Former Delaware Gov. Mike Castle, who also served the state in Congress and made a bid for then-Vice President Joe Biden's Senate seat, died Thursday. He was 86.
Former New York Gov. David Paterson (D) said Tuesday he is set to endorse New York City Mayor Eric Adams in his reelection bid amid a heated race for Big Apple mayor. “It'll be at one o'clock on the steps of City Hall, at which time I will endorse Mayor Eric Adams for reelection,” Paterson...
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) pushed for the District’s statehood again on Tuesday amid President Trump’s crackdown on the nation’s capital. “We have seen a precipitous lessening of crime in the city, violent crime, especially after a post-COVID spike that we acknowledge, and we got after, and we drove down the numbers in 2023. We...
{beacon} Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Will Trump get played by Putin? Europe is worried President Trump's sharp criticism of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday is sending chills across Europe, where leaders are working to guard against the worst-case scenario: Trump aligning with...
Former Attorney General Bill Barr said Tuesday that President Trump is “right on the money” with his takeover of the Washington, DC, police. “And I think the president's right on the money, and I think Judge Pirro laid out the case very well, and I'm glad she's there, because she has the right idea of...
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Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Inflation steady in July as Trump tariffs loomed Consumer prices rose 0.2 percent in July, according to data released Tuesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), as the economy braces for President Trump’s full tariffs....
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Trump's 'bizarre' deal with Nvidia, AMD sparks legal questions Two major chipmakers in the U.S., Nvidia and AMD, have struck an unusual agreement to provide the federal government some of their revenue from chip sales to China — a deal that experts say raises constitutional questions and may set...
D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb on Tuesday pushed back on claims by the city’s police union head, saying his “facts are wrong” when it comes to crime in the nation’s capital. “Crime in the District is out of control, and something needs to be done about it. This concept that crime is down is really...
President Trump’s use of federal resources to combat crime in the nation’s capital is forcing Democrats to once again address the issue of law and order, something that has been a vulnerability for them in recent elections. Democrats were quick to note — following Trump’s announcement Monday that he would federalize the city’s police force...
A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to improve conditions for migrants it detains in a federal building in downtown Manhattan. Civil rights groups raised alarm to U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan about conditions in the facility, saying migrants were overcrowded, subjected to extreme temperatures and not provided sufficient access...
The White House on Tuesday said that homeless people in the nation’s capital could be subject to fines and jail time as the administration cracks down on crime. “The homeless problem has ravaged the city,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters. “Homeless individuals will be given the option to leave their encampment, to...
A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that Arkansas can enforce its 2021 ban on gender-affirming care for minors, reversing a lower court decision that struck down the first-in-the-nation law as unconstitutional and following a June Supreme Court decision. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Tuesday that a federal district court had erred in striking down Arkansas’s Save...
Ashley Biden, the daughter of former President Biden and former first lady Jill Biden, filed for divorce Monday from her husband, Dr. Howard Krein, after more than 13 years of marriage. Court documents show legal proceedings were filed against Krein in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. Moments after filing, Ashley Biden posted, “New life,...
