The coronavirus spread from deer to humans at least a few times based on an analysis of samples taken from the animal, according to a new study. The analysis published Monday in the scientific journal Nature revealed that researchers found three possible cases of mutated variants of the virus from deer spreading to humans. Those...
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) sparked uproar Tuesday after refusing to denounce white nationalists in a CNN interview, forcing Republican senators to respond to the controversial comments and giving Democrats political ammo to go on the attack. Asked about Tuberville’s comments about white nationalism in the military, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) issued a forceful...
Welcome to The Hill's Health Care newsletter {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Iowa set to pass six-week abortion ban in special session Iowa lawmakers convened a special session Tuesday to pass a law banning abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy, weeks after the state Supreme Court deadlocked on whether the...
The House Oversight and Accountability Committee will receive a briefing from the Secret Service on the cocaine found in the White House in early July. Austin Hacker, deputy communications director for Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), confirmed the Secret Service will brief the committee Thursday morning. Comer, committee chairman, sent a letter to Secret Service Director...
The D.C. Council has passed an emergency crime bill that gives judges more leniency to prosecute certain offenses amid a sharp rise in crime in the city.
A partisan budget dispute over funding for state universities could lead to tuition hikes for students in some of Pennsylvania's top learning institutions.
The National Association for Gun Rights issued a "travel advisory" for the state of Massachusetts after a Democrat state representative filed a bill aiming to increase restrictions on firearms.
Several lawmakers blasted a 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling this week for blocking construction of a natural gas pipeline approved under the recent debt ceiling package.