The White House on Monday blasted comments made by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about COVID-19 as "vile" amid broader condemnation of the Democratic presidential candidate's claim that the virus was manipulated to target white and Black people. The firestorm began after The New York Post reported Kennedy Jr.'s comments, in which he said during an...
Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Pipeline backer asks Supreme Court to overturn ruling halting construction The company behind the Mountain Valley Pipeline asked the Supreme Court to intervene after a U.S. circuit court ordered a halt to construction on a segment....
The U.S. military will send a Navy destroyer and F-16 and F-35 fighter jets to the Gulf region after “a number of recent alarming events in the Strait of Hormuz” caused by Iran, a Pentagon spokesperson confirmed Monday. “In response to a number of recent alarming events in the Strait of Hormuz, [Defense Secretary Lloyd...
Iowa's new abortion ban was temporarily blocked from taking effect on Monday, restoring access to abortion in the state while the lawsuit moves forward. Polk County District Court Judge Joseph Seidlin ruled that a lawsuit by abortion providers is likely to succeed, and the temporary injunction will remain in place for the duration of the...
Alzheimer's disease is most prevalent in the east and southeast, according to new research published Monday that seeks to map out the disease on a state and county level. The prevalence of Alzeheimer's in those regions is closely tied to demographics and age. Researchers are hoping that a better understanding of the geographic breakdown of...
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) compared Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to a house slave character in the film “Django Unchained” in an interview last week. Speaking with the Michigan Chronicle, Ellison, who previously served in Congress, argued that there should be term limits for Supreme Court justices and urged Congress to impose ethical...
White House national security spokesman John Kirby on Monday passionately defended the Pentagon’s policy of paid leave and travel reimbursement for abortions, calling it the right thing to do for Americans who volunteer to serve in the U.S. military. “You go where you’re told, that’s the way orders work,” Kirby told reporters. “What happens if...
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Monday called on Democrats to “do something” about antisemitic remarks being made by members of their caucus, after Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) stirred up a firestorm for calling Israel a “racist state,” a comment she later walked back. Asked about Jayapal’s comments — which were made during a progressive conference...
White House advisor John Kirby defended abortion funding for service members and their families, pounding the podium as he called it a "foundational, sacred obligation."