House Democrats pick up three new Republican supporters as they force a third successful vote on a war powers resolution to end the months-long Iran conflict.
Committee on House Administration chairman Bryan Steil (R-Wis.) on Wednesday issued a subpoena to ActBlue, a popular Democratic fundraising platform that has collected record donations for the Harris campaign. The subpoena concerns the platform's potential use to influence U.S. elections through illicit money laundering, according to a press release. In the letter, Steil has asked...
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Wednesday urged North Korea to withdraw troops from Russia after its forces were observed wearing Kremlin uniforms and carrying Russian equipment en route to the Kursk border region. Speaking at the Pentagon alongside South Korean Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun, Austin called the deployment “dangerous and destabilizing,” and said he was...
Slivered onions served on McDonald’s Quarter Pounders are the “likely source” of an outbreak of E. coli infections, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Wednesday. The number of cases has now risen to 90 across 13 states, with five additional hospitalizations, the agency said. All new illnesses occurred before McDonald’s and the supplier...
The Biden administration announced $2.4 billion in funding for new rail projects Tuesday. Officials are hoping the investment will spur new job opportunities for Americans as they undertake 122 rail improvement projects in 41 states and the District of Columbia, according to a release. “Each project advances a future where our supply chains are stronger, passenger rail...
Low-level lead poisoning remains pervasive in the U.S. and world populations despite decades of efforts to end the use of lead in infrastructure, according to a study by researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. The results, published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that exposure to lead, even at...
Prosecutors want Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira to serve nearly 17 years in prison for leaking highly classified military documents online about the war in Ukraine, according to multiple reports. Teixeira, 22, in March pleaded guilty in federal court to six counts of willful retention and transmission of national defense information under the...
Researchers are urging the federal government to pause further low-orbit internet satellite launches until a comprehensive review is conducted to determine the potential environmental damage that could result. In a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Space Bureau Chief Julie Kearney, more than 100 researchers expressed concern about the rapid development of low-earth orbit...
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) referred to Vice President Harris's running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, as her “emotional support animal” during a rally for former President Trump in North Carolina on Wednesday. “Why was Tim Walz picked? Well, he's a really glib talker. He's got jazz hands. He can do all the talking....
Large herbivores, such as bison and elk, have lived continuously in Yellowstone National Park for more than two millennia, a new study has confirmed. Despite the near-extinction of bison in North American in the 19th and 20th centuries, these big plant-eaters and others have persisted in the park region since around 238 B.C., according to...
Donald Trump during a rally Wednesday hit back over remarks made by President Biden in which he appeared to disparage the former president's supporters, telling the crowd, "They've treated you like garbage." “This week, Kamala has been comparing her political opponents to the most evil mass murderers in history, and now speaking on a call...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said Wednesday that an allegation about former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his “reported collection of a whale skull” was “unfounded.” In an emailed statement to The Hill, NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) said in late August, “NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement received a...
A federal judge on Monday struck down a section of a Texas law that gives state utilities the “right of first refusal” for building new electrical transmission lines. The law, SB 1938, made it harder for utilities with no in-state transmission facilities to build new lines, reversing the state Public Utility Commission’s policy that allowed...
