President Trump announced Saturday he approved new fuel economy standards that eliminate an electric vehicle (EV) mandate introduced under the Biden administration. The 2024 EV mandate aimed to facilitate the transition from gas-powered to EVs by setting new pollution standards for automakers' vehicle fleets, which were intentionally difficult to meet without introducing new electric or...
Former Kennedy Center employees accused the iconic performing arts venue's leadership in a letter to Congress of halting planned waterproofing repairs earlier this year. In the Thursday letter, David Seide, an attorney representing the whistleblowers, shared internal documents which he said challenged the Kennedy Center board's claims that these leaks constituted the venue's immediate closure. ...
Migration flows to the United States ebb and flow in parallel to the country’s labor market tightness, according to an analysis of economic and border encounter data by the Center for Global Development. According to the study, there’s a strong correlation between the number of jobs available per unemployed person — market tightness — and border encounters...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story A peek behind the dark money veil The U.S. Chamber of Commerce received an $800,000 wire transfer from billionaire donor Hank Meijer days after it endorsed his son, then-Rep. Peter Meijer (R-Mich.), in a contentious 2022...
A federal judge in Texas halted President Biden’s proposed changes to the interpretation of Title IX on Tuesday, which added protections for transgender students. The changes are the subject of multiple lawsuits from GOP attorneys general nationwide. The Education Department in April unveiled a final set of sweeping changes to Title IX, the civil rights...
Hunter Biden was found guilty Tuesday of all three charges relating to a 2018 gun purchase. Jurors in Wilmington, Del., deliberated for about three hours before convicting President Biden’s only surviving son. The charges centered on Hunter Biden lying about drug use on his paperwork to buy the gun. He possessed the gun for less...
The Biden administration on Tuesday said it is evaluating a response from Hamas to a proposal for a temporary, cease-fire that would halt fighting with Israel in the Gaza Strip. The response comes a day after the United Nations Security Council passed a U.S.-drafted resolution that laid out the three phases of a temporary cease-fire deal with a pathway...
Westchester County Executive George Latimer holds a 17-point lead over Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) in a tense Democratic New York House primary, according to a new poll. A survey by Emerson College Polling/PIX11/The Hill released Tuesday found Latimer leading Bowman in the primary for New York’s 16th Congressional District with 48 percent support to 31...
One of the jurors who voted to convict Hunter Biden on gun charges Tuesday said he felt bad for Naomi Biden, who was called to testify on her father's behalf. "I think that was a bad mistake for them to put her on the stand," the male juror, No. 10, said in a CNN interview...
Apple users will be able to choose “buy now, pay later” loans with the company Affirm as part of an update coming to Apple’s operating system later this year, Apple said Tuesday as part of a series of announced updates. The feature to use Affirm will be available to users in the U.S. when they...
A juror in Hunter Biden's federal gun case said in an interview after the verdict that the Delaware residents sealing his fate did not factor in politics or his prior drug-fueled lifestyle when they unanimously decided the president's son was guilty. The juror, identified only as Juror 10, told CNN shortly after the verdict was...
Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), the top Democrat on the House Rules Committee, on Tuesday slammed his GOP colleagues for their acceptance of the Hunter Biden verdict after arguing former President Trump’s guilty verdict was the result of a rigged system. Hunter Biden was convicted Tuesday on three counts related to failing to acknowledge drug use when...
A Florida law banning gender-affirming health care for transgender minors and restricting access to care for certain adults is unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. The decision by U.S. District Court Judge Robert Hinkle permanently blocks a law championed by Republican state lawmakers and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), as well as rules adopted by the...
