The Supreme Court this week closed the chapter on one of President Donald Trump's boldest efforts to reshape November's elections -- a plan that would have demanded a dramatic overhaul of the nation's mail voting processes on what most election officials agreed was an impossibly short timeline.
The Kennedy Center's board voted Tuesday to immediately shut down for a two-year refurbishment, saying the building is collapsing and has become a danger.
The loved ones of the 67 people who died last year when an airliner and Army helicopter collided over Washington, D.C., urged Congress and regulators Tuesday to do more now to prevent other families from being left clutching belongings and memories instead of their spouses and children.
The Trump administration’s crackdown on Medicare and Medicaid fraud is generating headlines. But another massive Medicaid fraud story has been hiding in plain sight: politically connected blue-state union bosses “skimming” dues from Medicaid payments intended for home care providers. The administration has already correctly identified the problem, now it just needs to use the tools […]
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Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare The Big Story Democrats grill top Kennedy ally nominated to be HHS no. 2 The nominee to be the No. 2 official at the Department of Health and Human Services faced pointed questions from Senate Democrats during his confirmation hearing Tuesday in front...
Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers (R) will skip Tuesday night’s debate with opponent Abdul El-Sayed (D), citing the moderator’s alleged “favoritism” toward the Democrat. Alyssa Brouillet, the Rogers campaign’s communications director, said in a statement that Michiganders “deserve to see their candidates engage in a healthy, fair debate — not one compromised by media bias.” ...
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), who has been known to buck his party, went to a retreat featuring key figures at Fox News in Montana, according to a new report. According to a Tuesday report from the Washington Examiner, the Pennsylvania senator went to a retreat alongside Fox News executives in Montana two months ago, being...
The Senate voted Tuesday to advance the Protect College Sport Act, which would create national rules for compensating college athletes, limit transfers and mid-season coaching moves and set a five-year window for athletic eligibility, among other reforms. It would protect the NCAA, college athletics’ governing body, from anti-trust lawsuits, establish caps on revenue sharing and...
A pair of centrist Democrats crossed the aisle on Tuesday to help GOP leaders advance a number of bills, marking the second time this month that Democratic leaders have failed to unite their caucus against the Republicans’ messaging agenda. The defections frustrated their fellow Democrats and are sure to raise new questions about how leaders...