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Meta threatens to pull news content over legislation

Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Meta threatens to pull news content over legislation Meta is ramping up its threats to pull news stories in the face of proposals that would require the tech giant to pay news outlets to distribute their content. © AP Photo/Tony Avelar In...

What’s really going on at the United States-Mexico Border?

Like many people in our country, I watch the differing coverage of the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border and want to make sense of it all. And, if you’re like me (and more than 80 percent of Americans), you know that our current border situation is intrinsically connected to the need to update our immigration system....

Defense leaders ban drag shows on bases

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Drag shows on military bases banned after GOP pressure A day before the Pentagon celebrated the June 1 start of Pride Month, top defense leaders were quietly enforcing a military-wide drag ban. © AP The move...

US life expectancy growth falling behind dozens of countries: report

The United States has increasingly fallen behind in its average life expectancy over the past few decades, according to a new report.  The study published in the American Journal of Public Health on Thursday found that a disadvantage in U.S. life expectancy began in the 1950s and has worsened especially during the past four decades...

Debt ceiling deal gives Republicans energy win

Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Debt deal gives GOP a win on energy. Is there still room for a bipartisan agreement? Republicans secured long-sought energy permitting overhauls in the deal to raise the federal debt ceiling, while Democrats relinquished an electrical transmission...

Non-binary ex-Biden official Sam Brinton out on bail in alleged airport luggage heist

Former Biden admin official Sam Brinton was released from jail on Thursday after posting bond in Virginia following her extradition out of Maryland.

Connecticut to completely ban marriage licenses for minors

A bill setting Connecticut's marriage age at 18 without exceptions has passed the Legislature, with Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont expected to sign it into law.

NH senior, self-proclaimed ‘veteran sniper,’ jailed for death threats to unidentified senator

Brian Landry, 66, of Franklin, New Hampshire, has been charged with threatening to kill an unidentified U.S. senator via voicemail on May 17.

Newtown, CT school board votes to keep 2 books on shelves, despite explicit content

The Newtown, Connecticut Board of Education has voted against a prospective ban on "Blankets" and "Flamer," two books subject to numerous complaints over their sexual themes.

White House refuses to answer question on Hunter Biden’s Second Amendment defense plan: ‘I’m just not’

Karine Jean-Pierre refused to answer a question related to Hunter Biden's prior drug use and plans to to use the Second Amendment as a defense should he be charged with a gun crime.

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