has “expressed confidence” to world leaders in avoiding a default. “It is definitely a subject of interest,” Sullivan told reporters during a Saturday morning press conference in Japan. “Here at...
The winner of a contest that MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell created for people to try to disprove his election fraud claims has asked a federal court to make Lindell pay him the money after the ally of former President Trump has refused. Lindell promised to pay $5 million to anyone who could disprove his data...
Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Climate change drying out lakes faster than thought: study New research published in the journal Science indicates lakes' water storage is shrinking at a clip three times greater than previously thought. © Getty Images An analysis of nearly...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Top negotiators stumble in debt limit talks as default threat looms Washington is seeming more likely to fall short of a goal to strike a deal on the debt limit this week, as negotiators stumbled Friday...
The stock market and the value of the dollar dipped to end the week after GOP lawmakers paused debt ceiling talks on Friday following an apparent breakdown in negotiations. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 109.28 points, equivalent to 0.3 percent, while S&P 500 dropped 6.07 points, or 0.1 percent, on Friday after Wall...
Welcome to The Hill's Health Care newsletter {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Nebraska passes combined anti-abortion, transgender care ban Nebraska’s legislature on Friday passed a bill that will ban transgender care for young people, as well as block abortions after 12 weeks, following other GOP-led states that have passed such restrictions...
Nearly 80 House Democrats wrote a letter expressing concern about tying pieces of a Republican-led permitting reform package to must-pass legislation amid efforts to get a permitting reform deal into a compromise debt limit bill. In a new letter to President Biden, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.),...
Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story FBI misuses spy tool The FBI repeatedly misused a surveillance tool in searching for foreign intelligence to use in cases pertaining to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and 2020 racial justice protests, according to an April 2022 court order publicly released Friday. ...
Health care organizations including Planned Parenthood are suspending gender-affirming medical care in Florida to comply with a new state law that bans transition-related care for transgender minors and places heavy restrictions on care for adults. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), who is expected to enter the 2024 presidential race next week, on Wednesday signed legislation...
America loves chicken. It’s healthy, delicious, sustainable and — for the moment — the most affordable protein in the meat case. The U.S. chicken industry supports millions of good paying jobs in hundreds of rural communities. Unfortunately, some in Washington — and their allies in the trial-bar and activist boardrooms — want to make chicken less affordable. Why?...
Eye drops that have been contaminated with a highly drug-resistant strain of bacteria have now been linked to four deaths and 14 cases of blindness, according to an update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC said in a post on its website that it has identified 81 patients from 18...
Ever since I can remember, I always wanted to be a mother. For years, I struggled to get pregnant. After two miscarriages and a stillbirth, I wondered if God had ever meant for me to be a mother. When I finally gave birth to my son, Jordan, I was overjoyed. Jordan, this tiny bundle of...
Nebraska lawmakers on Friday gave final approval to legislation that bans gender-affirming health care for transgender minors and prohibits abortion after 12 weeks of pregnancy, sending the measure to Republican Gov. Jim Pillen. Pillen is expected to sign the bill — which state lawmakers passed by a 33-15 party-line vote — into law on an...
Dozens of progressives have signed onto a letter urging President Biden to invoke the 14th Amendment and bypass Republicans to prevent the nation from defaulting on its debt. Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) leaders Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Greg Casar (D-Texas) led more than 60 progressives in penning the letter to Biden on...
A federal judge on Friday ordered alleged classified document leaker Jack Teixeira to be held in jail until he faces trial. Ahead of his determination, Judge David Hennessy in the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts said Teixeira had twice been warned by his superiors about the proper handling of classified material. Henessy said the suspected...
