A California man who left threatening voicemails for Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas was sentenced to 11 months in prison, the Justice Department announced on Wednesday. David Allen Carrier, 44, pleaded guilty on Dec. 19, 2023, to two counts of making threats against a federal official after a grand...
Presented by Panasonic — The Biden administration on Wednesday finalized new rules for drilling for oil and gas on public lands. {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Biden administration finalizes methane drilling rules The Biden administration on Wednesday finalized new rules for drilling for oil and gas on public lands...
Former President Trump will attend the wake of an New York Police Department (NYPD) officer killed in the line of duty earlier this week, his campaign announced. Officer Jonathan Diller was killed during a traffic stop Monday in Queens; he's the first NYPD officer to die on the job in more than two years. His...
The bodies of two people have been recovered from the waters where the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed on Tuesday in Baltimore, state officials announced Wednesday. Divers continued the search in the Patapsco River in Baltimore for the missing people on Wednesday, when they found a red pickup truck around 10 a.m. submerged in about...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Disapproval of Israel-Hamas war growing in US A majority of Americans now disapprove of Israel’s war against Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza, with support dropping from 50 percent in November to 36 percent this month,...
A California judge on Wednesday recommended disbarring a lawyer at the center of former President Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. State Bar Judge Yvette Roland found John Eastman culpable on 10 of the 11 counts filed by the California State Bar last year. The state bar sought to strip Eastman’s...
Former Sen. Joe Lieberman (Conn.), who became the first Jewish vice-presidential candidate of a major party when Al Gore selected him as his running mate in the 2000 election, has died at age 82. His family said he died Wednesday in New York City surrounded by family, including his wife Hadassah, after suffering complications from...
The Biden administration on Wednesday finalized new rules on drilling for oil and gas on public lands — saying that it will cut down on both wasted fuel and planet-warming emissions from the production of these fossil fuels. The rules would require oil and gas drillers to either certify that they will capture all of...
The Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled a series of voting reform laws passed by the state Legislature in 2021 violate the fundamental right to vote. The ruling, issued Wednesday, reaffirms a 2022 lower court ruling that found four voting-related bills from the 2021 Legislature session are unconstitutional and cannot be enforced. The case combined a challenge...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Reproductive rights a winner for Alabama Democrat Democrat Marilyn Lands beat Republican Teddy Powell in a special election Tuesday for a state House seat in the Yellowhammer State after she leaned into the issues of abortion and in...
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) vetoed an assault weapons ban that passed the state legislature last month, alongside multiple other gun control bills, in a 30-bill veto session on Tuesday. “I swore an oath to defend the Constitution of the United States of America and the Constitution of Virginia, and that absolutely includes protecting the...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Trump hush money judge appearing more irritated The New York judge overseeing Donald Trump's hush money case is increasingly appearing to lose his patience as the former president works to stave off the start of his...
Personal notes from five former presidents to Tony Bennett are up for sale in an auction of some of the late singer’s memorabilia. The collection from Julien’s Auctions includes some of the “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” crooner’s original paintings and sketches, signed sheet music from Amy Winehouse and Lady Gaga, along with a letter...
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) called on pharmaceutical manufacturer Novo Nordisk to slash prices for two of its drugs Wednesday, citing a new study on the costs to manufacture the medications. The research found that a weekly injection of semaglutide — which is the generic name for Ozempic — can be manufactured at a cost between...
