Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Biden admin asks Supreme Court to overturn Texas law The White House asked the court to overturn a lower court’s decision to uphold a controversial Texas social media law. © AP Photo/Mark Lennihan Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar wrote a brief Monday saying conflicting decisions from circuit...
A small city in southeast Minnesota is without a police force after its chief and officers resigned over low pay. Goodhue — population 1,250, according to the 2020 census — accepted the resignation of its police chief, only full-time officer, and five part-time officers at a Monday city council meeting that was originally intended to...
The price of nursing homes and adult day services jumped dramatically last month, new data shows. Recently released data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that the price of nursing homes and adult day services shot up by 2.4 percent in July compared to the previous month, the largest single-month increase since 1997....
President Biden is facing mounting criticism over his response to the catastrophic wildfires in Maui, with former President Trump and other critics keeping the airwaves full of attacks over how he has handled the situation. The president ran as the empathetic politician who shines in times of crisis, but his reaction to Maui has left...
Nearly two-thirds of Americans who went to see the “Barbie” movie said the film made them more aware of the effects of the patriarchy in the workplace, according to a new survey. The ResumeBuilder.com survey was conducted by Pollfish starting Aug. 10 with 300 U.S. respondents who saw the "Barbie" movie. The poll found 81...
Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) on Tuesday said he thinks the racketeering charges brought against former President Trump and his allies in Georgia were too broad and being incorrectly applied. “This charge is really a nuclear bomb where a bullet would have been appropriate,” Buck said in an interview on MSNBC. “And I think the scope...
The U.S. military is strengthening response efforts in Hawaii as the state battles wildfires and their aftermath on Maui, with the Pentagon planning to move supplies and emergency responders more quickly around the island. Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh said Tuesday that U.S. Army Pacific is overseeing six new mission assignments designated by the Federal Emergency...
The office of the clerk for the Fulton County, Ga., court system admitted to accidentally posting a “sample working document” related to former President Trump’s indictment hours before the grand jury completed its work. The Tuesday statement came after the office blamed media outlets Monday for sharing what it called a “fictitious document.” The docket...
Hawaii Gov. Josh Green (D) announced Tuesday that children were among the victims of the deadly wildfires in Maui last week, pledging an official memorial to those lost. At least 99 people died in the blaze that completely destroyed the tourist town of Lahaina, with many more missing. Green said that investigators have found entire...
In a Tuesday filing, federal prosecutors working on the case against President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, said they had “did not renege” on a previous plea agreement with the younger Biden. Hunter Biden and his legal team alleged in a filing earlier this week that federal prosecutors reneged on a “previously agreed-upon Plea Agreement” for...
MAGA Republicans want to drain impeachment of meaning as a future tool of presidential accountability.
iPhone users who have long complained their phones get slower after a software update may finally be getting paid for their troubles.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) called the indictment against former President Trump in Georgia an example of a “criminalization of politics.” “I think it’s an example of this criminalization of politics,” DeSantis said while on a press call with New England media. “I don’t think this is something that’s good for the country.” DeSantis, also a 2024 presidential...
Longtime ESPN anchor and personality Sage Steele announced she’s leaving the sports network giant for other endeavors, explaining she wants to exercise her First Amendment rights “more freely.” “Life update. Having successfully settled my case with ESPN/Disney, I have decided to leave so I can exercise my first amendment rights more freely,” Steele wrote Tuesday...
The schedule of likely Donald Trump criminal trials in 2024 is turning into the criminal justice equivalent of a multi-car pileup.
MILWAUKEE — President Biden on Tuesday traveled to a manufacturing warehouse in Wisconsin to tout one of his signature legislative achievements, a reflection of how the White House is betting Americans will favor their focus on kitchen table issues as the front-runner for the GOP presidential nomination is once again mired in legal troubles. Biden...
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) accused the trustees of her late husband’s estate of committing financial abuse against her and called for them to be suspended as administrators of the account in a recent legal filing. Feinstein, 90, accused the three trustees — Michael Klein, Marc Scholvinck and Verett Mims — of the Richard C. Blum...
Federal officials announced Tuesday they would ease up on Colorado River usage cutbacks in 2024, thanks to an unusually wet winter combined with systemwide conservation measures. Water releases from Lake Mead — the Colorado River Basin’s largest reservoir — in 2023 are expected to be the lowest in three decades, according to the Bureau of Reclamation’s newly...
President Biden said Tuesday he and first lady Jill Biden would visit Hawaii, though he gave no timeline to do so amid criticism he has faced over his response to wildfires that have devastated the island of Maui. “My wife Jill and I are going to travel to Hawaii as soon as we can. That’s...
There are a lot of proposals in the air for reforming section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), the critical intelligence collection authority set to expire at the end of this year. Section 702 allows U.S. intelligence agencies to target foreign terrorists and hostile nations like Communist China by intercepting communications that are passing...
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said she accidentally ate “magic” mushrooms on a recent trip to China. In an interview with CNN’s Erin Burnett on Monday, Yellen said the person who arranged the dinner she attended at a chain restaurant ordered the dish containing the mushrooms for her. She said she did not know the dish...
Another political leader was slain in Ecuador on Monday just days after a presidential candidate was assassinated in the country’s capital of Quito. Pedro Briones was shot and killed, as was confirmed by Luisa González, the front-runner in Sunday’s special presidential election and member of the Revolución Ciudadana party. Briones was a local leader of...
Former President Trump is facing his fourth criminal indictment this year after he and 18 others were charged in Georgia, and should he eventually be convicted, the case could logistically be the most difficult one to get expunged. Trump on Monday was charged with 13 counts, including an alleged violation of the Georgia Racketeer Influenced...
A Fitch Ratings analyst warned of possible downgrades on dozens of U.S. banks including JPMorgan Chase, if the agency continues to cut its assessment of the industry’s health. In an exclusive interview with CNBC’s Hugh Son, Fitch Rating analyst Chris Wolfe said when the rating agency lowered its “operating environment score” for U.S. banks from a “AA”...
Trump’s determination to run again, and his significant polling lead over the other GOP candidates, makes possible some impossible scenarios.
