Several Senate Republicans warned that Chinese e-cigarettes flooding U.S. markets could be spying devices used for surveillance or money laundering fronts for Mexican cartels.
Senate Republicans on Thursday invoked the so-called “nuclear option” and changed the chamber’s rules to more easily confirm dozens of President Trump's stalled sub-Cabinet nominees. The 53-43 party-line vote came after negotiations intensified earlier Wednesday on a bipartisan deal to speed the nominations, but it failed to get enough Democratic support and Republicans moved forward...
New Jersey is the latest state to rebuff efforts from the federal government to limit access to updated COVID-19 vaccines. The New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) issued an executive order Thursday allowing anyone six months old and older to receive a COVID-19 vaccine for the upcoming respiratory illness season. The department is...
Federal customs revenues hit another new record in August, driven by sweeping tariffs on imports, one of the Trump administration’s signature economic policies. Customs duties — which are mostly tariff revenues — hit $30 billion in August, up almost 300 percent since last year, the Treasury Department reported Thursday. The August numbers are up from...
Toxic “forever chemicals” are altering human liver function at a fundamental level by triggering both fat accumulation and cancer-linked cell damage, a new study has found. Several of these compounds, also known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), interrupt liver cell signaling and immune functions but do so via unique mechanisms, scientists observed in the...
A Southwest Airlines flight departing Hollywood Burbank Airport suffered engine failure and safely diverted to Los Angeles International Airport, an airline spokesperson told The Hill. Flight 1394 was en route to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport before the crew reported the engine issue. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) told The Hill that the plane landed...
A bomb threat directed toward the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) was found not to be credible, the national party and Capitol Police said Thursday — an incident that came less than 24 hours after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. “This afternoon, there was a bomb threat to DNC HQ that...
The US military advantage is eroding as China catches up, and the US democratic advantage is also being eroded by polarization and political dysfunction, necessitating a recommitment to democracy and responsible governance.
Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani on Thursday said Israeli strikes on Hamas leaders in Doha “killed any hope” of releasing hostages. Six people were killed in the strikes, according to The Associated Press. Al Thani told CNN he met with the families of Hamas hostages, who said they have “no other...
President Trump's top White House economist is on track to join the Federal Reserve Board in time to join a key meeting on interest rates next week. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) teed up Thursday a vote to advance the nomination of Stephen Miran, chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA),...
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) will chair a bipartisan House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence review of the 9/11 Commission Report, her office announced. The panel will, according to Stefanik’s office, review whether progress has been made regarding the 9/11 Commission Report’s recommendations for the intelligence community. The 585-page report, released in 2004, concluded "that the...
The FBI said Thursday that authorities have recovered a rifle believed to be used to shoot and kill conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah on Wednesday. The manhunt for the assassin, who fled Utah Valley University after shooting Kirk, is still ongoing. Law enforcement has footage of the shooter, who they believe is of college...
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) said he includes President Trump among those who should tone down their rhetoric in the wake of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. ”I mean, there is a lot of rhetoric. And the president himself engages in it. He called it a hostile act to co-sponsor the Epstein resolution," said...
