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Trump beats Biden by 6 points in 2024 matchup: poll

Former President Trump leads President Biden by six points in a 2024 presidential race hypothetical matchup in a new survey shared Friday with The Hill from Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll. The poll found that 45 percent of respondents said they would vote for Trump if the 2024 election were held today between the former president and...

American Medical Association says use of BMI metric on its own has done ‘historical harm’

The American Medical Association (AMA) said the use of the body mass index (BMI) metric on its own as done “historical harm” as an "imperfect measure" of bodily health. The AMA said in a post on its website this week that BMI has been widely used as it is easy to measure and inexpensive while...

RFK Jr. holds 15 percent support in Democratic primary: poll

Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. holds a double-digit approval and favorability rating in the Democratic primary in a new poll, the latest sign that President Biden does not have the 2024 race entirely to himself. In a new Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll shared with The Hill on Friday, Kennedy received 15 percent of support among...

Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers leaker, dies at 92

Daniel Ellsberg, one of the most prominent whistleblowers in history, having leaked the Pentagon Papers revealing that the U.S. government was misleading the public about the status of the Vietnam War, died Friday at age 92. Ellsberg had been diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer in February. His son, Robert, announced his father’s death on Twitter,...

Biomedical research improves access to Alzheimer’s treatments 

In past years, the failure rate of Alzheimer’s drugs has been alarmingly high. In fact, as recently as 2020, 99 percent of investigational drug products failed and never made it to market. Not only is Alzheimer’s an expensive disease, but its symptoms are also devastating for patients and families. The United States is on the...

Maine lobstermen catch big court victory against Biden administration’s ‘egregious’ regulations

The Maine Lobstermen's Association won its case against the Biden administration over regulations that threatened to put its memberrs out of business.

Hunter Biden deposed in Arkansas child support case over 4-year-old daughter

Hunter Biden showed up at a Little Rock, Arkansas, court Friday morning, attending a deposition about his paternity and child support battle with ex-stripper Lunden Roberts.

Amid fentanyl crisis, Biden says Mexican president is asking US to stop sending guns

President Biden on Friday said that Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has urged him to stop the U.S. from sending guns into Mexico amid talks about fentanyl.

‘Oh s—t’: Texas troopers make shocking discoveries in illegal immigrant’s pickup truck

Texas troopers found multiple people, along with a gun and cocaine, in a pickup truck they pulled over on US-90 in Texas this week -- with migrants stuffed in the bed.

Trump’s GOP opponents test out different responses to his indictment as they jockey for position behind him

Republican contenders looking to take the White House have stumbled in their response to former President Trump's arrest and indictment of 37 federal counts.

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