Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Californians divided over billionaire tax A recent poll shows Californians are split on the one-time tax that would charge the state’s 200 billionaires with a 5 percent tax on their net worth, a measure set to...
Vaccination coverage for measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) among kindergarteners in the U.S. remains below the ideal rate needed to best prevent widespread outbreaks, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with the number of exemptions going up. The CDC on Monday released the latest figures on vaccine...
One-third of Americans approve of President Trump’s job performance, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos survey. The poll, conducted from Friday through Monday, found that 33 percent of 1,166 respondents approved of the job Trump is doing, while 64 percent disapproved. The poll had a margin of error of 3 percentage points. The president’s approval rating,...
An Iraqi plan to develop a pipeline that would export oil through Syria and avoid future disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz is expected to take four years to reconstruct, likely costing at least $15 billion, Reuters reported Monday, citing two sources with knowledge of the project. Those sources told Reuters the plan would take...
Progressive House lawmakers and far-left Democratic candidates are traveling to Uruguay this week to challenge President Trump’s "Donroe Doctrine" in Latin America. The lawmakers are participating in the PanAmerican Congress in Montevideo, Uruguay, which is set to take place Aug 21-23, The Hill has learned. “We need to build a durable and lasting coalition of...
Former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) on Sunday laid out his view of the contrast between Republicans and Democrats, with less than three months before the midterms. In a post on social platform X, Gingrich wrote the GOP has “an opportunity to win a historic victory this fall” but only if it can “define what the...
A federal appeals court panel on Monday upheld an order that disqualified Sigal Chattah from the top federal prosecutorial job in Nevada, ruling that the Justice Department’s effort to sidestep Senate confirmation is unlawful. A three-judge panel for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed in a 36-page opinion that Chattah cannot continue to...
The House Ethics Committee said Monday that it is investigating allegations of sexual misconduct against Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.). The panel said in a statement that it is “reviewing allegations” that Gomez “may have engaged in sexual misconduct in violation of the Code of Official Conduct or any other applicable standard of conduct, including engaging...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) asked the Supreme Court on Monday to hear its challenge to Texas’s law requiring public school classrooms to post the Ten Commandments. Representing a group of parents from various faiths, the civil liberties organization says the law violates the First Amendment's religious protections. “As a rabbi and parent, forcing a...