Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care The Big Story Bhattacharya’s dual role draws anxieties National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Jay Bhattacharya’s influence over public health has grown two-fold now that he’s assumed temporary control over the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). And former staffers are raising...
The Interior Department, which is in charge of the nation’s public lands and waters, has completed a major scaling back of its environmental regulations. The department, which also oversees activities including drilling and mining on the nation’s lands and in its waters, has rescinded more than 80 percent of its previous environmental regulations under the...
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) said President Trump has “no intention of following” the Constitution when it comes to tariffs, comments that came in the wake of a Supreme Court decision Friday that rejected the authority for many of Trump’s expansive tariffs. “He has no intention of following the spirit or the letter of the Constitution....
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) whistleblower accused the agency of lying about shortchanging its training, including legal training over whether they are permitted to use deadly force, amid a hiring surge of new officers. Ryan Schwank, a former lawyer for ICE, said training for new officers has been pared down to the point...
A federal court on Monday rejected the latest Republican-led bid to block a new congressional map in Utah that could give Democrats a seat in the red state. A three-judge panel denied a motion for a preliminary injunction that would have blocked the new lines from going into effect before this fall’s midterms. “Because we...
For much of his second term, the court has handed the president major wins on immigration, executive power and agency authority. But this time, the justices drew a line.
The U.S. military blew up another alleged drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean on Monday, killing three “narco-terrorists” in the operation, it said. The vessel was operated by a designated terrorist organization, was transiting along a “known narco-trafficking” routes and was engaged in “narco-trafficking operations,” the U.S. Southern Command (Southcom) said on social platform X. It...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Monday that Principal Deputy Director Ralph Abraham, the former Louisiana surgeon general, has resigned from his position after less than three months because of "unforeseen family obligations." His departure comes amid a shake-up at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), with former interim Director...
Investigators are looking into the views regarding Jeffrey Epstein of the man fatally shot by law enforcement on President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property early Sunday morning, a source briefed on the investigation confirmed to NewsNation, The Hill’s sister network. While not a definitive motive, investigators are examining writings by Martin in which he referenced the Epstein...
Sanders said that “we” should have a degree of control over what the tech CEOs are building. And that sounds nice, but let’s be clear on something — who is “we”?
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) are expected to hear from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) whistleblower at a public forum on Monday. The Democrats say the former ICE employee will for the first time publicly "discuss new immigration enforcement training methods and policies, including authorizing warrantless entry to the homes...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Monday said Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) must address the allegations that he had an affair with one of his congressional staffers, who died last year after setting herself on fire, but added that it is “too early to prejudge" the situation. “I endorsed Tony before all these allegations came out,”...
The U.S. signed onto a non-binding declaration Saturday with dozens of other countries following India’s AI Impact Summit, committing to a “shared global vision” on the technology. It was one of 89 countries and organizations to sign the document, which laid out seven key pillars for AI development, including democratizing AI resources, using AI to...
Congress is considering legislation to ensure that air traffic controllers, TSA officers, and CBP agents are paid during government shutdowns, in order to prevent the chaos and economic harm caused by the previous shutdown.
