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The Lancet Hearts Greta Thunberg

I wonder if The Lancet’s editors also laud the keffiyeh Thunberg dons and her T-shirt bearing the slogan ‘Yalla Intifada’?

Fear Jon Ossoff

Youthful and good-looking, with a taste for soaring, idealistic rhetoric, he could activate the Democratic reflex to always look for the next JFK.

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna says she’ll reject PAC money, funding from foreign policy groups

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, a Florida Republican who narrowly won her election on Tuesday, said that moving forward, she will reject all PAC money and any funding that comes from foreign policy groups.

Sen. Chris Murphy discharged from hospital after ‘small’ brain bleed

Sen. Chris Murphy was discharged from the hospital on Friday after experiencing what his doctor said was a "small hemorrhagic stroke," a rupture of a blood vessel in the brain that causes bleeding and can be life-threatening.

Trump answers defeat by defiantly naming Stephen Miller chief of staff

Appointing Stephen Miller to replace Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff, President Donald Trump signaled he’ll adopt a combative approach to dealing with the incoming Democratic-controlled Congress. Indeed, notwithstanding the differences between a democratically elected leader in peacetime and a despotic dictator in wartime, this is Trump’s equivalent of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin’s […]

Senate to vote on advancing permitting bill

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Senate to vote on advancing permitting bill With the midterm elections in the rearview mirror, the Senate is barreling ahead with major energy and infrastructure legislation in the lame-duck session. © Allison Robbert, Associated Press The bill, which seeks to make it easier to...

Houston mayor looks to limit city’s cooperation with ICE after Democrats’ wins in Texas

Houston Mayor John Whitmire (D) said the city would limit cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents just days after Democrats swept the state-level offices in the midterm elections. The mayor said his executive order applied to nonviolent criminals, who will be released with a citation, and that unless someone is arrested for an...

Mortgage rates drop and stocks rebound slightly

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy   The Big Story Mortgage rates drop and stocks rebound slightly Mortgage rates declined for the third straight week, while stocks rallied on Friday after multiple days of losses this week. © Seth Wenig, Associated Press The average 30-year mortgage rate was 7.18...

Musk’s big bet on Republicans comes up short

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Musk's big bet on Republicans comes up short Elon Musk poured millions of dollars into boosting Republicans in the midterm elections, but the tech mogul's vast wealth was no match for the blue wave that battered the GOP on Tuesday night. © Julia Demaree Nikhinson, Associated Press Despite...

Acton: ‘No intention’ of speaking with Ramaswamy after ‘beyond the pale’ ad

Ohio Gov.-elect Amy Acton (D) said Friday she does not plan to speak with her former opponent, Vivek Ramaswamy, after he ran a controversial attack ad against her in the final weeks of the campaign. Ramaswamy debuted an ad featuring Acton’s mother, who lost custody of her daughter when Acton was 12, in which she...

Watch live: Trump to speak from Kennedy Space Center days after GOP midterm losses

President Trump is set to deliver remarks Friday at the John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida, days after Republicans suffered sweeping losses in Tuesday’s midterm elections. He is participating in NASA’s "Max Power" aerospace technology expo, which showcases advances in aviation, space exploration and emerging technologies. The appearance comes as the Trump administration pushes...

Democrats blast ‘dangerous’ elevation of Miller as refusal to learn from the election

To congressional Democrats, President Trump’s decision to promote aide Stephen Miller to serve as his chief of staff meant two things: an elevation of the aide's extremist views and a refusal to heed the will of voters who delivered the left a historic victory. “Donald Trump learned nothing from his historic defeat. Stephen Miller is...

Bottoms taps Tyler Perry for her Georgia transition team

Georgia Gov.-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) has tapped media mogul Tyler Perry to join her gubernatorial transition team, she announced Friday. In an Atlanta press conference, Bottoms outlined her plans for the governor's mansion — including who would lead her transition team, which she dubbed "Georgia's Promise." The governor-elect described Perry, whom she named a...

Jeffries calls Miller a ‘dangerous xenophobe’ after promotion: ‘Fire him today’

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) is sounding off on Stephen Miller, President Trump's pick to replace outgoing White House chief of staff Susie Wiles. “Stephen Miller is a dangerous xenophobe and reckless extremist who has American blood on his hands,” Jeffries said in a post to the social platform X. “His presence in government...

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