Every time we walk into a clinic or hospital, an invisible tax is added to our bill. It has nothing to do with the quality of our medicine, the skill of our surgeon, or the comfort of our room. Instead, it is the direct cost of a broken legal system. The U.S. medical malpractice framework […]
When I was younger, I was told, “Once it’s on the internet, it’s there forever.” This useful saying is followed by some but haphazardly discarded by others. A notorious trope is that politicians are always in public relations rehab thanks to past online statements, and that has never been truer for the new wave of […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) recently announced that she had frozen her eggs at the age of 36. Predictably, the announcement drew the ridicule that increasingly substitutes for political argument. Some critics brandished the dreary clinical phrase “geriatric pregnancy.” Their purpose was less to acknowledge the difficulties she may face than to make her desire for […]
Colorado built one of the Mountain West’s great economies by attracting entrepreneurs, investment, and talented workers. Now there are increasingly visible signs that the state is surrendering that advantage, just as voters may be asked in November to choose between two ballot initiatives that would send Colorado’s business climate in sharply different directions. Palantir provided […]
A typical academic year for Mark Bray, an assistant teaching professor of history at Rutgers University, turned into a nightmare after President Trump signed an executive order to designate antifa as a terrorist group. Soon after the order, conservative activists targeted Bray, who wrote "Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook," and he began to receive death threats....
Surging electricity prices have risen to the forefront of the New Jersey governor's race — and could be a key issue in the 2026 midterms. Nationwide, power prices have risen 6.2 percent over the last year, more than doubling the 2.9 percent inflation rate overall. In New Jersey, household electricity rates were about 22 percent higher in July than...
A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted a man accused of starting the deadly Palisades Fire in Los Angeles earlier this year. Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, is alleged to have started the Lachman Fire just after midnight local time on Jan. 1. According to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of...
Brown University has rejected the Trump administration’s proposed compact, which would have required the university to make changes to its campus policies in exchange for an advantage in receiving federal funds. In a Wednesday letter to Education Secretary Linda McMahon and White House aides May Mailman and Vincent Haley, Brown President Christina Paxson said she...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story The Pentagon reporters have left the building Pentagon beat reporters left the building en masse Wednesday after they turned in access badges rather than agree to new restrictions on how they gather and report the news...
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) has criticized Democrats over the government shutdown, adding that discussions on health care subsidies can take place when the government is funded. “I follow country, then party,” Fetterman said at the Kennedy Center on Wednesday night during NewsNation's live town hall. Fetterman said some of his constituents are angry with him...
President Trump on Wednesday hosted a dinner for donors helping to fund the cost of a planned White House ballroom, including leaders of major businesses. Trump held an event in the East Room that featured representatives from Microsoft, Google, Palantir and other companies, as well as wealthy individuals like Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman and Cameron...
The Department of Transportation (DOT) announced Wednesday it is withholding more than $40 million in federal highway safety funding from California, over the state failing to comply with English language proficiency guidelines for commercial drivers. “I put states on notice this summer: enforce the Trump Administration’s English language requirements or the checks stop coming,” Transportation...
Rep. Dave Taylor (R-Ohio) on Wednesday condemned a symbol on the wall of his Washington, D.C., office, which was reportedly a swastika in the middle of a U.S. flag. “I am aware of an image that appears to depict a vile and deeply inappropriate symbol near an employee in my office," Taylor said in a...
Presented by the Coalition to Strengthen America's Healthcare {beacon} Health Care Health Care PRESENTED BY The Big Story Who might be hardest hit by expiring Obamacare tax credits As the future of enhanced premium tax credits for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) remains in limbo, so do the millions of consumers who have come to rely on the...
Several Senate Democrats are pressing Google and YouTube for answers about their decision to settle a lawsuit with President Trump over YouTube’s suspension of his account in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. In a Wednesday letter to Google and YouTube executives, Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ron Wyden...
President Trump said Wednesday that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told him that India would stop buying Russian oil, a potentially significant move to further pressure Moscow over its war in Ukraine. "I was not happy that India was buying oil. And he assured me today that they will not be buying oil from Russia,"...
President Trump on Wednesday appeared to confirm he authorized the CIA to carry out operations in Venezuela, an escalation into his administration's targeting of authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro. Trump was asked by a reporter in the Oval Office why he authorized the CIA to be able to strike inside Venezuela, to which Trump appeared to...
A new poll shows Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.) has expanded her lead over Republican opponent Jack Ciattarelli in the New Jersey gubernatorial race after last week’s contentious debate. Quinnipiac University on Wednesday found 50 percent of likely voters support Sherrill compared with 44 percent who favor Ciattarelli. One percent of respondents each said they back...
