Texas AG Ken Paxton sues Houston mayor and city council over a sanctuary ordinance that ended a police policy requiring officers to wait for ICE agents.
Rep. Lauren Boebert lashed back at Dave Chappelle, responding to claims that she had weaponized a Capitol Hill selfie to push transgender policy debates.
Throughout his second term, President Trump has campaigned for the Nobel Peace Prize. The president, his allies and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have renewed the push since Israel and Hamas agreed to the first phase of a peace plan Trump proposed last month. The honor, first awarded in 1901 to France’s Frédéric Passy and...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story New York Attorney General indicted on fraud charge New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) is the second prominent adversary of President Trump to face criminal charges after he vowed to seek retribution against his perceived...
"The View" co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin said Thursday that it is “a dark day when Marjorie Taylor Greene is the voice of reason,” as the Georgia Republican has bucked her party on multiple issues amid the government shutdown. “It’s a dark day when Marjorie Taylor Greene is the voice of reason, but like, you know...
New York City on Wednesday sued several major social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, accusing them of fueling a youth mental health crisis. The city, its public schools, and its health and hospital system allege that the companies have sought to maximize engagement among young people at the cost of their mental health. ...
New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury on a fraud charge, becoming the second prominent foe of President Trump to face criminal charges after he vowed to seek retribution against his perceived enemies. The indictment came in the Eastern District of Virginia following an investigation into allegations of mortgage fraud,...
The vaccine advisory panel for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is planning to look into the timing of other childhood vaccine schedules, soon after it voted to delay the measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox vaccine. The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) shared it would be establishing a Childhood and Adolescent...
Former Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) will take on Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears in a debate Thursday night ahead of November's gubernatorial election. The exclusive debate will be hosted by WAVY 10, an NBC affiliate station owned by Nexstar, which also owns The Hill. It marks the only time voters will see the candidates face...
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Thursday said he would fire air traffic controllers who are skipping work because of the government shutdown. “If we have a continual small subset of controllers that don’t show up to work … they’re the problem children,” Duffy said, according to CNN. “We need more controllers, but we need the...
Almost every Senate Republican on Thursday urged the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to “reevaluate” whether a newly approved generic version of the abortion drug mifepristone should stay on the market. The letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and FDA Commissioner Marty Makary from 51 of 53 Republican senators...
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) on Thursday said President Trump deserves a Nobel Peace Prize if the current peace plan between Israel and Hamas doesn't fall apart. “Do you think the president deserves a Nobel Peace Prize?” Fox News’s Aishah Hasnie asked Fetterman on “America’s Newsroom.” “Well, I mean, if this sticks. I think that the...
Obesity is a major public health and economic challenge in the US, costing the health care system an estimated $173 billion annually, and the Congressional Budget Office should refine its scoring methods to account for the long-term economic and societal costs of obesity and the efforts to mitigate it.
