Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Jack Reed (D-R.I.) is calling for answers on “what exactly happened” surrounding Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s secret hospitalization, which left the White House in the dark about his condition for more than three days. Reed has spoken to Austin but still has lingering questions about his absence, which included...
The Foreign Extortion Prevention Act finally criminalizes the demand or receipt of bribes by foreign officials from public corporations.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to deliver remarks after meeting with Israeli leaders Tuesday to discuss the future of Gaza. Three months into Israel's war on Palestinian militant group Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government has projected an ongoing conflict that could well last through the end of 2024. Blinken has recently called...
Americans are nearly unanimously in favor of legally requiring health care entities like hospitals, insurance providers and doctors to disclose their prices in an easily accessible place, according to a new survey. New polling conducted by Marist for the nonprofit Patient Rights Advocate (PRA) found that 94 percent of adults agreed that hospitals, insurance companies...
The Biden administration will largely undo a Trump-era rule that boosted the rights of medical workers to refuse to perform abortions or other services that conflicted with their religious or moral beliefs. The final rule released Tuesday partially rescinds the Trump administration’s 2019 policy that would have stripped federal funding from health facilities that required...
Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) blasted former President Trump for saying he hopes the economy crashes within the next 12 months, comments that have sparked widespread criticism from Democrats. “He calls himself the messiah,” Pelosi said on MSNBC's “Inside with Jen Psaki” on Monday night. “I guess he doesn't know much about the messiah.” The...
Five Louisiana transgender minors and their families on Tuesday asked a judge to block the state’s ban on gender-affirming health care for youth under 18, arguing that the ban infringes on the right of parents to make health care decisions on behalf of their children and violates the constitutional rights of transgender young people. “The...
At his annual State of the State address Tuesday, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said Florida will welcome Jewish students who want to transfer with “open arms” amid rising reports of antisemitism on college campuses. DeSantis, who chartered flights from Israel to rescue Floridians amid the country’s war with Hamas, said Florida has “stood up” to...
{beacon} 12:30 REPORT It’s Tuesday. It is a glorious day in Washington, D.C. — Raising Cane’s has officially opened at Union Station! I have to admit I’ve never had it, but you better believe I will quickly change that! Here’s what we’re covering today: Former President Trump appeared in a D.C. court this morning...
Former President Trump on Tuesday insisted the case against him and several others in Georgia over efforts to overturn the state's 2020 election results should be dropped after another defendant filed a motion accusing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) of improper behavior. "You had a very big event yesterday as you saw in...
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) on Tuesday delivered a defiant and at times emotional speech, denying he had received lavish gifts in exchange for aiding the Qatari government and showing no signs he is prepared to resign. The New Jersey Democrat said on the Senate floor, a week after federal prosecutors filed a second superseding indictment...
From chicken nuggets to tofu, American proteins have a microplastics problem. An Environmental Pollution study published on Monday reviewed a wide range of meat, fish and vegetarian meat alternatives — and found that 88 percent of them contained some form of microplastics. Microplastics are tiny pieces of plastics the approximate size of a grain of sand or a human...
Hezbollah said it attacked an Israeli army base Tuesday, in response to recent strikes that killed top Hamas and Hezbollah officials. The Iran-backed group said it used several drones to attack the northern command headquarters of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in Safed, which is about 7 miles from the border, where there is frequent...
The current situation is far too risky for Democrats.
The bottled water industry has pushed back against recent findings from Columbia University that its product contains hundreds of thousands of potentially dangerous “nanoplastics” — plastic particles small enough to get into human cells. In a statement to The Hill, an industry trade association urged people to keep calm (and keep drinking bottled water) while scientists develop a more...
Rep. Greg Pence (R-Ind.) on Tuesday announced he will retire from Congress at the end of the term, capping six years in the lower chamber. "In 2017, I ran for Congress because I was Ready to Serve Again," Pence wrote in a statement on X, formerly known as Twitter. "As a former Marine Officer, I...
Congress must not extend Section 702 without substantial reforms, including a requirement that the government get a warrant before using the law to read Americans’ private communications.
A three-judge panel during a hearing Tuesday appeared broadly skeptical of former President Trump’s claims that he enjoys broad presidential immunity from prosecution on charges related to the 2020 presidential election. Trump's lawyers took a firm position, arguing former presidents such as Trump can only face prosecution if they are first impeached and then convicted...
Last Sunday was not business as usual for a coffee shop on the near west side of Indianapolis.
Embattled Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), who has been accused of accepting gifts from the Qatari government in exchange for help with a deal for a New Jersey real estate developer, will address the Senate Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. EST. While Menendez stepped down from his position as chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee following...
Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis painted former President Trump as a different candidate than he was in 2016, predicting that Iowans will be more inclined to pick a different candidate. “I do think we've seen in the state recently, Donald Trump doing events and I just, I watch some of those events, see snippets of...
Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) did not rule out supporting a motion to remove Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) from his post over a top-line spending deal struck with Democratic leaders and the White House — but said that's not his preferred path. Appearing on CNN on Monday evening, Roy expressed his displeasure with the spending deal, which...
Special counsel Jack Smith, the prosecutor overseeing former President Trump’s federal criminal cases, was “swatted” on Christmas Day, according to multiple media reports. Police in Montgomery County, Md., were told that Smith had shot his wife, causing a police response, NBC News first reported. The responding officers were called off after U.S. marshals protecting Smith...
A winter storm system hammered parts of the central United States, bringing snow, heavy rain and wind gusts to several states. It is expected to head toward the Northeast by Tuesday night. The snowstorm began Monday in the Midwest, where an area from southeastern Colorado to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, including western Kansas, eastern...
2023 was the warmest year recorded in 173 years of record-keeping, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service confirmed Tuesday. The past year saw global average temperatures of 14.98 degrees Celsius, 0.6 degrees warmer than the last 30 years and 1.48 degrees warmer than the pre-industrial period, the second half of the 19th century. It surpassed the...
