Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Florida Supreme Court sets up major abortion fight The Florida Supreme Court on Monday ruled to uphold the state’s 15-week abortion ban, with the majority of the conservative-leaning court finding that the state’s right to privacy does not...
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) signed a bill Monday legalizing paid surrogacy, arguing the controversial practice enables people to start families more easily. The Michigan Family Protection Act also establishes legal protections for in vitro fertilization (IVF), a practice that has been in the political spotlight since it was briefly banned by a court in...
The number of people who died in motor vehicle crashes in 2023 decreased by 3.6 percent from the previous year, even as the estimated number of miles traveled increased, according to government data released Monday. An estimated 40,990 people died in traffic-related motor vehicle crashes in 2023 — down from 42,514 in 2022. At the...
The U.S. was the world’s largest exporter of liquified natural gas (LNG) in 2023, according to federal data released Monday. U.S. exports of the fossil fuel last year surpassed those of major exporters Qatar and Australia, and it amounted to 12 percent more American gas shipped than in 2022, the independent Energy Information Administration said....
President Biden and former President Trump are set for a rematch this November after becoming their party’s presumptive nominees, but they’re also facing a relatively notable third-party challenge from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Kennedy, the nephew of former President Kennedy, has been trying to gather signatures to get on the ballot in as many states...
A United Airlines flight from Frankfurt, Germany, to San Francisco was diverted Friday after a toilet overflowed into the cabin, the airline confirmed. The Boeing 777 turned back to Frankfurt about two hours into the flight, over the North Sea. The airline attributed the incident in a statement to The Hill to a “maintenance issue...
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s (D) office on Monday condemned former President Trump’s recent attacks against his hush money judge’s daughter, re-upping a demand that the judge expand or clarify Trump’s gag order to protect her. “Defendant's dangerous, violent, and reprehensible rhetoric fundamentally threatens the integrity of these proceedings and is intended to intimidate witnesses and...
Authorities say a man was arrested Monday after he attempted to storm the FBI office in Atlanta, ramming his vehicle into the building’s gates. The man, who was not affiliated with the FBI and has not been identified, allegedly drove to the facility tailing an employee, attempting to bypass security gates just after noon Monday....
A Maryland man said he considers himself "lucky" while reflecting on being one of the last drivers to go across the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore moments before it was struck by a cargo ship and sent crumbling into the Patapsco River. Larry DeSantis was making his daily commute last Tuesday to his second...
