A coalition of Republican attorneys general on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to stay the federal “Good Neighbor” interstate smog rule while they appeal a lower court ruling. The plaintiffs, led by Dave Yost of Ohio, asked the high court to pause the rule, which regulates the flow of air pollution across state lines from...
A federal judge on Wednesday denied former President Trump’s attempt to delay a lawsuit against him seeking civil damages over the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. After Trump was indicted on federal criminal charges stemming from the 2020 election and Jan. 6, his attorneys in August attempted to put the civil lawsuit on hold, citing...
Los Angeles TV news anchor Christina Pascucci announced Wednesday she is running for the Senate, joining an already crowded race for the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein's (D-Calif.) seat. "I have some breaking news: I am running for U.S. Senate," Pascussi said in an announcement on X, formerly known as Twitter. "It's time to stop the...
Fox News host Brian Kilmeade brushed off an incident on Tuesday during which he was caught on a hot microphone calling a Republican lawmaker a "dumbass" for not supporting Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) for speaker. "I did not know my mic was open," Kilmeade said on his radio show on Wednesday. "But next thing you...
Cher is vowing to exit the United States if former President Trump wins the 2024 presidential election. “I almost got an ulcer the last time,” the “Believe” singer said of Trump’s time in the White House, during an interview with The Guardian published Wednesday. “If he gets in, who knows?” Cher said. “This time I will leave...
Harlan Crow, the billionaire political donor with controversial links to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, has given the maximum contribution to Cornell West's campaign for president. West received a $3,300 donation from the Republican megadonor in August, according to the latest Federal Election Commission filings. The donation came in weeks before West switched his party...
Social media influencer Douglass Mackey was sentenced to seven months in prison on Wednesday for interfering with the 2016 election. The Justice Department announced Wednesday that Mackey, who went by the name “Ricky Vaughn” on social media, was handed a seven-month prison sentence after being convicted at trial for conspiracy against rights. Mackey, who was a supporter...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) called upon his rivals in the 2024 Republican presidential race to oppose President Biden's $100 million in U.S. funding to assist civilians in Gaza and the West Bank, arguing the money is a "$100 million gift to Hamas." Biden announced the humanitarian aid deal Wednesday from Tel Aviv, where he...
A large group of protestors entered the Cannon House office building Wednesday demanding an Israeli cease-fire, resulting in several arrests, Capitol police said. “Demonstrations are not allowed inside Congressional Buildings,” the U.S. Capitol Police posted on X. “We warned the protestors to stop demonstrating and when they did not comply we began arresting them.” The...
FBI Director Christopher Wray warned that artificial intelligence (AI) has been used to amplify “terrorist propaganda” and has been reconfigured by terrorist groups in efforts to remove safeguards blocking malicious activities. “We’ve seen AI used to essentially amplify the distribution or dissemination of terrorist propaganda,” Wray said at the first public summit of the Five...
A United Nations official is warning that the escalating violence between Israel and Hamas risks an increase in conflict in the Middle East as a whole. “I fear that we are at the brink of a deep and dangerous abyss that could change the trajectory of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, if not of the Middle East...
The Biden administration on Wednesday announced it will put $3.5 billion toward electrical grid resilience projects. The funds, provided by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will cover 58 projects across 44 states, Biden administration officials told reporters on a call Wednesday. It marks the largest single federal investment in the electrical grid in the history of...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is backing Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) in the GOP Speakership fight, while criticizing the Republican chaos in the lower chamber of Congress. “I was hoping that Jim would get — Jim Jordan would get elected,” DeSantis, also a 2024 GOP presidential primary candidate, said in an interview with Blake Burman, moderator...
The Biden administration announced Wednesday the implementation of a family reunification program for Ecuador, allowing U.S.-based Ecuadorians to sponsor their immediate family members abroad to legally immigrate to the United States. Family reunification parole (FRP), as the program is formally known, allows beneficiaries to enter the United States and apply for work permits while they...
Welcome to The Hill's Sustainability newsletter {beacon} Sustainability Sustainability The Big Story Crude prices surge as Middle East tensions broil Crude prices surged to a two-week high on Wednesday as tensions escalated in the Middle East and Iran called for an oil embargo on Israel. © AP Brent Crude Oil — a European benchmark used...
The Oct. 7 Hamas massacre has inspired two new tidbits of conventional wisdom: first, that Israel will now launch a ground invasion of Gaza to remove Hamas from power, and second that the U.S.-brokered peace deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia is for the moment off the table. Both of these assumptions should be reexamined....
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The U.S. targeted Iran’s missile and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) programs in new sanctions Wednesday. “Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned 11 individuals, eight entities, and one vessel based in Iran, Hong Kong, the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and Venezuela that are enabling Iran’s destabilizing ballistic...
A New York court employee was arrested Wednesday after approaching the bench to attempt to talk to former President Trump, who is attending his fraud trial in person this week in Manhattan. Lucian Chalfen, a spokesperson for the court, said the individual disrupted the trial by standing up and walking toward the front of the...
Scotland’s first minister Humza Yousaf said Scotland is willing to take Gaza refugees amid the war between Hamas and Israel. Yousaf noted in a recent speech that his wife, Nadia El-Nakla, is Scottish-Palestinian and has family living in Gaza. “So, many of them don’t want to leave and neither they should have to leave but...
Rep. Jim Jordan’s (R-Ohio) second failed Speaker bid is generating more pressure for the House to take up a resolution to expand the powers of the House Speaker pro temp. Even ahead of Jordan’s loss, fellow Ohio Republican Rep. David Joyce said he would introduce a resolution to formally install Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) as...
We already have the technology we need to limit global warming and deliver trillions in economic gains instead of losses. Now we need political will and robust financing.
Former Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) notched a vote for House Speaker on Wednesday as Republicans struggled to elect a new leader. When Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) had his name called during a roll call vote for House Speaker, he shouted Boehner's name, eliciting cheers and laughter from other members on the House floor. Later, as...
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) fell short of the 217 votes needed to be elected Speaker of the House for a second time Wednesday, with 22 Republicans siding against him. The roll call resulted in Jordan receiving 199 votes, while House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) received 212 and other candidates took the remaining 22 votes....
A lack of funding and resources can prevent Americans from getting the mental health care they need, experts say. “Let’s talk about resources, and then we can talk about the mental health crisis,” Susan Gurley, executive director of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, said at Wednesday morning’s panel: “Every Mind Matters: The Many...
