Suffering vast and unanticipated losses in his Ukraine war effort, Russian President Vladimir Putin last year ordered a mobilization draft of 300,000 conscripts. Another draft had been anticipated for this year. Speaking on Tuesday, however, Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian media that "there is no talk of a second wave of mobilization in the Kremlin."
How did President Joe Biden put it exactly? He said something like, “Don't tell me what you value. Show me your budget, and I'll tell you what you value.”
For the crime of daring to raise interest rates while inflation hits 40-year highs, Jerome Powell has been branded a "dangerous man" and a failure by Elizabeth Warren.
The Kansas City, Mo., man who shot Ralph Yarl pleaded not guilty to felony charges on Wednesday, court records show. Andrew Lester, an 84-year-old white homeowner, shot Yarl, a 16-year-old Black teenager, after he accidentally went to the wrong house when picking up his younger brothers last week. Lester, who was charged with first-degree assault...
The company that makes a generic version of the common abortion pill mifepristone sued the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday in an effort to preserve access to the drug amid the chaotic fight across multiple federal courts. GenBioPro said it wants to preemptively block FDA from any action that would disrupt access to...
A now-former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) employee sent the personal information of over 250,000 individuals to their personal email account, the agency said, calling the privacy breach “completely unacceptable.” The data sent by the employee, who was cleared to access the information in their day-to-day duties, included two spreadsheets with transaction-specific account numbers for...
{beacon} Evening Report Wednesday, April 19, 2023 Annabelle Gordon, The Hill GOP releases debt limit bill House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Wednesday unveiled a debt limit bill from Republicans, proposing to either raise the debt limit by $1.5 trillion or until the end of March 2024, whichever comes first. The bill —...
The House voted on Wednesday to block Washington, D.C.’s police accountability bill from taking effect, the second time this year that the chamber moved to thwart legislation in the capital city. The chamber cleared the disapproval resolution in a 229-189 vote. The disapproval resolution now heads to the Senate, where its prospects remain unknown. But...
Political strategist and commentator Van Jones says Ron DeSantis "is not prepared" for his looming GOP White House primary fight against former President Trump, advising the Florida governor, who has not yet declared his candidacy, to go low. A pro-DeSantis group aired its first TV ad earlier this week, bashing Trump for targeting DeSantis on...
The attorneys representing former Washington Commanders employees have asked the NFL to bar outgoing Commanders majority owner Dan Snyder from suing his accusers who have participated in multiple investigations surrounding the franchise. In a letter obtained by The Hill, attorneys Lisa Banks and Debra Katz wrote to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell expressing their excitement about...