California will soon be able to penalize oil companies that engage in “price gouging” behaviors, after Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a first-of-its-kind bill into law on Tuesday evening. “We proved that we could actually beat Big Oil,” the governor said at a press conference before signing the legislation. “There’s a new sheriff in town in California,...
Former Vice President Pence said he has “nothing to hide” after a federal judge reportedly ruled that he must testify in front of the federal grand jury investigating former President Trump’s actions on the day of the Jan. 6 insurrection. “Let me be clear, I have nothing to hide,” Pence said in an interview with...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story McCarthy lays out areas of negotiation for debt talks The House GOP Speaker raised several possible areas Republicans could back in debt limit talks with the White House, as the party seeks to dial up the...
Welcome to The Hill's Health Care newsletter {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story US vulnerable to another infant formula shortage House lawmakers on Tuesday heard from former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials on potential measures that could prevent future shortages, with one witness warning that a single crisis could spur another....
Former Vice President Pence said he would not mind lawmakers having access to the classified documents that were found at his Indiana home earlier this year, as a bipartisan group of senators have lobbied federal investigators to let them review the material. “I would have no objection whatsoever to (Sen. Mark Warner) seeing the documents,”...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to President Biden after the latter expressed concern of a proposed judicial overhaul that opponents say could threaten the independence of Israel’s courts system. Netanyahu tweeted Tuesday that he has known Biden for 40 years and appreciates his “longstanding commitment” to Israel. But he said Israel’s government will not...
Election administrators called on lawmakers Tuesday to increase federal support ahead of 2024 elections as threats and violence against election workers increase. One in six election officials have experienced some kind of threat, said Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), chair of the Senate Rules Committee, citing a 2022 poll conducted by the Brennan Center for Justice. ...
The recent attempts to erase and further criminalize lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) people in Uganda casts a shadow over all democracies, but especially those who have aggressively sought to silence the LGBTI community. A key tenet of democracy is representation for all citizens. If a country wishes to be recognized as a...
President Biden on Tuesday called on Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and House Republicans to release a budget proposal before lawmakers leave for Easter recess at the end of the week, reiterating that he would meet with McCarthy once his conference has done so. “My hope is that House Republicans can present the American public with...