Alabama Republicans tasked by the U.S. Supreme Court with redrawing the state’s congressional map are so far rejecting the court’s order to create a second majority-Black district in the state. While Alabama’s population is 27 percent Black, only one out of the state’s seven districts is majority-Black. In a 5-4 decision in June, the...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Teamsters send warning to White House over possible strike Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien said the union has “been very clear with the White House”...
Millions of emails meant for U.S. military personnel were inadvertently sent to email accounts in Mali over the past 10 years due to typos caused by how similar Pentagon email addresses are to the domain for the African country, according to multiple reports. The misdirected emails included sensitive information such as diplomatic documents, medical data, maps...
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is keeping his Democratic colleagues guessing about whether he will run for another Senate term or challenge President Biden as a third-party candidate, which Democrats fear would tip the 2024 presidential race to Donald Trump or another Republican and create a tougher road to keeping their Senate majority. He stirred new...
Ford Motor Co. has cut the prices on its line of electric vehicle (EV) pickup trucks in an effort to challenge EV market leader Tesla. CNBC reported on Monday that the Detroit-based automaker said the reasoning behind the price reduction is to boost production of the vehicles, noting they saw improvements when the company achieved...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Upcoming travel of Taiwanese official through the US raises tensions with China Taiwan’s vice president will transit through the U.S. next month, travel likely to draw intense pushback from China and further strain relations with Washington. ...
Switching from hydropower to fossil fuels during periods of drought has cost Western U.S. states about $20 billion over the past two decades, according to new findings from Stanford University scientists. When reservoir levels and river flows succumb to dry heat, hydropower plants can no longer operate — meaning that utilities must kindle facilities that burn...
Rev. Love Holt, a mother of five, was rushed to the hospital for severe blood loss on January 20. Just before, her mother had found her sitting in her car, halfway unconscious with blood dripping down her legs. As she sat in a wheelchair in the Missouri hospital, all Holt could think of was avoiding...