Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) announced Monday that a member of the Prisoner Review Board (PRB) has resigned from her post, following a public outcry in response to the death of 11-year-old Jayden Perkins. Perkins was allegedly killed by a man with a history of domestic violence who was released on parole one day earlier....
Presented by Panasonic — The Biden administration is committing $6 billion toward cutting planet-warming emissions from some of the nation’s most polluting and difficult-to-decarbonize sectors. {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Biden administration commits $6B to cut emissions from high-carbon industries The Biden administration is committing $6 billion toward cutting...
The newly formed parent company for Truth Social will debut on the stock market Tuesday, bringing to a close a years-long merger that is set to net former President Trump billions of dollars. A special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merged with Truth Social parent Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. on Monday following months of negotiations...
Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Sasha Baker will resign from her post at the end of April after just nine months in the job as the top policymaker for the Pentagon. The undersecretary of Defense for policy is the No. 3 leadership role on the civilian side of the Pentagon, a crucial job...
President Biden’s reelection campaign added four members to its communications team, The Hill has learned exclusively. The campaign hired Mia Ehrenberg as a national spokesperson, Charles Lutvak as a national spokesperson, Fabiola Rodriguez as deputy director of Hispanic media and Katarina Flicker as deputy director of strategic communications. The new hires will start their roles...
Russian President Vladimir Putin for the first time on Monday called the gunmen who killed more than 130 people at a Moscow concert hall "radical Islamists," while suggesting the attack could be linked to Ukraine. Putin said the shooting was committed by "radical Islamists" whose "ideology the world has been fighting for centuries," according to...
The White House said it is looking to work with Congress to repeal an effective ban on LGBTQ Pride flags flown over U.S. embassies in legislation funding the government through September. President Biden signed the $1.2 trillion spending package Saturday, hailing the agreement as a compromise in which “neither side got everything it wanted.” LGBTQ advocates criticized a provision...
A Texas man is hoping a legal name change and a long-shot presidential bid will get his argument across that some voters want “literally anybody else” but former President Trump or President Biden to serve another White House term. A teacher and Army vet in North Richland Hills, Texas — formerly named Dustin Ebey — told...
The Florida Democratic Party on Sunday ousted two county party chairs, including the party chair of Miami-Dade County, in a contentious seven-hour meeting that follows a series of recent election defeats. The 120-member party central committee voted to oust Miami-Dade Chair Robert Dempster and Franklin County Chair Carol Barfield on Sunday by significant margins, with...
The White House on Monday said it was puzzled by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to cancel a delegation meeting in Washington after the U.S. abstained from a U.N. Security Council vote calling for a cease-fire in Gaza. “We’re kind of perplexed by this,” national security communications adviser John Kirby said when asked for President...
The Biden administration sanctioned two Chinese nationals and a Wuhan-based company Monday that allegedly targeted critical infrastructure sectors in the U.S. as part of an expansive hacking effort. The Treasury Department levied sanctions against Zhao Guangzong and Ni Gaobin, as well as the Wuhan Xiaoruizhi Science and Technology Company, which the agency accused of acting...
