Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Thursday selected Rep. Rick Crawford (R-Ark.) to chair the House Intelligence Committee, elevating the veteran panel member to the role after he removed Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) from the top job. The shift was a surprise on Capitol Hill, where Turner’s ouster sparked an outcry from Democrats and some Republicans...
The House of Representatives adopted rules for the 119th Congress that included changes to its standing procedures and the introduction of 12 policy-related bills, while Democrats proposed two priority bills to expand Medicare's drug price negotiation program and make the enhanced child tax credit permanent.
The Danish prime minister told President-elect Trump that Greenland will decide its future in a call Wednesday, according to a press release. The release from Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, translated from Danish through Google Translate, states that Frederiksen said in her call to the president-elect that Greenland’s independence is its own choice. Frederiksen also...
Former Vice President Mike Pence arrived in Taiwan on Thursday, two sources familiar with the trip told The Hill. Pence plans to meet with both Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te and Vice President Bi-khim Hsiao, who Pence has known from her time as Taiwan’s representative to the U.S. He began his day, Friday in Taiwan, meeting...
Attorneys for Rudy Giuliani and two former Georgia election workers said Thursday they have reached a tentative settlement, a remarkable twist that would end the workers’ extensive litigation to collect their $146 million defamation judgment. Giuliani was previously ordered to hand over most of his assets, but he was set to begin trial Thursday morning...
Zyn products will be allowed to stay on the market after federal health officials Thursday said the popular nicotine pouches can help adult smokers cut back or switch completely. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized 10 Zyn flavors in two different nicotine strengths each, including cinnamon, coffee, citrus, menthol and peppermint. This is the...
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Thursday called for a looming TikTok ban to be delayed to give the social media company more time to find an American buyer. "We aren’t against TikTok. We want TikTok to keep going. But we are against a Chinese company that is in cahoots with the Chinese Communist...
Wildfires in Los Angeles are being driven by climate change, not political mismanagement, and California's leaders have taken meaningful steps to address the issue, but the sheer scale of the challenge is outpacing efforts.
Republican Rep. Stephanie Bice introduced a joint resolution against the Biden administration's new climate standards for walk-in coolers and freezers.
Secretary of interior nominee Doug Burgum was questioned by members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee during his confirmation hearing Thursday.