The Murdoch family has agreed to settle a yearslong dispute over the family's trust and control of the sprawling media empire it owns, the two sides announced on Monday. The deal will hand control of Fox and News Corp. to Lachlan Murdoch, effectively protecting its conservative viewpoint for decades to come. Prue, Liz and James Murdoch...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Congress looks to de-escalate shutdown standoff Congressional leaders are trying to de-escalate a standoff over the Sept. 30 government funding deadline, with both sides signaling they’d be open to a “clean” continuing resolution that would not...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is taking steps to address crime even as he emerges as a vocal critic of President Trump’s law-and-order crackdown, demonstrating how pressing the issue is for his party heading into 2028. Newsom criticized Trump’s decision to send the National Guard into Los Angeles earlier this year amid protests against Immigration...
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) has been named the top Democrat on the new select subcommittee to investigate the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, according to a Monday statement from House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.). “I am pleased to appoint Congressman Eric Swalwell to serve as Ranking Member,” Jeffries said in the statement. “As the...
Traffic fatalities decreased by nearly 13% in the first half of the year, with ten states and the District of Columbia seeing decreases of more than 20%.
The large-scale Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid at the Hyundai manufacturing plant in Georgia on Thursday has been touted by members of the Trump administration as the most ambitious enforcement action yet of President Trump’s tenure. But the raid — which saw hundreds of mostly South Korean citizens detained — has placed a strain...
President Trump's push to make the United States the global leader in A.I. is facing opposition from the Effective Altruist movement led by a former Biden official.
The House of Representatives is prepared to consider its annual defense policy bill this year, and several progressives have introduced protest amendments.