The water temperature at the tip of Florida exceeded 100 degrees Fahrenheit for two days in a row, officials said, reaching hot tub levels. According to National Weather Service meteorologist George Rizzuto, a buoy at Manatee Bay hit 101.1 degrees Fahrenheit on Monday night. The same bouy had a reading of 100.2 degrees Farenheit on...
Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned of "problematic behavior," from China during his visit the Polynesian island of Tonga on Wednesday. "What I think one of the things that we've seen is that as China's engagement in the region has grown, there has been some, from our perspective, increasingly problematic behavior," Blinken said, pointing to...
In the wake of George Floyd’s murder, pundits and prognosticators seemed certain America was in store for a racial reckoning, that the next wave of civil rights legislation would be passed and that white Americans’ thinking would be transformed. Of course, the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act passed the then-Democratic-controlled House twice, only...
Editor’s note: The Hill’s Morning Report is our daily newsletter that dives deep into Washington’s agenda. To subscribe, click here or fill out the box below. House Republicans will meet today for a final time ahead of their August recess amid high tensions over how deeply to cut spending and the question of presidential impeachment. The conference is weighing whether...
An Ohio ballot measure in November that would enshrine abortion access in the state constitution stands to be a bellwether on the issue ahead of next year’s elections. Groups on both sides of the issue say the vote in November could provide more insight into how salient the battle over abortion access remains more than a year...
The court battle over Medicare’s drug price negotiation program continues to heat up ahead of a key date for deciding which drugs will be included. As of last week, there are now five organizations — three pharmaceutical companies and two trade groups — suing the federal government over the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program established...
Dr. LaShawn McIver joined AHIP as chief health equity officer. Dr. McIver was previously the director of the Office of Minority Health at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Before that, she was the senior vice president of government affairs at the American Diabetes Association, where her advocacy work focused on health disparities...
The House may be moving closer to impeaching President Biden, but some top Senate Republicans are wary of beginning a third presidential impeachment in four years.
Massachusetts House Speaker Ronald J. Mariano postponed debate on the controversial gun control bill until the fall, following disagreements with the Senate on how to move forward.