Colleges are seeing their undergraduate enrollment numbers go up for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, according to new data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Three years later, undergraduate enrollment has gone up 2.1 percent this fall compared to 2022, and community colleges saw an increase of 4.4 percent. The recovery...
House Republicans on Thursday passed a sprawling partisan energy plan, the first funding bill approved on the floor since the lower chamber ousted its Speaker more than three weeks ago. The measure passed in 210-199 vote on Thursday afternoon. It is only the second piece of legislation to cross the floor after the House installed...
An infant’s death has prompted the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to issue a warning to medical professionals about giving probiotics to hospitalized preterm infants. The FDA said that one infant developed sepsis and later died after the infant was given a probiotic while in hospital care. The FDA has previously sent a letter to health care...
The Iranian foreign minister warned of “uncontrollable consequences” for the U.S. if its backing of Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza continues to expand. “I say frankly to the American statemen who are now managing the genocide in Palestine that we do not welcome the expansion of the war in the region,” Foreign Minister Hossein...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Thursday that fellow Democratic New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman doesn’t deserve censure for falsely pulling the fire alarm before an important vote last month. Bowman pleaded guilty Thursday to a misdemeanor for the fire alarm incident in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Republicans have accused...
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried took the stand in his criminal fraud trial Thursday in New York, but the judge announced jurors would be sent home for the day. Judge Lewis Kaplan sent the jurors home so he could hear parts of Bankman-Fried’s testimony and decide what the jury would be allowed to hear, The Associated...
Pfizer and BioNTech announced Thursday it would soon begin a Phase 3 trial for its combined flu and COVID-19 mRNA vaccine following "positive" results from its Phase 1/2 study. Phase 1 and 2 trials are meant to evaluate whether a new drug or treatment is both safe and effective. An official for Pfizer said Thursday...
There's new hope in the fight against Alzheimer's. Federal legislation called the Access to Innovative Treatments Act can turn this hope into reality for seniors afflicted by this disease. In July, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave traditional approval to Leqembi (lecanemab), a new medicine that may reduce cognitive decline among Alzheimer's patients by 27 percent. This treatment...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a safety advisory to Florida restaurants and retailers, warning that a recent batch of oysters may be contaminated.
Welcome to The Hill's Campaign newsletter {beacon} Campaign Report Campaign Report The Big Story Dean Phillips readies for Biden challenge Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) is expected to announce his presidential campaign Friday – a move that will stoke both anger and anxiety among members of his party. © Greg Nash Phillips will file his...
Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) will file his candidacy for president in New Hampshire on Friday, the New Hampshire secretary of state’s office said. A spokesperson for the office confirmed to The Hill that Phillips, a three-term House Democrat who has been considering a possible presidential run for months, will file at 10 a.m. Friday, which...
A majority of Americans say they are behind on their emergency savings, according to a new poll. Thirty-eight percent of those surveyed say they are significantly behind on saving for emergencies, and 22 percent say they are slightly behind, while only 18 percent say they are ahead on their savings, the survey from Bankrate found....
This silence is lethal — it always has been so.
Former Republican Arizona Senate candidate Blake Masters announced Thursday that he will run for a Phoenix-area House seat in 2024, ending speculation that he would attempt another Senate bid. Masters said he will run in Arizona’s 8th District, aiming to replace Rep. Debbie Lesko (R), who announced last week that she would not run for...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) moved to force a vote on censuring Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) on Thursday, accusing the Michigan Democrat of “antisemitic activity” and “sympathizing with terrorist organizations.” Greene called the measure to the floor as a privileged resolution Thursday morning, which forces the chamber to take action on the legislation within two...
Federal authorities warned Thursday of the increasing threat posed by “violent extremists and lone offenders” on U.S. soil amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. In a joint news release, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said the threat level has increased since...
First, if it weren’t for patents, developing countries wouldn’t have any COVID medicines or treatments, and second, developing countries lack equitable access to COVID-related technologies because of poverty, not patents.
A federal judge struck down Georgia’s Republican-drawn congressional and state legislative maps Thursday, ruling they violated the Voting Rights Act by diluting the power of Black voters. U.S. District Judge Steve Jones’s ruling gives the state Legislature until Dec. 8 to draw new lines before the court will step in to order its own remedial...
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) quipped Thursday that he may start looking for love by working in the office of a Republican colleague known for producing romantic unions. Before getting to the agenda during a Senate Judiciary Committee executive business meeting, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) lauded efforts by lawmakers to reach across the aisle. “I think...
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Thursday the U.S. is ahead of China on artificial intelligence (AI), but he warned that the “gap is narrowing” and the U.S. has to keep pushing ahead. “If we don't do anything, China’s going to get ahead of us,” Schumer said during an interview at a Washington Post...
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said newly-elected House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will not succeed in his new role if he fulfills the “MAGA Mike” nickname given to him by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.). “If Speaker Johnson repeats the mistakes of Speaker McCarthy, if he tumbles down the MAGA road, it will be inevitable that the...
Former President Trump said the judge in his New York civil trial "has gone crazy in his hatred," after he fine the former president $10,000 for violating a gag order imposed in the case. "The judge in the New York State [attorney general (AG)] case refuses to accept the overturning of his decisions by the...
Ten million more Americans are living in households that are struggling with hunger, according to a new United States Department of Agriculture report. The report, released Wednesday, found 44.2 million Americans were living in food insecure households in 2022. In comparison, in 2021, 33.8 million million Americans were living in food insecure households. “These findings...
Two elderly women who were captured by Hamas on Oct. 7 and forced into Gaza with more than 200 individuals were released Monday and are slated to deliver remarks Thursday. 85-year-old Yocheved Lifshitz told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the militants beat her with sticks, bruising her ribs and making it hard to breathe as they...
Congress may think it is helping U.S. farmers with its annual exemption to the sector on emissions reporting, but investors see an industry lagging behind global peers.
