The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on Wednesday said funding for nondefense programs will not be subject to automatic spending cuts even if Congress doesn’t pass its remaining six spending bills by an April 30 deadline. The forecast is a potentially important one in the ongoing funding fight between Republicans and Democrats, which could lead to...
Bill Maher has agreed to a new deal with HBO that will keep him with the company through 2026. As part of the new contract, Maher's "Real Time" show has been renewed for two more seasons and will air on HBO through 2026 and be available to stream on Max, the company said. Nina Rosenstein,...
The Utah Department of Corrections violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when it failed to provide a transgender woman with her hormone therapy, the Justice Department said Tuesday. The state corrections department discriminated against the woman, who is not named in court documents, by denying her equal access to health care services, imposing “unnecessary...
My bill is a commonsense solution to take the first step in reforming a dysfunctional status quo. The first step in that journey is treating health care as an essential issue meriting its own devoted standing committee of jurisdiction at the congressional level.
Dozens of big U.S. companies paid their top executives more money than they paid in federal taxes between 2018 and 2022, a new analysis from the progressive Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) and Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF) found. The report comes as President Biden has proposed raising the corporate tax rate to 28 percent,...
Texas faces a brutal climate and development paradox heading deeper into the 21st century, a state climate scientist said. “Everything is bigger in Texas, including our climate challenges,” said Jay Banner, a geologist at the University of Texas at Austin. “Texas sees synergistic issue more than anyplace else,” Banner said. The state is trapped between...
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) said TikTok’s China-based parent company ByteDance should be forced to sell the app but argued that the potential for a ban under current legislation is too “extreme.” Khanna voted against a bill Wednesday that would require ByteDance to divest from TikTok within 165 days or face a ban in U.S. app...
A close ally of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny accused Moscow of directing a brutal attack at his home in Lithuania that left him hospitalized. Leonid Volkov, a top aide to Navalny at his Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), posted a video to Telegram with his arm in a cast and held up by a...
Welcome to The Hill's Campaign newsletter {beacon} Campaign Report Campaign Report The Big Story What Buck's retirement means for Boebert Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) will be leaving office early, creating a tighter majority for the Republicans’ already razor-thin control of the chamber, but his departure also creates an interesting issue for a Colorado colleague....
Former Rep. Mark Walker (R-N.C.) has accepted a position with former President Trump's campaign and will apparently not contest a primary against fellow Republican Addison McDowell, a former staffer to Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) endorsed by Trump in the House race. “I’ve asked Congressman Mark Walker to join my Campaign team to work with Faith...
Nine states this week sued the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over a rule that requires publicly traded companies to disclose some climate-related information to potential investors. The lawsuit, led by the state of Iowa, comes after 10 states separately sued the SEC over the rule last week. The rule in question requires publicly traded...
The impacts of climate change in central California's agriculture hub are causing such drastic increases in irrigation demands that annual water use over the past decade now matches the volume of the region’s biggest reservoir, a new study has found. California's San Joaquin Valley — among the most productive farming regions in the world — has in...
Our economy has grown more consolidated, our supply chains less resilient and our communities more dependent on large corporations that often serve to extract more than they contribute to local economies.
Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) dismissed the GOP-led Laken Riley Act as “smoke and mirrors” Tuesday, saying the immigration legislation was put forward by lawmakers "who are not serious.” House Republicans led the lower chamber in passing the Laken Riley Act, which would require the Department of Homeland Security to take those living in the U.S. illegally...
Federal regulators are expanding their viral testing program for international travelers to Chicago and Miami as part of an effort to detect early signs of pathogens coming into the country. Chicago's O’Hare International Airport and Miami International Airport were added to the program due to the high volume of international travelers that come through both...
Fossil fuel emissions from methane, which are more potent than those from carbon dioxide, are projected to decline after increasing last year, according to a report released Wednesday by the International Energy Agency (IEA). In 2023, the leading countries for emissions produced about 80 million metric tons in methane emissions from fossil fuel emissions, with...
{beacon} 12:30 REPORT It’s Wednesday. Kate Middleton, if you’re reading this, send me a sign. These conspiracy theories really are getting in my head. Here’s what is in today’s edition: A Georgia judge tossed several charges against former President Trump in the election interference case. The House overwhelmingly passed a bill today to ban TikTok...
Wednesday was a massive day at the exact point where the awesome power of social media intersects with the law.
Nebraska state lawmakers failed to override Gov. Jim Pillen’s (R) veto of a needle exchange program on Tuesday, killing a bill that initially passed the unicameral legislature with vast bipartisan support and signaling a trend in how states respond to the opioid epidemic. The needle exchange bill passed the Nebraska Senate 30-7 earlier this year,...
The fatigue resulting from the negative, overly polarized aspects of the news landscape is drawing people to exit even high-quality sources of information.
A Montana man pleaded guilty Tuesday to two felony charges connected to an effort to create a giant sheep hybrid for captive hunting, the Justice Department announced. Arthur “Jack” Schubarth, 80, owns and operates Sun River Enterprises LLC, also known as Schubarth Ranch, according to the Justice Department. The press release describes the ranch as being...
CNN legal analyst Elie Honig criticized Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) after a judge overseeing former President Trump's election interference case in Georgia threw out some charges against him. “I don’t think this ruling changes the type of evidence that the DA's going to be able to introduce, but it does knock out some of...
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (D) announced Wednesday that she intends to pardon misdemeanor marijuana possession charges, a move that could impact hundreds of thousands of Bay State residents. “Nobody should face barriers to getting a job, housing or an education because of an old misdemeanor marijuana conviction that they would not be charged for today,”...
The U.S. Army has sent four Army boats loaded with equipment toward the eastern Mediterranean Sea as Washington plans to construct a port off the coast of Gaza to alleviate a humanitarian crisis in the territory. The 7th Transportation Brigade Army ships James A. Loux, Monterrey, Matamoros and Wilson Warf left Joint Base Langley-Eustis in...
The Biden White House is intimately involved both professionally and personally with a cable news show and its hosts.