Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) said deciding to support the Laken Riley Act came down to basic common sense. The Republican House, which has the slimmest of majorities, passed the legislation as its first bill of the new Congress. The Laken Riley Act is an immigration policy measure named for the 22-year-old Georgia nursing school student […]
Just a few years ago, I was working as a software engineer at Facebook on its now-infamous “fact-checking” team. At the time and in the years since, I have pointed out the obvious: While the idea of fact-checking is a good one, since more information is always better than less information, social media platforms handing […]
It is a fair bet to guess that many people taking drugs such as Ozempic are just tired of being fat. The hitch with Ozempic, however, is that is precisely its common purpose. Specifically, the drug treats blood sugar in Type 2 diabetics. However, take a look at any public discussion around it, and the […]
Donald Trump is not yet the sitting president of the United States, but people across the planet would hardly realize that based solely on international news. Since winning a second term in the White House, Trump has hosted world leaders from Italy to Argentina, as well as billionaires Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos, as global […]
Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Musk emerges as Trump foreign policy wild card Elon Musk has increasingly waded into foreign politics from the perch of his social platform X — a development that experts say likely raises questions for U.S. allies about his role in foreign policy in...
President-elect Trump is heading to Capitol Hill Wednesday evening to meet with Senate Republicans and visit the Rotunda, where the late former President Carter is lying in state. With his inauguration just weeks away, Trump will discuss his legislative priorities in closed-door meetings with GOP allies. Earlier this week, the incoming president expressed his support...
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), the new Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee chair, did not immediately endorse Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Trump’s pick to be Health and Human Services secretary, after meeting with him Wednesday. Cassidy wrote on the social media site X that he and Kennedy had a “frank conversation” and...
Shareholders of UnitedHealth Group (UHG) are calling on the company's board of directors to release a report on how its policy of limiting or delaying access to health care may be impacting the company's brand and the economy overall. The proposal by shareholders asked that the UHG board of directors produce a report looking into...