The White House on Tuesday continued to refuse to validate the Gaza Health Ministry’s death toll, even as it reported 10,000 people in Gaza have died from Israeli strikes a month into the war with Israel. The White House has cast doubt on the Hamas-run Health Ministry’s death toll since Israeli forces retaliated to terrorist...
A group of 11 Democratic senators are pushing the Biden administration to approach hydrogen energy with leniency, breaking with colleagues who want strict climate rules for the nascent energy technology. The senators wrote to key Biden administration officials asking them not to require projects to follow certain climate-related stipulations in order to qualify for a...
The Biden administration is proposing tighter regulations to cut down on "anti-competitive" practices in the Medicare Advantage (MA) market including strengthening the rules that limit how much compensation agents and brokers can receive for enrolling Medicare beneficiaries into MA plans. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) said in a statement that the proposed...
Special counsel David Weiss on Tuesday appeared in a closed-door meeting with congressional investigators probing his leadership of the Hunter Biden investigation, an unprecedented conversation that the prosecutor said left him with constraints on what he could discuss. It was a dynamic Democrats said yielded their counterparts little new information about the ongoing investigation, even...
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre argued Tuesday the latest set of polls that show President Biden trailing former President Trump in a hypothetical 2024 rematch should be treated with skepticism, pointing to recent examples of surveys failing to predict what would actually happen at the ballot box. “We have to really take these polls...
"The Circus" is folding its tent. The popular political documentary show will broadcast its final episode this month after eight seasons and 130 episodes, Showtime confirmed on Tuesday. Hosted by political operatives and commentators John Heilemann, Mark McKinnon and Jennifer Palmieri, "The Circus" was born out of the 2016 presidential election cycle and brought viewers...
Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Texans could decide to open up billions in loans for gas plants Voters in Texas today will decide whether to approve the creation of a state energy fund that would open up low-interest loans to natural...
Democratic strategist David Axelrod played down comments he made Monday which implied President Biden should drop out of the 2024 race. “It’s overreacting to say I told him to drop out,” the senior Obama advisor told Politico on Tuesday. “I didn’t do that.” “He’s the only one to make the decision. And if his decision...
National Jewish organizations are asking for the public to join them in Washington, D.C., next week for a pro-Israel protest on the National Mall. The Jewish Federations of North America is joining forces with the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations to hold a protest that will allow people in the U.S. to...
The House advanced a resolution to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) on Tuesday, teeing up a final vote on legislation penalizing the Michigan Democrat for her criticism of Israel following Hamas’s attack on the U.S. ally last month. The chamber defeated a Democratic-led motion to kill the resolution 208-213-1. One Democrat voted to advance the...
The campaign for GOP presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis is reportedly focused on denying former President Trump a “big win” in Iowa after the Florida governor secured the endorsement of Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R). The Associated Press reported that DeSantis’s senior advisers outlined a path to secure DeSantis the GOP nomination in a memo sent to his...
The value to Hamas of a Gazan human shield would be lost if the human shield were given a place to hide.
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) on Tuesday warned Senate GOP leaders not to circumvent Sen. Tommy Tuberville's (R-Ala.) holds on Pentagon appointees, warning it would be a “mistake” for them to support a Democratic resolution to change Senate procedure. The Democrats are offering a standing order resolution that would allow them to get around Tuberville’s holds, put...
Steve Martin is mocking the banning of one of his books in a Florida county public school system, saying it’ll help boost sales. “So proud to have my book ‘Shopgirl’ banned in Collier County, Florida!” the “Only Murders in the Building” comedian wrote on Instagram on Monday. “Now people who want to read it will have to...
Jeff Zucker, the former president of CNN, said he would consider a purchase of the network if it were to come up for sale. "We're certainly not looking at it, it's not for sale, what we've always said is any asset of that stature ... CNN is a fantastic asset," Zucker said at an event...
A majority of Supreme Court justices leaned toward upholding a federal law criminalizing gun possession for people under domestic violence restraining orders during oral arguments Tuesday. The case follows several landmark Supreme Court decisions that expanded gun rights over the past 15 years, with the dispute marking the justices’ first plenary Second Amendment case since...
Republican pollster Frank Luntz said he is most focused on voter turnout and the results of the Virginia legislative elections of all the contests happening Tuesday. “Turnout,” Luntz said during an appearance on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” when asked the top factor he would be looking at. “Who’s participating? Are Republicans going to the polls or...
Vice President Harris urged voters to judge President Biden on his record of achievements, not his age, as polls show the public remains concerned about Biden's ability to do the job for another term. “Here’s the thing I’ll say: Actions speak louder than words," Harris said in an interview with SiriusXM’s "Joe Madison The Black Eagle"...
The Senate on Tuesday voted to confirm Monica Bertagnolli as head of the National Institutes of Health, marking the first time in nearly two years that the agency has a confirmed leader. Bertagnolli, a cancer surgeon who for the past year has led the National Cancer Institute, was confirmed in a 62-36 bipartisan vote. The...
U.S. Capitol Police officers arrested a man with a gun near the Capitol Tuesday afternoon, but have not yet provided any additional information about the incident. Capitol Police said that the man was arrested at the park across from Union Station Tuesday afternoon, adding in a statement that police "have no reason to believe there...
While the online shopping ecosystem is a more convenient way to shop for consumers and has opened up new opportunities for sellers, it could be so much better.
The mayor of Nashville, Tenn., on Monday ordered police to investigate the leak of three pages of the manifesto of the school shooter who killed 6 people at the Covenant School in March. Conservative media host Steven Crowder posted the images online Monday, purporting them to be part of the shooter’s manifesto. “I am greatly...
Cases of newborn syphilis are rising rapidly in the U.S., and federal health officials are sounding the alarm and urging action. New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show cases are at the highest level in at least 30 years. There were more than 3,700 infants born with syphilis in 2022,...
Gannett, the parent company of USA Today and local media outlet The Tennessean, announced it has hired a reporter to cover pop megastar Taylor Swift. The Tennessean shared on Monday that veteran journalist Bryan West was the top choice in a pool of hundreds of candidates who applied for the position. Michael A. Anastasi, Gannett’s...
China is revamping the Belt and Road Initiative that pumped billions of dollars in grants and loans into developing countries over the last 10 years, as it attempts to rein in the risks that plagued its earlier investments, according to a new report released on Monday. The Asian nation has shifted its attention to reducing...
