The Pentagon on Monday released the results of a 30-day review that found no attempt to hide Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's secret hospitalizations in December and January, effectively absolving officials of any wrongdoing. Although a brief, unclassified summary of the review found processes could be improved, “nothing examined during this review demonstrated any indication of ill...
New Jersey Senate candidate Rep. Andy Kim (D) filed a lawsuit against 19 Garden State election commissioners Monday, alleging that the use of a party column ballot design favors certain candidates over others ahead of forthcoming primary elections. The suit aims to redesign the ballot process in 19 of the state’s 21 counties, an effort...
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) will attach an amendment reauthorizing and expanding a law compensating Americans exposed to radiation by the federal government to all items moving on the Senate floor, his office confirmed Monday. In a letter to Republican Senate colleagues, Hawley urged the caucus to back an amendment reauthorizing the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act...
The Trump campaign on Monday took aim at Manhattan prosecutors for requesting a “restrictive” gag order in the New York criminal case involving alleged hush money payments made ahead of the 2016 election. Former President Trump’s campaign spokesperson, Steven Cheung, called the request “election interference pure and simple” and said such a gag order would...
An injectable drug used for decades to treat asthma substantially reduced potentially life-threatening reactions in children with an allergy who were exposed to trace amounts of peanuts, eggs, milk and cashew, according to new research. The Food and Drug Administration earlier this month approved omalizumab, marketed as Xolair, to treat severe food allergies in certain...
House Homeland Security Committee Chair Mark Green (R-Tenn.) is "seriously reconsidering" his decision to retire, less than two weeks after announcing he would not seek reelection to Congress, he confirmed to The Hill. Green announced his decision to retire on Feb. 14, after he led the successful effort to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas....
China will need to expand its current solar and wind energy capacity by eight- to tenfold to fulfill its 2060 carbon neutrality goals, a University of California-led study has found. Achieving these aims will also require large-scale construction of transmission lines, as well as more coordinated national-level policies in place of impromptu local decisions, according...
Missouri is one of four states that does not let couples finalize a divorce if the wife is pregnant.
Who are the main Democrats ready to take Biden's place?
Americans For Prosperity (AFP) Action, the super PAC wing of the conservative network led by billionaire Charles Koch, launched a seven-figure ad buy Monday to back GOP candidates for the Senate in Pennsylvania and Nevada, the group confirmed to The Hill. AFP Action is dishing out $1.6 million for ads highlighting GOP candidates Sam Brown,...
Manhattan prosecutors are newly seeking to impose a gag order on former President Trump as his hush money criminal trial approaches. The requested restrictions on Trump’s speech mimic those imposed on him in his criminal case in Washington, D.C. If granted, Trump would be barred from making statements about court staff, their family members as...
Gillis’s performance as host proved how frivolous and insipid this sort of punditry actually is.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) over the weekend brushed off recent criticism of new state laws that target LGBTQ individuals, as well as claims that such measures violate federal and international human rights law. Responding to a letter sent last month to the United Nations accusing the governor and other state officials of infringing on the rights...
The White House is rolling out details about one of its oldest traditions: the Easter Egg Roll. The annual springtime event will be on April 1, the White House announced Monday. Free tickets to the egg-filled festivities on the South Lawn will be available via a public lottery that will run beginning Monday and ending on March...
A group of California conservative activists launched a recall bid against Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) Monday, the fifth attempt to kick him out of office. “Governor Newsom has abandoned the state to advance his Presidential ambitions, leaving behind a $68 Billion budget deficit and a public safety, immigration and education crisis,” organizers with Rescue California...
President Biden is reportedly staying up late, making an appearance on “Late Night” as the NBC show marks its 10th anniversary with Seth Meyers in the hosting chair. The commander in chief will sit down with Meyers on Monday during a reelection campaign fundraising stop in New York City, The New York Post first reported. Biden’s...
It's difficult to predict when or whether all this will end. But it is a far cry from James Madison’s ideal of a Congress in which various competing factions overcome their hostilities and finally come together to act in the public interest after extended deliberations over the nature of the problems and its solution.
Democratic Arizona Rep. Ruben Gallego is proposing a bill to fund law enforcement, first responders and emergency operation centers in jurisdictions where emergency services are dealing with upticks in migrant arrivals. Gallego's emergency funding proposal comes in the wake of a failed bipartisan border policy deal in the Senate and as he is running for...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sued to block Kroger’s $24.6 billion acquisition of the Albertsons, alleging the “largest proposed supermarket merger in U.S. history” could hurt competition, lead to higher prices and harm workers. Nine bipartisan attorneys general from Arizona, California, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Maryland, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon and Wyoming joined the...
The Odysseus lander transmitted its first photos from the surface of the moon Monday, a milestone for the first lunar probe operated by a private company. On Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024 the Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus lunar lander captures a wide field of view image of Schomberger crater on the Moon approximately 125 miles (200 km)...
Sarah Matthews, an ex-staffer of former President Trump, on Sunday warned the former president's rhetoric has recently become "more unhinged," and called on voters to listen closely to his language. "I do think that he's [Trump] gotten more unhinged in his rhetoric," Matthews said Sunday during an interview on MSNBC's "Inside with Jen Psaki. "Obviously,...
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) could be moving closer to endorsing former President Trump, a nod from an influential detractor that would serve as a powerful message for Trump. Two sources familiar with the situation told The Hill that top lieutenants for the two GOP behemoths — Chris LaCivita, Trump's campaign manager; and Josh...
A majority of Americans back building a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico, according to a new survey. The new Monmouth University poll found that 53 percent of respondents support backing a border wall, which the polling center says is the first time a majority of respondents supported the proposal since it started asking the question...
Former House Freedom Caucus Chair Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) is calling on Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to stop President Biden from giving his annual State of the Union address next month. Perry said during an appearance Monday on Fox Business that Republicans should use the opportunity to ramp up pressure on Biden over the southern...
This is a transparent attempt to mute political opposition with the threat of prosecution.
