Two years ago, a champagne cork went flying on the Federalist Society convention stage as panelists toasted recent Supreme Court wins. A celebratory mood was still on display at this year’s annual gathering of the conservative legal movement, but those feelings were mixed with shock from Democrats' midterm victories. "On election night, there was a congressman...
GOP Rep. Tim Burchett (Tenn.) called on his party's congressional leadership — House Speaker Mike Johnson (La.) and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (S.D.) to "step up to the daggum plate" Saturday morning, urging the pair to pass legislation funding air travel infrastructure updates in light of Friday's nationwide ground stop. “We know that it...
Microsoft confirmed its services are fully restored as of Saturday after the tech company faced a massive global outage impacting its platforms earlier in the week. “We have completed our efforts to address the underlying issue of the incident and restored service to the remaining impacted customers and regions,” the company wrote in a post...
Italy announced Saturday it is handing Meta an $887 million fine for using photos and videos from Android users’ Facebook galleries without specific consent. Investigators found Facebook had enabled a “get suggestions from gallery when browsing” feature by default and requested access to users' personal photo library through a single permission notice, according to a...
Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal (Conn.) called on Howard Lutnick, President Trump’s Commerce secretary, to step down over reports the cabinet member shielded Nvidia from federal oversight — accusations which emerged after the tech giant's CEO resigned this week. Jensen Huang stepped down from Nvidia's chief role Thursday after claims came to light of his reported...
Voters in half of the country will decide who sits on the bench of their state's highest court next Tuesday. State Supreme Court races are on ballot in two dozen states this November, with partisan, nonpartisan and retention contests determining which candidates win seats or remain on the bench of courts that often have the final word...
With just days to go before the midterm elections, Republicans and Democrats are making their final case to voters to turn out at the polls on Nov. 3. President Trump made a surprise reversal this week after his last-minute decision to cancel rallies in battleground states, announcing a day later he would travel to Kansas...
Alaska’s Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola denied once again any involvement in the alleged ballot-stacking scheme that it was recently reported her campaign engaged in during a rally on Friday, but did not mention the ongoing investigations into the scheme “I am so deeply offended by these accusations about having any involvement with anyone else's...
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance said Saturday that it was able to replenish 90 percent of the stolen assets after a $6.3 billion hack of its platform. On Thursday, the money started moving out of Binance wallets, prompting the company to suspend all deposits and withdrawals. Some cryptocurrency firms froze around $3 billion in assets in connection...
An online fundraiser for a Red Baron Pizza employee in Michigan raised nearly $700,000 after the man was targeted in a viral online prank. The nearly 20,000 donations on GoFundMe include a $38,000 from Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy (R) and his wife Apoorva, his campaign confirmed to The Hill Saturday. In a viral video...
Analysis of recent global elections suggests that while transactional support from the Trump administration helps allies like Javier Milei and Nasry Asfura win narrow victories, punitive measures such as those applied to Brazil resulted in the defeat of pro-Washington candidates.
Recent research indicates a significant rise in mortality among Americans aged 25 to 44 between 2010 and 2021, driven by a combination of substance abuse, chronic diseases, and social factors.
A Michigan man was charged Friday with allegedly threatening the life of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel and “his associate.” The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of Michigan said in a news release that 42-year-old Anthony Daniel Palazzolo was arrested and appeared in federal court on Friday after he sent...
A dramatic midterm campaign is in its final days. There have been internal party tensions, deeply controversial ads, and, famously, two Dan Sullivans in Alaska's Senate race. At the center of everything, of course, is President Trump. A House majority is widely assumed to be within Democrats’ grasp. The Hill’s data and polling partner, Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ),...
Democrats running for Senate in Maine, Alaska and New Hampshire are zeroing in on the rising cost of home heating as winter — and Election Day — quickly approach. Republican candidates have been on defense in key Senate battlegrounds, arguing against the claim that the GOP has enabled President Trump’s war in Iran, which has...
A recently published found associations between certain maternal health conditions during pregnancy and autism diagnoses across racial and ethnic groups, underscoring how much remains unknown as the Trump administration searches for a cause of autism. Researchers from the New York University Grossman School of Medicine and the Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine published a study earlier this...
Sen. Marsha Blackburn’s (R-Tenn.) bid to become Tennessee’s next governor is leaving a potential opening for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who is viewed as one of the top oversight targets in the next Congress if House Democrats take the majority. Hegseth, a former Army National Guard Major, is interested in the open Tennessee Senate seat,...
A California federal judge Friday ordered the Trump administration to stop threatening election officials with criminal prosecution in its ongoing efforts to crack down on noncitizen voting. U.S. District Judge Trina Thompson issued a temporary restraining order connected to a lawsuit brought by unions representing California election workers earlier Friday. In her decision, the Biden-appointed judge...
Obamacare enrollees could see their health insurance premiums rise by double digits for a second year in a row, according to a report published Friday. Health research group KFF found the average cost of Obamacare health insurance will rise by 13 percent in 2027, following a 26 percent hike in rates from 2025 to 2026....
