The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is considering making 31 million acres of public lands across the western U.S. available for potential solar energy development, according to a proposal published on Thursday. The Western Solar Plan, which would significantly revise existing 2012 guidelines, would seek to bring such projects to 11 states — bringing development...

Vice President Harris’s campaign said it is still in discussions with ABC on whether to mute mics for the Sept. 10 debate, adding that the mics are the only sticking point over the rules. An email from debate host ABC to campaign officials with the rules and format, obtained by The Hill, said microphones would...

Approval ratings for organized labor bounced back to near record highs after dipping slightly last summer during a number of high-profile strikes and work stoppages. Labor union approval rose to 70 percent in August from 67 percent in August 2023, according to the annual union survey conducted by polling agency Gallup published Wednesday.  In 2022,...

Most Americans say they want the U.S. to continue supporting Israel in its war against Hamas until the remaining hostages in Gaza are released, according to survey results from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. The public opinion survey, published Thursday, shows 60 percent of respondents favor the U.S. “supporting Israel militarily until the hostages...

Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R), who's running for his state's Senate seat, said Thursday that if elected he would not always go along with his party, comparing himself to ex-Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.). CNBC’s Becky Quick asked Hogan if he saw himself “playing that same sort of a role,...

Jeffrey Clark is pointing to his removal from former President Trump’s latest indictment in the federal Jan. 6 case in a bid to keep his law license after a disciplinary board recommended it be suspended. A superseding indictment filed by special counsel Jack Smith on Monday stripped references to Clark, a former Justice Department attorney...

Two congressional Republicans asked the Pentagon on Wednesday to add the world’s biggest manufacturers of electric vehicle (EV) batteries to a list of entities subject to restrictions because of ties to the Chinese government. In the letter, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Chair John Moolenaar (R-Mich.) called...

Since the pandemic, schools have become political battlegrounds, but there is one issue we can all agree on: chronic absenteeism.

The Vermont Department of Health released a suggestion for using "inclusive language" when speaking with students, suggesting not using terms "son" and "daughter."

Vice President Kamala Harris previously said she was "open" to court-packing, and her campaign isn't walking back her support for the idea.