Do you earn enough to 'live comfortably' in these US cities?
Housing, groceries, student loans, bills, investing, entertainment — it can add up fast. And depending on where you live, it can be even more costly.
Housing, groceries, student loans, bills, investing, entertainment — it can add up fast. And depending on where you live, it can be even more costly.
Robert Card, the Army reservist who shot and killed 18 people in Maine’s most deadly shooting, had evidence of traumatic brain injuries, researchers said. Researchers at Boston University analyzed brain tissue and found there was degeneration in nerve fibers that allow different areas of the brain to communicate, inflammation and a small blood vessel injury,...
Former NBA star and media personality Charles Barkley said any Black person who wears merchandise featuring former President Trump's mugshot is "a freaking idiot." Barkley was asked by CNN co-host Gayle King about comments he made on the pair's prime time cable news talk show in which he joked that if he saw an African...
Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) released her first ad of her reelection campaign, as she seeks her third term representing Wisconsin in the Senate. The ad, released Tuesday, shows workers from Wisconsin talking about building steel parts that contribute to bridges, ships and rockets being launched into space, but China “lowballing” their prices makes competition tough. ...
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President Biden and former President Trump are set to hold dueling campaign events this weekend in Georgia, a state that was critical to Democrats’ winning the White House and Senate in 2020. Biden’s campaign event will be in the Atlanta area Saturday and is part of his travel to battleground states following his State of...
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is scheduled to testify before the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday as part of a semi-annual report to Congress. The hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m. EST. Watch the live video above.
Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) is doubling down on her claim that California’s Senate race was “rigged by billionaires” after she lost the chance to advance to the general election. “Thank you to everyone who supported our campaign and voted to shake up the status quo in Washington. Because of you, we had the establishment running...
A super PAC aligned with former President Trump debuted an ad on Thursday that attacked President Biden over his age and questioned whether he could survive a second term in office. Make America Great Again Inc. aired the aid, titled "Jugular," on MSNBC on the morning of Biden's State of the Union address. The ad...
Former federal prosecutor Jeffrey Toobin said Wednesday he is concerned former President Trump could try to seek out foreign sources to pay the massive legal fees that are putting a strain on his finances. In a discussion on CNN, Toobin said he expects Trump to have difficulty finding any banks that would loan him money,...
Former President Trump, who skipped out on the GOP primary debates, is calling on President Biden to face him on stage, as the two gear up of for a rematch in November. “It is important, for the Good of our Country, that Joe Biden and I Debate Issues that are so vital to America, and...
Cultivated meat is real animal meat, only it is grown from animal cells rather than slaughter. Legislation in Florida would make it a criminal offense to sell it.
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s (I-Ariz.) decision not to seek reelection dealt a major blow to proponents of the filibuster and increases the chances of Senate Democrats taking a second crack at doing away with it if they keep the chamber in November. Sinema, along with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), had drawn the ire of progressives by...
Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) is emerging as a rising star within the GOP, with her Republican response to President Biden’s State of the Union address on Thursday offering the Alabama Republican her first national introduction to voters. Britt, the youngest female Republican elected to the Senate, has rapidly notched several accolades with just over two...
Joe Biden is up to his usual tricks, spinning false narratives and blaming others for the damage done by his wrong-headed policies.
Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) boasts a substantial lead in Indiana's Republican gubernatorial primary, new polling shows, weeks out from the state's May contest. A new Emerson College Polling/The Hill survey of Indiana voters found Braun the clear leader in the gubernatorial GOP race with 34 percent support among likely primary voters. His rivals — including Indiana...
This is the third story in a series about Sentinel, the Air Force’s nuclear missile modernization project. Other stories touch on the challenges with creating new plutonium shells and concerns about the Air Force’s budget. From his house near Great Falls, Mont., farmer Walter Schweitzer can see the frequent military convoys, sometimes large trucks with missiles...
President Biden’s State of the Union address takes place on the 59th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, and Black leaders around the nation are urging the president to address the fight for equity in his speech. Members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) are expecting Biden to mention the anniversary of a key marker in the...
President Biden will outline his tax policy goals for a second term during the State of the Union address, which involve him denying tax breaks for companies with high-paid employees and raising the corporate tax. The president is set to put out his budget next week, which White House officials said aims to reduce the...
President Biden is struggling to turn around his economic approval ratings as he heads closer to a likely rematch with former President Trump. Even as a record-breaking job market and lower inflation lift American confidence in the economy, Biden is getting little credit for that recovery, according to recent polling. A little over a...
Only about 12 percent of voters said abortion is the most important issue for them in the 2024 election, according to a new KFF survey, but those voters are largely young, Democratic and think abortion should be legal in all or most cases. The 12 percent figure is a drop from the midterm elections,...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) found elevated levels of lead in six brands of ground cinnamon spice, months after the agency recalled lead-contaminated applesauce pouches last fall. The FDA on Wednesday said the six brands of ground cinnamon contained lead at levels potentially unsafe for people, especially people, if they have prolonged exposure. The products...
Experts told representatives Wednesday that supporting the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to improve weather models and predictions is crucial to saving lives and lowering recovery costs. The U.S. was hit by 28 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in 2023, making the costs related to helping communities recover from natural disasters the highest...
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) signed a bill Wednesday protecting in vitro fertilization (IVF) providers from the state Supreme Court’s recent ruling that frozen embryos are to be considered children. The legislation, titled SB159, will shield IVF providers from lawsuit or criminal charges over the “death or damage to an embryo,” during the IVF process....
Angela McArdle, the chair of the Libertarian National Committee, said no decision has been made about whether independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will join the Libertarian Party’s presidential ticket. “I’m not allowed to actively recruit anyone for the presidential nomination,” McArdle said on a Wednesday appearance of “The Hill on NewsNation.” “I’m certainly friendly...