We already know this rule: You aren’t permitted to leave a museum without running into a gift shop. I also discovered late last week in Paris that you can’t walk out of the newly restored Notre-Dame cathedral without passing a large gift zone near the arrow that points to Sortie de secours. And you can’t […]
At first glance, Blackie & Co.: Blackbirds in My Garden, by the English writer Hockley Clarke, is quite unsurprisingly a nice little book about blackbirds. Namely, two birds, father and son, whose relationship with Clarke began one bitter night in 1962. It was Europe’s coldest winter in 80 years, and, to give the bird a […]
The Army announced Wednesday that its Janus Program has selected five companies to build nuclear microreactors at five military installations, committing up to $2.2 billion to an effort that could eventually put more than 20 reactors across War Department facilities. It is the latest evidence that President Donald Trump’s revival of American nuclear power could […]
President Donald Trump's push to acquire Greenland added a new security dimension to Iceland's EU referendum, with 275,000 eligible voters weighing in.
In today's issue: ▪ Graham to be honored in D.C. ▪ Clayton faces final DNI confirmation vote ▪ McConnell gives health update ▪ Wildfires threaten thousands in France The funeral of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is set to draw world leaders to Washington on Tuesday as President Trump and Congress weigh next steps in the...
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) on Tuesday announced it is adding five new candidates to its “Red to Blue” slate targeting House seats that it hopes to flip from Republican to Democratic control. The new additions, first shared with The Hill, come after primaries and redistricting shook up some of the DCCC’s initial calculations...
President Trump flew out of Michigan on Monday inside the Air Force One 757, which now features a new painted color scheme. The plane is now dark blue with a gold stripe and red trim, according to a pool report from Ana Ceballos, a Washington Correspondent for the Los Angeles Times. It now matches the...
Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) and former Wayne County health director Abdul El-Sayed squared off in their second one-on-one debate to replace retiring Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) — just one week out from the Aug. 4 Democratic Senate primary. The duo clashed once again over corporate influence and support for Israel, with El-Sayed hammering Stevens over the tens of millions of dollars pouring into the...
A federal judge on Monday halted a prediction market ban in Minnesota days before it was set to roll out. District Judge Katherine Menendez wrote that the Trump administration, Kalshi and Polymarket are “likely to succeed on the merits” in the case arguing that the state ban is pre-empted by federal law. “Specifically, it appears...
A group of more than 50 academics on Monday wrote a letter to congressional leaders urging them to restore agency independence following last month’s Supreme Court ruling, which granted President Trump the authority to fire commissioners of independent agencies without cause. The professors argue that the ruling stalled business for the Consumer Product Safety Commission,...
Benedict Cumberbatch, Alan Cumming and Benedict Wong wrote an op-ed Monday citing the dangers to industry competition, jobs and a concentration of power if Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery merge. “We have watched, with growing alarm, what consolidation does to the breadth and depth of the work we produce: independent film acquisitions at the...
The Senate cleared a final procedural hurdle Monday night on President Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), teeing up Jay Clayton for a final vote this week. The 51-43 vote to advance the nomination means the Senate could confirm Clayton as early as Tuesday night to be the...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Health Care The Big Story Paul releases Fauci's diary entries ahead of hearing Former White House chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci will appear before the Senate this week for a hearing. Leading up to his appearance, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) released thousands of pages...
