The Biden administration’s pause on natural gas exports is putting the president in a tricky political spot in Pennsylvania, one of the key swing states in November. Pennsylvania has been one of the biggest beneficiaries of the last decade’s natural gas boom in the U.S. The state’s production hit 7.5 trillion cubic feet in 2022, the...

Jewish Democrats are admonishing Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) this week after the Republican leader suggested George Soros is behind the pro-Palestinian protests roiling colleges campuses across the country. The Democrats — many of them highly critical of the anti-Israel demonstrations, which they say cross a line into antisemitism — are accusing Johnson of that same...

Democratic lawmakers are sounding the alarm over what they see as conservative justices and judges tipping the scales in favor of former President Trump in two federal cases. The two cases accuse the former president of attempting to subvert the 2020 election and obstructing justice related to his handling of classified documents. Some Democratic senators...

House Republicans and Democrats have released two dueling visions for the farm bill, the massive $1.5 trillion omnibus that underpins the U.S. food system. The contrasting proposals show the fault lines between the two parties' visions for American agriculture as it is beset by rising supply costs and climate change. But despite these divisions, there...

Inflation in several battleground states in the 2024 election is below the national average — in some cases by more than a full percentage point — as food prices retreat even while housing costs stay hot, according to an analysis of regional Labor Department data by The Hill. Recent polling shows that the economy and...

Young Democratic voters are sounding the alarm and warning President Biden that his reelection bid could be in jeopardy if he doesn't change course on the issues that matter most to them, including the war in Gaza. While they have soured on Biden on a range of issues from cost of living to climate issues, the...

The Biden administration on Friday morning announced a rule that will allow certain Dreamers to access the ObamaCare marketplace. Under the rule, active recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) will be eligible to enroll in a qualified health plan or a basic health plan under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and some forms...

President Biden will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 individuals on Friday at a White House ceremony, including stalwarts of Democratic politics like former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), former Vice President Al Gore (D) and Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.). The White House announced the recipients for the medal, which is the nation's highest...

The Senate Finance Committee on Friday introduced bipartisan legislation aimed at preventing and reducing generic drug shortages by leveraging Medicare and Medicaid programs. The draft legislation proposes the creation of a "Medicare Drug Shortage Prevention and Mitigation Program" that would encourage improved contracting and purchasing practices in the drug supply chain. The program would begin...

President Biden, while condemning anti-Israel violence at college campuses across the country, brought up Islamophobia despite the worst antisemitism outbreak in decades.