Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign clapped back at conservative commentator Ann Coulter after she described Ramaswamy’s back-and-forth with fellow GOP hopeful Nikki Haley at Wednesday’s debate as “Hindu business.” “Ann can tweet whatever she wants to,” Tricia McLaughlin, Ramaswamy’s communications director, said in a statement to The Hill. “Vivek has traveled this country and...

Nearly 13 million people watched the first Republican primary debate on Fox News on Wednesday night, well below the 20 million that tuned into Fox to watch the first GOP primary debate in 2015 — when Donald Trump debuted on the stage. That 2015 debate was like nothing that had been previously seen on a...

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Kaiser Permanente frontline workers to vote on strike More than 85,000 health care workers announced Thursday that they would vote on whether to authorize a strike in the coming weeks. © AP Photo/Jeff Chiu Voting starts...

Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Ramaswamy leans into ‘hoax’ climate talk at debate The outsider Republican presidential candidate dismissed climate as an issue during the party's first debate this week. © Greg Nash GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy leaned into dismissal of the...

Wild monkeys have been spotted in Orange City, Fla., sparking warnings from local officials to stay away from the on-the-loose primates. Orange City police warned residents not to feed a wild rhesus monkey seen in the town, about 30 miles north of Orlando. The monkeys can cause outbreaks of E. coli and herpes and devastate...

{beacon} Evening Report Thursday, August 24   © AP Trump set to surrender at Georgia jail Former President Trump is heading to Georgia this evening to turn himself in on charges related to the 2020 election and allegations that he tried to overturn President Biden's win in the state. Trump said in a...

Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Google's new transparency rules A day before the European Union's Digital Services Act (DSA) goes into effect, Google unveiled new transparency measures. © Associated Press/Thibault Camus Laurie Richardson, Google’s vice president of trust and safety, said in a company blog post Thursday that...

In a Washington Post, Ipsos and FiveThirtyEight poll of potential Republican voters who watched Wednesday’s GOP debate, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy came out on top. The poll showed 29 and 26 percent of the potential voters thought DeSantis and Ramaswamy "performed best," respectively. Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley lagged behind...

Did the debt-ceiling deal passed in May reflect a new congressional focus on spending restraint? Or was it a fluke win by House conservatives that will unravel as Congress addresses spending this fall? One test will be the upcoming farm bill, which will reauthorize both farm subsidies and food stamps. Without reforms, the bill will...

Former President Trump touted an interview with pundit Tucker Carlson posted on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, as the first Republican primary debate was airing Wednesday night on Fox News. "231,000,000 Views, and still counting. The Biggest Video on Social Media, EVER, more than double the Super Bowl," Trump wrote Thursday afternoon about...