A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study has found that mRNA vaccines for the COVID-19 virus are not linked to cardiac death in younger adults. The study was conducted using Oregon death certificate data for people aged 16 to 30 who died from a heart condition between June 1, 2021 and Dec. 31,...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Japan PM: US must overcome ‘self-doubt’ of global role Japan’s leader issued a passionate plea Thursday for Republicans in Congress not to turn away from America’s role as a leader on the world stage, in the...
Maine State Rep. Michael Lemelin (R) on Wednesday said the Lewiston mass shooting in October that left 18 people dead was a consequence from God after state lawmakers passed a law expanding abortion access in the state. In a fiery floor speech Wednesday, Lemelin warned against passing L.D.227 – which seeks to protect individuals who...
The Simpson case was not the trial of the century in terms of its legal significance, but it was an important trial because it revealed the racial divisions in our country, as well as the power of televising trials.
Gen. Christopher Cavoli, the head of U.S. European Command, said Thursday that Russia's army has grown by 15 percent since before the invasion of Ukraine, raising the alarm that Russian forces are reconstituting "far faster" than initial estimates suggested. Cavoli, also the supreme allied commander of Europe at the Western security alliance NATO, told lawmakers...
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) endorsed Angela Alsobrooks in Maryland’s Democratic Senate primary Thursday, becoming the latest Democratic lawmaker to get involved in the party’s primary for the seat. “I'm proud to endorse Angela Alsobrooks for U.S. Senate. Throughout her career, Angela has fought to tackle the gun violence epidemic, create good-paying jobs in her community,...
U.S. Central Command head Gen. Erik Kurilla is in Israel to speak with officials as fear grows about a possible attack on Israel by Iran and the militant groups it backs, the Pentagon confirmed Thursday. “Gen. Kurilla is in Israel. He's, as I understand it, traveling throughout the region,” press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder...
When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, it allowed states under Republican control to impose abortion bans or severe limitations, a long-sought goal for many GOP anti-abortion lawmakers. Abortion access now is a state-by-state patchwork of laws that is ever-changing as new restrictions take effect. Here's where the laws stand as of...
American greenhouse gas emissions rose 1 percent between 2021 and 2022 but fell nearly 17 percent from 2005 levels, according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) annual emissions inventory report. Net U.S. emissions increased by 1.3 percent in 2022 for a total of 5,489 million metric tons of carbon dioxide compared to the previous year,...
Sen. Bob Menendez’s (D-N.J.) bribery trial will be separated from his wife Nadine Menendez’s, a federal judge ruled Thursday. Judge Sidney H. Stein ruled that Menendez’s trial will begin May 6 as previously scheduled, but his wife’s trial has now been tentatively pushed back to July, The Associated Press reported. This comes as lawyers for...
