More than one in four Republicans now say that they approve of Trump supporters taking over the Capitol during the Jan. 6 attacks, a new poll found. A Economist/YouGov poll published on Wednesday found that 27 percent of Republicans strongly or somewhat approve of the rioters' attempts on Jan. 6, 2021 to stop Congressional proceedings....
In 2021, life expectancy in the United States sadly dropped to its lowest levels in two decades, largely driven by the spread of illicit, opioid drugs, which killed more than 80,000 Americans (and more than 1,700 Georgians) last year. That same year, federal authorities seized more than 20 million fake prescription pills. Laboratory tests concluded that more than half of these pills —...
U.S. Border Patrol chief Raúl Ortiz said Wednesday the agency does not have complete operational control of the southern border, a comment that was quickly seized upon by lawmakers at a Texas-based committee hearing attended only by Republicans. The question was posed by House Homeland Security Chair Mark Green (R-Tenn.) holding up a definition of...
Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) will return to Washington, D.C., later this month after he sustained several injuries falling from a 25-foot ladder in January. “I’m happy to report my doctor has cleared me to fly. I am looking forward to returning to D.C. later this month!” he wrote on Twitter on Wednesday. Steube fell 25...
A number of regional banks continued to see steep declines in their share prices on Wednesday in the wake of the abrupt failure of Silicon Valley Bank late last week that rattled investors and undercut confidence in the U.S. banking system. San Francisco-based First Republic Bank, which has been closely watched since the Santa Clara-based...
The alacritous rescue of depositors at Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank by the federal government over the weekend is getting a cynical and frustrated response from taxpayers. Many of the people who The Hill spoke to for this article are nervous that the financial system could be crashing around them again – and...
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), the ranking member on the Senate Homeland Security panel, abruptly walked out of a committee markup Wednesday morning after clashing with the panel’s chairman Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) over amendments. Paul vented his frustration over Peters’ use of procedural tactics to effectively shield Democrats on the committee from voting on...