Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said Tuesday that the State Department is set to reinstate funding for a global humanitarian vaccine program after the Trump administration previously paused the program. “It is welcome news that following our recent outreach, the State Department has committed to contributing the full $600 million for GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance,” Collins...
A former Trump health official on Tuesday slammed Dr. Anthony Fauci over his recently-released journal entries. “I'd like to see honesty and transparency and I'd like Tony to come clean with all the things that he's really been caught in contradictions,” Dr. Brett Giroir, a former assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health...
Gov. Larry Rhoden (R) is projected to defeat businessman Toby Doeden in Tuesday's GOP primary runoff for South Dakota governor, according to Decision Desk HQ. Rhoden will now take on Democrat Dan Ahlers, a former state senator, in November. He is expected to hang on to the seat given the state’s reliably Republican leanings. Rhoden and...
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) on Tuesday announced it is adding five new candidates to its “Red to Blue” slate targeting House seats that it hopes to flip from Republican to Democratic control. The new additions, first shared with The Hill, come after primaries and redistricting shook up some of the DCCC’s initial calculations...
President Trump flew out of Michigan on Monday inside the Air Force One 757, which now features a new painted color scheme. The plane is now dark blue with a gold stripe and red trim, according to a pool report from Ana Ceballos, a Washington Correspondent for the Los Angeles Times. It now matches the...
Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) and former Wayne County health director Abdul El-Sayed squared off in their second one-on-one debate to replace retiring Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) — just one week out from the Aug. 4 Democratic Senate primary. The duo clashed once again over corporate influence and support for Israel, with El-Sayed hammering Stevens over the tens of millions of dollars pouring into the...
A federal judge on Monday halted a prediction market ban in Minnesota days before it was set to roll out. District Judge Katherine Menendez wrote that the Trump administration, Kalshi and Polymarket are “likely to succeed on the merits” in the case arguing that the state ban is pre-empted by federal law. “Specifically, it appears...
A group of more than 50 academics on Monday wrote a letter to congressional leaders urging them to restore agency independence following last month’s Supreme Court ruling, which granted President Trump the authority to fire commissioners of independent agencies without cause. The professors argue that the ruling stalled business for the Consumer Product Safety Commission,...
Benedict Cumberbatch, Alan Cumming and Benedict Wong wrote an op-ed Monday citing the dangers to industry competition, jobs and a concentration of power if Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery merge. “We have watched, with growing alarm, what consolidation does to the breadth and depth of the work we produce: independent film acquisitions at the...
The Senate cleared a final procedural hurdle Monday night on President Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), teeing up Jay Clayton for a final vote this week. The 51-43 vote to advance the nomination means the Senate could confirm Clayton as early as Tuesday night to be the...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Health Care The Big Story Paul releases Fauci's diary entries ahead of hearing Former White House chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci will appear before the Senate this week for a hearing. Leading up to his appearance, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) released thousands of pages...
Escalating trade tensions between the U.S. and Canada could play into Democratic messaging around the economy, particularly in the battleground state of Michigan, which has some of the highest cross-border trade of any state. Trump slapped an additional 50 percent tariffs on Canada, accusing the country of “discriminatory” trade practices last week. The president has...
A poll released Sunday shows that 40 percent of U.S. adults are buying or eating less produce after the cyclospora outbreak. Comparatively, according to survey results from CBS/YouGov, 4 percent of people said they are eating more produce. Among respondents, 56 percent said there has been no change in their diet. Earlier this month, the...
A federal panel on Friday voted to advance a revamp of the nation’s historic preservation rules that Trump administration officials say slow down projects. The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, which is made up primarily of Trump appointees, voted to propose to rewrite requirements to consult with the public if a project may impact historic...
