Laken Riley, Rachel Morin, Iryna Zarutska, Jocelyn Nungaray, Ruby Garcia, and Kayla Hamilton. They are just some of the American women who have been murdered in this country in the last few years. All of their deaths, arguably, could have been avoided if Democrats prioritized protecting citizens instead of illegal immigrants. Despite their tragic deaths, […]
The world is running out of easy answers to meet the skyrocketing energy demand. Driven by the boom in artificial intelligence data centers, electric vehicles, and household energy needs, the International Energy Agency warned that new energy generation and storage technologies are not coming online fast enough. Policymakers are searching for the next “great breakthrough” in clean energy. […]
Democrats are sounding alarm bells after the Trump administration seized a Venezuelan oil tanker Wednesday, with lawmakers worrying that the move could lead to increased conflict or even war in the region. The U.S. has been attempting to ratchet up pressure on Caracas in recent months as part of its campaign against Venezuelan President Nicolás...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story GOP senators rip Trump for brushing off affordability “You can’t call it a hoax and suggest that people are going to believe it,” Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) said of President Trump’s attempts to dispute evidence that...
A House Energy and Commerce subcommittee advanced a slate of 18 kids online safety bills to the full panel Thursday despite Democratic opposition to key legislation that could complicate the effort down the line. While lawmakers cleared about a dozen bills without any pushback, the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and the Children and Teens’...
A federal judge in Massachusetts on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from cutting a program meant to make communities better prepared for storms. Judge Richard Stearns, a Clinton appointee, ruled that the administration cannot terminate the Building Resilient Infrastructure Communities (BRIC) grant program or redistribute its money for other purposes. “This is a case about...
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday condemned Jared Kushner's involvement in Paramount's hostile takeover bid to acquire Warner Bros., arguing President Trump's apparent effort to intervene in the massive media deal amounted to "authoritarianism." "A handful of giant corporations already control much of the media," Sanders wrote on social platform X. "Trump wants to make...
In the second Trump administration post of its kind, the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday portrayed Franklin, the anthropomorphic turtle character from a children's book series, as a "deportation judge." Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted a similar image with Franklin late last month. “Franklin is helping write the next chapter of America. You can...
Republican Sen. Dave McCormick (Pa.) is not fully on board with the Trump administration permitting Nvidia to sell its H200 chips in China. “I’m concerned. I’m not clear on why that is the right path for us,” McCormick said Wednesday at the Aspen Security Forum. The Pennsylvania senator added that while Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang...
Scott Bessent canceled commemorative quarter designs from the Biden administration that focused on breaking chains and suffrage rather than featuring any Founding Fathers.
