The Jefferson County, Pa., Coroner's Office on Sunday said a 40-year-old woman died from complications with measles, the state's third measles-related death this year. Coroner Greg Furlong wrote on Facebook that the woman, a Jefferson County resident, died on Saturday. He added that his office was working with the Pennsylvania Department of Health on this...
A new poll shows that Democratic voters are more driven to cast their ballots in the November midterms elections out of their opposition to President Trump more so than the party's platform. The CBS News/YouGov poll released Sunday found that 54 percent of Democratic voters said they will vote for their Democratic candidate to Congress...
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed on Sunday pushed back on questions about far-left streamer Hasan Piker, who he previously campaigned with. “There are Jewish voters in your state who are concerned about your relationship with Piker. You have condemned antisemitism but not called out his rhetoric directly. Why not?” CBS News’s Weijia Jiang asked...
The Phoenix, Ariz., Police Department on Sunday said a statue of conservative activist Charlie Kirk outside the headquarters of his organization, Turning Point USA (TPUSA), was vandalized days after the one-year anniversary of his death. Police told The Hill's sister network NewsNation that they received calls about vandalism to a memorial in the area of...
The Memphis Police Department (MPD) regularly uses “excessive force” and unlawfully discriminates against Black people, according to the findings of a Justice Department investigation released Wednesday. The DOJ also alleges MPD conducts unlawful stops, searches and arrests, while raising “serious concerns about MPD’s treatment of children” and accusing the department and the city of Memphis...
China on Thursday sanctioned 13 U.S. defense firms over arms sales to the self-governing island nation of Taiwan. The companies targeted by China are smaller defense tech firms that have worked on drones and other unmanned weapons systems, including ShieldAI, BRINC Drones and Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems. In the sweeping action, China also targeted top...
Human rights group Amnesty International accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza amid its ongoing war against Hamas in the region. In a report released Wednesday, the organization listed facts about the war, which began Oct. 7, 2023, after Hamas invaded Israel with a surprise attack and took more than 250 people captive. In response,...
Current law makes immigrants inadmissible if they have one of the diseases that the secretary of Health and Human Services has determined to be “a communicable disease of public health significance.”
Senate Indian Affairs Committee Chair Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) called on President Biden to grant clemency to Leonard Peltier, a Native American activist convicted of murdering two FBI agents in a controversial 1977 trial, before he leaves office. Peltier is “among those who deserve grace and mercy,” Schatz said on the Senate floor Wednesday. “If there...
Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.), a senior Republican senator who is close to President-elect Trump, said the “anonymous” allegations against Trump’s nominee for secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, “don’t count” if his accusers aren’t willing to step forward publicly. “I’m not going to make any decision based on an anonymous source. If you’re not willing to...
President-elect Trump tapped financial software giant CEO Frank Bisignano late Wednesday to lead the Social Security Administration (SSA) in his second administration. “Frank is a business leader, with a tremendous track record of transforming large corporations,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. “He will be responsible to deliver on the Agency’s commitment to...
KYIV — The abrupt, temporary closure of the U.S. embassy here late last month has served little purpose beyond feeding Russian fearmongering. It seems an appropriate coda to the Biden administration’s tepid support for Ukraine. The media will not report it, but many Ukrainians are very excited at Donald Trump’s return, and believe that he...
Congress has a long history of using gimmicks to reduce government spending and balance the budget, but these efforts have not been successful, as evidenced by the current budget situation.
President-elect Donald Trump has appointed retired U.S. Army Lt. General Keith Kellogg as his special envoy to Ukraine and Russia, tasked with finding a comprehensive peace settlement between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Elon Musk’s growing criticism of President-elect Trump’s opponents and industry competitors is raising concerns he may use his increasing influence to intimidate adversaries. These fears are compounded by Trump’s repeated vows for revenge against his perceived enemies, with experts warning Musk could echo and carry out the same rhetoric on his social media platform, X,...
In today’s issue: As Republican lawmakers gear up for the 119th Congress, the House and Senate are bracing for differing challenges in the first 100 days of President-elect Trump’s administration. Senate Republicans must contend with a slate of controversial Cabinet nominees. Chief among them: Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth; former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii), Trump’s...
