The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) included an amendment to the annual defense bill that would require a report on the impact of a detonation of a nuclear weapon in space and the consequences of publicizing Russia's alleged pursuit of a space-based nuclear weapon. The amendment, agreed to on Wednesday night before the HASC passed...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday called on Senate Democrats to launch “active investigations” into two separate reports that flags associated with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol were on display outside Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s home. “What we are seeing here is an extraordinary breach of not just the trust and...
Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) criticized former GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley for saying Wednesday that she plans to support former President Trump over President Biden in the general election come November. “Not a surprise but: Pathetic,” Kinzinger wrote, in response to Haley saying she would vote for Trump. Haley was the last candidate standing in the Republican primary race for...
Transportation Sec. Pete Buttigieg called out Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) on Wednesday for taking credit for securing federal funding for a bridge in her district when, in fact, she voted against the bipartisan infrastructure bill that funded the project. “Great meeting with Glenwood Springs City Councilor and former Mayor Jonathan Godes,” Boebert posted on X, attaching a...
One of the country’s most contentious debates made its way up to Capitol Hill on Wednesday: What’s the pizza capital of the U.S.? The answer depends on who you ask. Connecticut Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D) stirred up the conversation when she held an event on the House steps to declare New Haven, Conn., the best...
Nathan Wade, former special prosecutor for Fulton County, Ga., said the romantic relationship he once had with District Attorney Fani Willis has “no place” being discussed in a courtroom. “I felt like we dealt with it in a manner that was professional. We kept our personal lives personal and private,” Wade told MSNBC’s Joy Reid...
The police chief for the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has been temporarily reassigned after violence erupted at pro-Palestine protests on the university’s campus. In a statement “about campus security processes,” Mary Osako, the vice chancellor for the university’s strategic communications, said the school named Gawin Gibson as the acting chief of police Tuesday....
A senior adviser to independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced she was leaving the campaign Wednesday, citing an “increasingly hateful and divisive atmosphere,” a blow to the third-party bid as it steps up ballot access efforts nationwide. Angela Stanton King, the campaign’s head of Black voter outreach, said Kennedy’s campaign “no longer aligns with...
Former President Trump attacked President Biden for his mental acuity in a radio interview Wednesday, and said he doubts his 2024 presumptive Democratic opponent “will even be running” in November. In an interview on the Cats & Cosby Show on WABC 770 AM with hosts John Catsimatidis and Rita Cosby, Trump repeated a popular line...
Story at a glance The number of vacant commercial buildings transformed into apartments jumped by more than 17 percent last year, according to a report from RentCafe. Since 2010, more old and unused factories, warehouses, hotels and office buildings are being adapted into apartments as the need for housing grows in the United States....
Harvard University’s governing board rejected an effort from faculty Wednesday to allow a group of 13 students sanctioned due to their participation in pro-Palestine protests to receive their degrees and graduate. The Harvard Corporation veto of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) decision, which The Harvard Crimson described as “unprecedented,” underlines tensions between the...
Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) said Wednesday that former President Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) would “go on a murdering spree” if the presumptive GOP nominee wins a second term in the White House this coming November. In a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing on the Office of Personnel Management, Pressley warned of what she...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story ‘Buy now, pay later’ lenders to be regulated as credit cards The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has moved to classify popular “buy now, pay later” applications as credit cards, which would allow customers the ability...
The prospect that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu might soon address a joint session of Congress is already stirring a storm of controversy on Capitol Hill, where liberal Democrats — up in arms over Israel’s conduct in the war with Hamas — are already vowing a boycott. The bitter conflict has been an ongoing headache for...
Former President Trump on Wednesday explained his rationale for not taking the stand in his hush money trial despite saying for months he would be willing to do so. Trump, in an interview with WABC Radio in New York, partly attributed the decision to rulings from Judge Juan Merchan throughout the trial when other witnesses...
A second flag toted by rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was at one point displayed outside the vacation home of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, The New York Times reported Wednesday. An "Appeal to Heaven" flag, which has origins dating back to the Revolutionary War but is associated with Christian nationalism...
Technology The Big Story How Big Tech is advancing on AI Tech companies are leaning further into artificial intelligence (AI) advancements as they race to stay on the cutting edge. © AP Photo/Eric Risberg OpenAI and Google, in back-to-back announcements last week, unveiled new features focused on how generative AI can be used in daily...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Senate Democrats to press GOP on contraception bill Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said the Senate next month will take up a bill to guarantee access to contraception. It’s part of a push ahead of November to...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said former President Trump is rallying in the Bronx this week due to a “legal version of an ankle bracelet.” Ocasio-Cortez slammed Trump on Tuesday for his planned Thursday event in the Bronx, the borough where the New York Democrat was born and now partially represents in Congress. Trump has been...
Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Democrats ask DOJ to probe Big Oil Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) are asking the Justice Department to look into the oil industry's handling of climate change after their own investigation. ©...
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) on Wednesday announced he will join the race to replace retiring Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), throwing a wild card in the race to head a potential new Senate GOP majority in 2025. Scott’s decision to jump into the race gives his Senate Republican colleagues a more conservative alternative to...
The Colorado Republican Party called on parents Tuesday to pull their children out of public schools in the state, citing “LGBTQ indoctrination.” “Our next policy aims to save Colorado children from progressive Democrats who want to turn more kids trans by requiring teachers to use ‘pronouns’ that do not make any sense and cause gender...
The House passed legislation Wednesday laying out a new framework for when cryptocurrencies should be regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The lower chamber voted 279-136 to pass the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act (FIT 21), despite opposition from SEC Chair Gary...
A new study found a “pervasive” presence of microplastics in human and dog testicles. The research, published last week in the Toxicological Sciences journal, found that out of all 47 canine and 23 human testes that were examined, all had a presence of microplastics. The findings suggest that there are potential consequences for male fertility....
Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers (R) filed a suit against TikTok on Wednesday, accusing the social media giant of being “addictive and harmful to teens and children,” adding that the app is “fueling a youth mental health crisis.” The suit claims that TikTok’s algorithm and content distribution structure provides minor users with harmful content without...