It will take the Navy “years to recover” from Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-Ala.) months-long hold on hundreds of military promotions, according to President Biden’s nominee to next lead the service. “It will take years to recover from ... the promotion delays that we will see going forward,” Adm. Lisa Franchetti told lawmakers during a Senate Armed Services Committee...
A bipartisan Senate bill from Health Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) would provide a significant funding increase for community health centers and other primary care programs in an effort to boost a shortage of health workers. Funding for community health centers expires at the end of September, so the timing...
MDMA, commonly referred to as “ecstasy” or “molly," is on its way to becoming the first psychedelic to receive approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) after a study conducted by an industry-leading research group found that the drug was effective in treating moderate and severe post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among a racially diverse...
President Biden said Thursday that so-called MAGA Republicans are failing while making the pitch for his own economic agenda and achievements under the banner of "Bidenomics." “You hear from our friends on the other side, the MAGA Republicans, what’s wrong with America. Everything’s wrong with America. They keep telling us America’s failing,” the president said...
The energy efficiency standards he set avoided the need to build dozens of new carbon-emitting power plants and saved Americans billions of dollars on utility bills.
Leveling off after steady increases since early April, Lake Mead appears to have reached its peak for the year -- more than 22 feet above last year.
Welcome to The Hill's Campaign newsletter {beacon} Campaign Report Campaign Report The Big Story GOP tensions flare amid Biden impeachment push Tensions among Republicans are bubbling up as Speaker Kevin McCarthy struggles to unify his caucus amid his impeachment inquiry push. © Greg Nash During a closed-door meeting on Thursday morning, McCarthy addressed...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) campaign is firing back on a report Thursday that DeSantis, as governor-elect, took multiple undisclosed private flights, claiming it “sounds like more Trump-legacy media collusion.” “This story sounds like more Trump-legacy media collusion following the recent intimate dinner between Trump campaign officials and national press,” said Andrew Romeo, a communications...
Rep. Mary Peltola’s (D-Alaska) office released a statement Thursday following news of her husband’s death in a tragic plane crash on Wednesday. "We are truly grateful for the kindness that Mary and her family have received since Buzzy's passing yesterday,” Peltola’s chief of staff, Anton McParland, wrote in the statement Thursday. McParland highlighted the generosity...
The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill targeting California’s efforts to phase out gas-powered cars. The legislation, which passed the House 222-190, would bar states from limiting the sales of gas-powered cars and rescind any federal approvals for states to do so that were issued since the start of 2022 The bill...
Google will pay $93 million in a proposed deal with the California attorney general’s office to settle allegations that the tech giant deceived users about how it used their location data, the state announced Thursday. In addition to the $93 million settlement, Google has agreed to show additional information to users about enabling location-related account...
A federal jury has awarded $100,000 to a Kentucky couple who sued former Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis after she refused to grant them a marriage license. David Ermold and David Moore were each awarded $50,000 Wednesday in a 2015 case brought against Davis, who spent five days in jail the same year for refusing...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and billionaire Elon Musk are planning to meet next week to address tensions surrounding the rise of antisemitism on the Musk-owned X social media platform, formerly known as Twitter. The prime minister’s office announced the meeting, scheduled for Monday in the U.S., which will also include discussions on artificial intelligence....
The Walt Disney Company has held initial talks with Nexstar Media Group on a potential sale of ABC, according to a new report. The talks are in the preliminary stage and have not focused on a potential sale price, Bloomberg reported Thursday. The outlet cited people familiar with the negotiations, who said Nexstar would only...
Embroiled in controversy and a crisis of ethics, the United States Supreme Court continues to hand down decisions in direct opposition to precedent, the Constitution, and public opinion. The court has taken a MAGA right turn because of extremists’ concerted effort to transform it into their political weapon. What was once intended to be an...
Domestic and foreign terrorism remain among the top threats facing the nation, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) detailed in its annual threat assessment. The threat of terrorism remains largely unchanged, but officials warn lone actors and small groups still pose the greatest risk to the public in the year ahead. “Terrorists both foreign and...
A top Democratic strategy firm founded by one of President Biden’s closest advisers issued an apology Thursday in response to court documents that show the firm advised a disgraced Illinois politician while also being aligned with a firm assisting a woman suing him. SKDK, a firm founded by White House senior adviser Anita Dunn, told...
Megyn Kelly in an interview published Thursday pressed former President Donald Trump over his handling of classified documents after leaving the White House and questioned why Trump would not comply with a subpoena for the sensitive materials. Kelly interviewed Trump on her SiriusXM show, where she zeroed in on the criminal case over Trump’s handling...
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she was “all in” on President Biden’s reelection bid in a Thursday interview. “When I look at what's been accomplished with the team that was put together, I am very impressed,” Clinton said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “And I'm all in to reelect people who got things done....
Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb (D) denounced new LGBTQ guidance that was implemented by the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland for its schools. The diocese put out new policies for its 84 private religious schools that ban LGBTQ expression, restrict certain clothing and ban the use of pronouns or bathrooms that don’t match a student’s sex on...
War with China is neither inevitable nor necessary, but actions and policies currently being pursued in both Beijing and Washington are mindlessly drifting towards a clash.
A visibly frustrated Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Thursday accused Republican senators of “trying to mimic the Freedom Caucus in the House" after Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) objected to moving forward on a substitute amendment to a so-called "minibus" appropriations package. Johnson's move likely scuttled additional votes on the funding package this week...
A coalition of abortion rights groups is hoping to solidify access to abortion in Nevada with a constitutional amendment proposed on the 2024 ballot. The organizations, which include Planned Parenthood, NARAL Pro-Choice Nevada and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Nevada, filed a petition with Nevada’s secretary of state office Thursday to get a...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will not collect or disseminate data used in artificial intelligence (AI) activities and will ensure all facial recognition technologies will be thoroughly tested as part of a new set of AI guidelines released Thursday. The new DHS policies, developed by a department task force on AI, are part of...
President Biden on Thursday afternoon will deliver remarks on Bidenomics and his administration's plans to bolster the American economy while in Maryland. Biden will take aim at the Republican economic agenda and will “hold House Republicans accountable for the full MAGAnomics agenda and contrast MAGAnomics with his economic vision,” senior adviser Anita Dunn wrote in a memo....
