The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office says Armie Hammer won’t face sexual assault charges due to “insufficient evidence.” In 2021, the Los Angeles Police Department launched an investigation into an allegation that the 36-year-old actor "violently raped" a woman who publicly accused Hammer in a news conference alongside high-profile lawyer Gloria Allred. Hammer has...
House Republicans on Wednesday passed the rule governing debate on bipartisan legislation to lift the debt ceiling, a procedural hurdle that paves the way for final passage of the bill later in the day — but it took an emergency assist from Democrats. Lawmakers approved the rule in a 241-187 vote just days before June...
Welcome to The Hill's Sustainability newsletter {beacon} Sustainability Sustainability The Big Story Bacteria sort critical minerals better than humans: study Future smartphones and electric vehicles could run on metals sorted by bacteria — which could help the future of mining look more like recycling. © Adobe Certain bacterial proteins take different forms depending on...
The Biden administration on Wednesday announced it will put $161 million toward restoring ecosystems on federal lands in 11 Western states. The restoration efforts will be focused on 21 so-called restoration landscapes, identified by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) based on ecological need, BLM Director Tracy Stone-Manning said on a press call Wednesday. “We...
The White House on Wednesday said it has not seen an indication that Tara Reade, who has accused President Biden of sexually assaulting her, is part of a Russian influence operation after she shared publicly that she was defecting to the country. There is “no evidence or proof” of Reade being part of such an...
The Manchin punch may never land a glove on climate action.
Former President Trump is eying a “spectacular” yearlong celebration of the country’s 250th birthday from 2025 into 2026 if he returns to the White House. Trump’s campaign said in a Wednesday release that Trump plans to convene a White House task force called “Salute to America 250” to coordinate with state and local governments to...
Republicans are defending changes to work requirements for recipients of food stamps included in a legislative deal hashed out by GOP leadership and the White House to raise the debt limit, challenging estimates that show the push could ultimately lead to more spending for the program. As part of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, both...
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Wednesday that President Biden “walled off” all but 11 percent of the federal budget for spending cuts in their debt ceiling negotiations. “We only got to look at 11 percent of the budget to find these cuts,” McCarthy said in an interview on Fox News Channel’s “The Faulkner Focus,” adding it...
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Just one day after Minnesota legalized the recreational use of marijuana, an agency that regulates the use of firearms warned that any current user of marijuana is prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (AFT) field office in St. Paul, Minn., issued the clarification Tuesday shortly after...
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the top federal roadway safety agency, proposed a rule Wednesday to require all new vehicles to include automatic emergency brakes. The agency said in a release Wednesday that the proposed rule would “dramatically” reduce the number of crashes with pedestrians and rear-end collisions. It projects that the rule...
President Biden said Wednesday that he believes that things are going according to plan so far for the House to pass the bipartisan debt ceiling package despite several Democrats and Republicans vowing to vote in opposition of the measure. “We’re going to deal with the debt ceiling,” the president told reporters in the Oval Office....
A majority of teachers believe educators carrying firearms on school premises would make students less safe, according to a new survey from the RAND Corporation. The survey released Wednesday shows 54 percent of teachers think students would be unsafe with educators carrying guns, 20 percent say carrying guns would make students safer and 26 percent...
China called on the U.S. to stop its “dangerous acts of provocation” on Wednesday, after a Chinese fighter jet intercepted an American spy plane over the South China Sea last week. “For quite some time, the US side has frequently sent aircraft and vessels to conduct close-in reconnaissance on China, seriously threatening China’s sovereignty and...
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Weight loss surgeries are on the rise among American teenagers and children, according to a study. A new research letter, published in the JAMA Pediatrics journal, said that metabolic and bariatric surgeries among adolescents ages 10-19 jumped by nearly 20 percent between 2020 and 2021 as severe obesity rates among the age group also...
Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Anthony Bass apologized Tuesday for sharing a video that called for the boycott of major companies that publicly support the LGBTQ+ community. “I recognize yesterday I made a post that was hurtful to the Pride community, which includes friends of mine and close family members of mine," Bass, 35, told reporters...
President Biden has nominated the Marine Corps’ No. 2 commanding officer, Gen. Eric Smith, to take the helm of the military branch later this year, according to a notice received by the Senate Tuesday. Smith, the assistant commandant of the Marine Corps since October 2021, is a veteran of the counterinsurgency wars in Iraq and Afghanistan....
Ohio Republican J.R. Majewski, who has been accused of misrepresenting his military record, announced Tuesday he was withdrawing from the race to unseat Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio). Majewski’s second bid for Kaptur's seat lasted less than two months; he formally announced his campaign in mid-April. In 2022, he won the Republican nomination and secured former...
Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) is condemning the fatal shooting of a 14-year-old Black boy by a convenience store clerk in Columbia, S.C. In a statement this week, Clyburn said he is praying for “swift justice” for Cyrus Carmack-Belton, who was shot in the back after a convenience store owner falsely accused him of shoplifting on...
The special counsel investigating former President Trump’s efforts to stay in the White House after the 2020 election has issued subpoenas to staff who may have knowledge of the firing of Trump’s former cybersecurity chief, according to a new report. Trump fired Christopher Krebs from his cybersecurity role on November 17, 2020, just days after...
Jill Biden is getting ready for a royal wedding, attending the nuptials of Jordan’s crown prince while on a trip to the Middle East, North Africa and Portugal. The first lady said Wednesday that she was “[looking] forward” to “traveling to Amman, Jordan to join King Abdullah and Queen Rania in celebrating their son, Crown Prince Al...
Fox News political analyst Brit Hume tore into former president Trump over his recent attack on Kayleigh McEnany, his one-time press secretary who now is a contributor and frequent host on Fox News. "Imagine being so immature as to attack your former press secretary, who was nothing if not loyal, for allegedly misquoting a poll...
China is warning about the threat of artificial intelligence (AI) and has called for increased security measures. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) issued a warning Tuesday about the possible risks that advances in AI can pose, including harm to political and social issues. This warning followed one issued by technology leaders on Tuesday, who said...
