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Wildfires may be responsible for raising local deaths by about 67 percent in a given month, a new study has found. Scientists linked 82 “excess deaths” to the devastating blazes that struck Maui, Hawaii, in August 2023 — or two-thirds more fatalities than they would have otherwise expected for that month, per the study, published...
A federal judge Thursday night ordered a halt to work at "Alligator Alcatraz" and banned the federal government from sending any new detainees to the immigrant detention facility that Florida erected to help President Trump.
In Focus delivers deeper reporting on the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to give readers the full picture. You can find our full list of In Focus pieces here. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.‘s unorthodox tenure as health and human […]
A federal judge in Florida ordered late Thursday that some of "Alligator Alcatraz" be shut down and barred the Sunshine State from bringing in more detainees to the migrant detention facility in a blow to the administration as it ramps up its immigration crackdown. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams, an appointee of former President Obama,...
Related video: EXCLUSIVE — DC "More Violent Than Baghdad": White House Deputy Chief Of Staff Federal law enforcement officers will patrol the streets of Washington, D.C., for the next seven days, the White House announced on Thursday. The enhanced federal presence will begin at midnight. It will be led by the U.S. Park Police and...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Questions loom over potential Trump-Putin summit President Trump is eyeing a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin as he pushes for an end to the war in Ukraine, a potential meeting that carries huge risks and possible...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) is asking an Illinois court to enforce arrest warrants against Democrats who fled to the Prairie State over GOP efforts to redraw Texas's congressional maps. On Monday, the Texas House approved arrest warrants for Democratic state lawmakers who state troopers can locate. However, those warrants are only enforceable within Texas. Paxton’s petition...
President Trump is set to host the leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia at the White House on Friday to sign a peace deal that would potentially end decades of conflict between the two nations. Azerbaijan's president, Ilham Aliyev, and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will meet with Trump separately and sign bilateral agreements with the...
A group of six Democratic lawmakers is demanding more details from the Air Force as to how the service is siphoning funding from a nuclear missile modernization program to pay for retrofits for a luxury jet, gifted to the Trump administration by Qatar, to make it usable as Air Force One. In a letter sent Wednesday...
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said he would not initiate trade talks with President Trump after U.S. tariffs on Brazilian goods spiked to 50 percent on Wednesday. "The day my intuition says Trump is ready to talk, I won't hesitate to call him," Lula told Reuters from his presidential residence. "But today my...
The Air Force will deny early retirement benefits to transgender service members with 15 to 18 years of military service, even in cases where an early retirement was already approved, according to a new memo. Transgender service members, who were made to either voluntarily separate or be forced out of the military under a policy instituted by...
Related video: Vice President JD Vance met with Republican leaders Thursday in Indiana as the national redistricting debate intensifies. Florida House Speaker Daniel Perez (R) said on Thursday he will form a redistricting committee as Republican-led states across the country move to redraw their congressional lines ahead of next year’s midterm elections. “Exploring these questions...
Federal judges in Texas and Connecticut on Thursday ruled against arguments challenging the constitutionality of the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, delivering two more blows to the pharmaceutical industry this week after an appeals court upheld the dismissal of a similar case. In Connecticut, the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a decision granted...
Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville on Thursday suggested Democrats should add two states to the country and expand the Supreme Court in order to “save democracy.” “They are just going to have to unilaterally add Puerto Rico and District of Columbia as states, … They’re just going to have to do it. And they may...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Cuts to mRNA research stir fears Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr canceled $500 million worth of mRNA vaccine contracts earlier this week, a move decried by scientists and public health experts for leaving the...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Trump touts tariffs, seeks to reassure on economy President Trump celebrated his new tariff regime and tried to reassure the public about his economic stewardship Thursday as a trade agenda upending the GOP and the global...
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is expected to begin using a Texas military base to detain individuals who immigrated to the U.S. illegally on Aug. 17. The El Paso area site, Fort Bliss, is still being developed and will initially receive 1,000 detainees, according to the Department of Defense. Over the next two years, officials...
President Trump is going all in on the national redistricting war with his call for the Commerce Department to conduct a new census ahead of the next scheduled one in 2030. Trump said in his Truth Social post on Thursday that the census would not count those who are in the country illegally and use...
