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. ...
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) on Tuesday released records related to the city government’s response to worsened air quality after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, saying city leaders “lied” about how safe it was to breathe. Mamdani’s office released 170,000 pages of records, with the mayor’s fiscal 2027 budget including $34 million...
The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to intervene in a lawsuit brought by a New York mother who wanted to send her child to kindergarten while a challenge over the state’s vaccine requirements continues to play out. The mother, identified only as Jane Doe, was seeking emergency relief from the high court to keep her...
Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico released a new advertisement with a former aide to his Republican rival, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. According to The Texas Tribune, David Maxwell spent close to 10 years as the Texas attorney general’s director of law enforcement. Six years ago, Paxton was reported to the FBI by Maxwell and...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare The Big Story Federal court to hear arguments on abortion pill access A three-judge panel on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans will hear arguments Wednesday in a case that could eventually restrict the nationwide distribution of the abortion...
Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Tuesday denied a request to lift a block on Missouri’s new congressional map, which was poised to give Republicans a pickup opportunity in November. The decision means the Show Me State must revert to its existing GOP-favored 6-2 House map for the November election. Canada's retaliatory tariffs against the U.S. went into...
Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on an array of U.S. goods went into effect on Tuesday, marking the latest chapter of a weeks-long trade war between the two countries. The "dollar for dollar" levies — ranging from 15 percent to 50 percent — impact American products such as milk and cream, steel, aluminum, paper and agricultural equipment. The Canadian government imposed the...
The U.S. military destroyed five Iranian oil tankers linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Tuesday in response to attempted Iranian missile launches at U.S. Navy warships, the U.S. Central Command (Centcom) announced. The U.S. forces disabled IRGC crude oil carriers M/T Kaviz, M/T Charminar, M/T Horizon 1 and M/T Riesco in the Gulf...
Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Tuesday refused to lift a block on Missouri’s new congressional map, which was poised to give Republicans a pickup opportunity in November. Missouri officials held their primaries using Republicans’ new 7-1 House map, but the decision means the Show Me State must revert to its existing GOP-favored 6-2 House map for...
Vice President Vance is in hot water with some conservatives after a press briefing last week where he defended his friendship with Tucker Carlson. “Tucker is a friend of mine,” Vance said. “Tucker is a friend, despite the fact that we disagree on a number of things. And I’m not going to play the game where I throw friends under the bus because...
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Fight for control of the Senate hangs in the balance with just eight weeks to go until the midterm elections, according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). The nonpartisan election analyst on Monday shifted its November forecast to “a pure toss-up” for the upper chamber of Congress for the first time since the beginning of June....
For two years, some of the loudest voices on AI have spoken on white-collar layoffs, vanishing entry-level jobs, and a generation of graduates shut out. Chief executives routinely point to AI when they announce cuts. Is AI the shiny new scapegoat on the block, or a legitimate culprit behind what would otherwise be faster job...
