Dozens of planes will fly over the National Mall to celebrate general aviation Saturday. “Heads up! Be aware that Saturday, 5/11, around noon, 60 planes representing the history of general aviation will fly down the Potomac and over the National Mall,” the National Park Service (NPS) posted on the social platform X Thursday. “The permitted...
Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) on Thursday became the first Senate Democrat to co-sponsor the Laken Riley Act, which is named after the 22-year-old nursing student who was killed on the University of Georgia’s campus by a Venezuelan migrant. Tester’s co-sponsorship of the measure is notable because he voted against it when it was offered as...
Former President Trump asked oil industry executives for $1 billion in campaign cash, according to someone with knowledge of the meeting. Trump met with oil executives at Mar-A-Lago last month. His request for $1 billion for his campaign was previously reported by The Washington Post and The New York Times. The Post reported that Trump...
If we are to truly live up to our values of compassion and respect for life, we must expand our sphere of concern to encompass all creatures capable of suffering.
Welcome to The Hill's Campaign newsletter {beacon} Campaign Report Campaign Report The Big Story Trump's Stormy week Adult film actor Stormy Daniels’s testimony in former President Trump’s hush money trial wrapped Thursday after detailing her alleged 2006 sexual encounter with him for the duration of more than six hours across two days. © Nordin...
TikTok will start labeling artificial intelligence-generated content uploaded from other platforms as part of a push to tackle misinformation, the company said Thursday. TikTok is partnering with the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA), a project that supplies resources necessary to identify AI-generated content. In the announcement, TikTok said it will use C2PA’s “Content...
Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.), the chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, confronted Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin over the migrant crisis at the southern border during a sharp exchange on Capitol Hill. Tester, who is one of the Senate’s most vulnerable incumbents, let Austin know in blunt terms that he’s fed up with the...
President Biden, Vice President Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff will welcome the 2023 WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces to the White House in recognition of their second title in as many years. According to The Associated Press, the team stands a strong chance of going three in a row with the 2024 season. The...
A bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate aims to ban the sale of water beads marketed as children’s toys after reports of the product’s hazards raise alarms. The bill is named “Esther’s Law” after 10-month-old Esther Jo Bethard died after swallowing one bead, which is absorbent and can grow inside the body. Introduced by Democratic...
An appeals court refused to toss Hunter Biden’s federal gun charges, paving the way for the president's son's criminal case to proceed to trial in June. A three-judge panel of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the younger Biden’s appeal Thursday, saying it lacked the jurisdiction to review the matter. Biden had asked...
For the second year in a row, fewer medical students are applying to residency programs in states with near-total abortion bans, according to a new data snapshot from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) released Thursday. Students in their senior year in a doctorate of medicine program have applied to fewer residency programs...
Say goodbye to El Niño. National forecasters announced Thursday that El Niño is expected to end in the next month.
South Carolina lawmakers gave final approval Thursday to legislation banning gender-affirming care for minors, sending the measure to Republican Gov. Henry McMaster, who is expected to sign it into law. South Carolina’s House Bill 4624 prohibits health care providers from administering puberty blockers, hormone therapy and surgeries to transgender minors, though youths receiving care prior...
Three times more guns are being stolen from cars than a decade ago, according to a new report from gun violence prevention advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety. The report, released Thursday, found that the rate of such theft tripled in the last decade in cities that report crime data to the FBI. According to...
A G4 geomagnetic storm watch has been issued - that's a level forecasters describe as "very rare."
A researcher at Arizona State University has been placed on leave as the university investigates a heated confrontation caught on video of him cursing out a woman wearing a hijab. Viral video from the rally shows Jonathan Yudelman, the postdoctoral scholar, approaching a woman who was wearing a hijab. Yudelman has his arms raised and...
Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-Neb.) was charged for allegedly lying to the FBI about an illegal campaign contribution, months after an appeals court wiped out his previous conviction. A federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., indicted Fortenberry on Wednesday on two counts in connection with statements he gave during interviews about a foreign billionaire's illegal...
Vice President Harris in a new interview expressed concern that the Supreme Court and its conservative majority could "undo recognized rights" after its 2022 ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade. "This court has shown itself to be an activist court,” Harris told The New York Times. "I worry about fundamental freedoms across the board." The...
The Biden Administration is importing crime into American communities. The FAA Reauthorization may be our last chance to end this policy.
Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) is getting ready to try on a new role as part of a Capitol Hill fashion tradition — he's one of the co-chairs of National Seersucker Day. The Georgia Democrat will join Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) as co-chair of the June 13 event, Cassidy's office announced Thursday. Warnock is stepping into...
NEW YORK — Former President Trump’s attorney attempted to blight Stormy Daniels’s credibility to Trump’s trial jury by portraying her as money-driven, suggesting Daniels’s career as a porn actor made her experienced in selling fictional stories about sex. In some of the testiest cross examination yet of prosecution witnesses, the defense accused Daniels of changing...
The Senate on Thursday cleared a procedural hurdle as it moved closer to reauthorizing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ahead of Friday’s midnight deadline. Senators voted 84 to 13 to open debate on the five-year reauthorization, putting them within shouting distance of clearing the complex package. “We hope to get this done today to keep the FAA funded...
In order to give democracy a chance in the Sahel, Washington must do all it can to make the conditions right.
The White House on Thursday warned Israel against "smashing" into the southern city of Rafah and repeated a threat to withhold certain weapons from Israeli forces in the event of an operation there. John Kirby, the national security spokesperson at the White House, told reporters that Israel has effectively eliminated military leaders and units of...
A judge in Oklahoma blocked a state law that prohibits state pension systems from doing business with companies that are against investing in the oil and gas industry. In a filing Tuesday, Oklahoma County District Court Judge Sheila Stinson issued a temporary injunction blocking the law from being enforced. The law would prohibit state agencies...