General Motors's Cruise autonomous vehicle unit is recalling nearly 1,000 of its driverless cars following a pedestrian crash in San Francisco last month. Cruise on Wednesday announced it recalled 950 of its cars to update their software after one of the vehicles hit a pedestrian and dragged them to the side of a road in...
The Biden campaign Wednesday launched two Spanish-language ads touting how the president’s agenda has benefited Latino voters, a move that coincides with the third Republican primary debate being held in Miami. The first ad, “Nuestros Sueños,” highlights the White House’s investments in Hispanic small business and Biden’s opposition to dictators around the world. The second...
Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Meta requires political ads to disclose AI use Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, will require political advertisers to disclose the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other digital methods starting next year. © AP Photo/Michael...
A quick recap of the day and what to look forward to tomorrow {beacon} Evening Report Wednesday, November 8 © AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee High stakes for Trump rivals at third debate TIME IS RUNNING OUT for Republican presidential candidates hoping to draw a contrast with former President Trump and cut into his big 2024...
Three people were arrested for allegedly operating “sophisticated high-end brothels” in Virginia and Massachusetts that catered to high-powered clients, including elected officials and government contractors with security clearances, the Justice Department (DOJ) announced on Wednesday. Han Lee, 41, of Cambridge, Mass.; James Lee, 68, of Torrance, Calif.; and Junmyung Lee, 30, of Dedham, Mass., were...
The head of the Pentagon’s office that investigates UFOs is stepping down in December, the Department of Defense announced Wednesday. Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick, the All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) Director, announced he would be retiring after a 27-year career in the department and the U.S. Intelligence Community. In an exclusive interview with Politico, Kirkpatrick said...
White House officials Wednesday hosted former college and NFL players for a discussion on the rights of student-athletes amid the ongoing debate over revenue and other benefits for players. Andrew Luck, Desmond Howard, Ryan Clark and Rod Gilmore were among the former college and NFL stars who visited the White House for the meeting, a...
As the Biden administration seeks to get its arms around the global phenomenon that is artificial intelligence, it should recognize a few realities. First, artificial intelligence (AI) is more than an idea whose time has come — it is indelibly written into the fabric of our society. AI has grown from a theoretical, academic concept...
The White House on Wednesday swiftly pushed back on House Republicans, most notably House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, for issuing subpoenas targeting Hunter Biden and his uncle James Biden, calling it part of a smear campaign against President Biden. The House Oversight Committee took the remarkable step to seek depositions from the president’s son and brother...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Eli Lilly’s blockbuster diabetes drug for weight loss management Wednesday, giving patients another tool and opening the door to potentially much wider use. Formal FDA approval means tirzepatide could be covered by most insurance plans, making it more affordable for millions of patients and likely adding to the...
Welcome to The Hill's Sustainability newsletter {beacon} Sustainability Sustainability The Big Story Texas to design, deploy thousands of microgrids to insulate electric system from disaster Texas voters just took a dramatic step to shore up the most critical sectors of the state grid. © AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast Lone Star State voters on Tuesday...
Vice President Harris, in impromptu remarks from the White House, said Wednesday that while she’s “confident” about prevailing in 2024, she and President Biden have "a lot of work to do to earn" reelection. "It was a good night, and the president and I obviously have a lot of work to do to earn our...
Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) says his state's vote Tuesday to enshrine abortion rights "was a gut punch" for anti-abortion officials such as himself. In a lengthy post online, Vance, who campaigned against the effort to ensure abortion access, attempted to parse out why the measure won with support from nearly 57 percent of voters. "For...
More than two dozen Democratic senators are raising concern to President Biden over Israel’s military operations targeting Hamas in the Gaza Strip that are resulting in an extremely high death toll for Palestinian civilians, particularly among children and women. In a letter to the president sent Wednesday, stalwart Biden supporters asked for administration officials to...
New research suggests Greenland’s ice shelves have shrunk by around a third since 1978. A study published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications said the ice shelves in the northern part of the country have lost more than 35 percent of their total volume. The study also said three ice shelves in the region have...
Former first lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the wreckage from another Trump presidency would be “almost unimaginable,” and likened the former president who beat her in the 2016 election to Adolf Hitler. In an interview on ABC’s “The View,” Clinton said when she was secretary of State, she saw people who would...
The Department of Justice announced on Wednesday a civil rights investigation into the Lexington, Miss., police department after allegations of misconduct and civil rights violations. The Justice Department will determine whether the police department has a practice of using excessive force, violating people's civil and constitutional rights, including their right to free speech, and whether...
The White House on Wednesday took a victory lap after Democratic wins in Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio state elections, framing it as a validation of the president's platform. "President Biden's values and agenda won big across the country last night," press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said at a briefing with reporters. "In Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania and...
Former President Trump attributed Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron's (R) loss in the state's gubernatorial race to his association with Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), rather than himself. “Daniel Cameron lost because he couldn’t alleviate the stench of Mitch McConnell,” Trump asserted in a Truth Social post Wednesday. “I told him early that’s a...
Results from real voters matter much more than polls generated by a call from an anonymous pollster to a moody voter lashing out because of the horrendously divided political environment and a dour and heavy news cycle.
Several countries are expanding fossil fuel production despite pledges to have net-zero emissions, according to a new report from a United Nations environmental agency. Contrary to 151 national governments pledging net-zero emissions from fossil fuel production activities, the 2023 Production Gap Report, published Wednesday by the U.N. Environment Programme, found governments around the world will...
Former first lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she believes President Biden remains the best nominee as Democrats work to retain control of the White House in 2024. "Yes, he is," she said Wednesday on ABC's "The View," when asked if Biden was the best person to take on former President Trump, the...
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) expressed their deep concern about its humanitarian convoy coming under fire in Gaza City amid the ongoing war between Israel and the militant group Hamas. In a news release Tuesday, the humanitarian organization said the convoy of five trucks and two other ICRC vehicles was carrying lifesaving...
The higher education establishment has to once again provide students with a grounding in history and the arts and sciences.
The National Zoo’s three giant pandas departed Washington, D.C. on Wednesday morning, marking the beginning of their trip back to China and an end, at least for now, to 50 years of “panda diplomacy” with Beijing. Giant pandas Mei Xiang and Tian Tian and their cub Xioa Qi Ji were loaded into crates Wednesday morning...
