Civil rights attorney Ben Crump lambasted Florida police Friday for the decision that led to the fatal shooting of a 23-year-old Black airman in his own home. Crump’s criticism followed the release of body camera footage that shows an Okaloosa County Sheriff's deputy shooting Roger Fortson six times within seconds of Fortson opening his apartment door. “There...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Congress takes sides in Kendrick-Drake beef Members of Congress are busy people. They craft laws, represent their constituents and even voted this week on whether to vote to oust the House speaker. But in their spare time,...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Friday announced a $44.9 billion deficit in his revised proposal for the 2024-25 state budget, while proposing a series of cuts to close the spending gap. The shortfall includes $27.6 billion detailed in his proposal, plus $17.3 billion in cuts that the state Legislature proactively instituted a few weeks...
Former President Trump came face-to-face with a porn star, one of his White House aides and several of his employees in the third week of testimony at the former president’s criminal trial. Prosecutors have so far called 19 different witnesses to the stand, and they’ve indicated the end of their case in chief is fast...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) reflected on the response to her effort to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) earlier this week, recalling “deafening” boos. “It was deafening,” Greene said on former White House aide Steve Bannon’s “War Room” show Friday. “Imagine walking into an arena where everyone hates you in that moment.” The Georgia Republican...
Texas Democrat Senate candidate Colin Allred handed out cards at a campaign event for illegal immigrants with instructions on how to avoid immigration officers.