Letters containing suspicious white powder have been sent to lawmakers and other public officials across Kansas, officials announced Friday.

Former President Donald Trump's onetime personal lawyer and the key witness against him in his New York state criminal prosecution lost his bid Friday for early release from probation following a three-year prison sentence after federal prosecutors said he's lying again.

Ongoing curiosity about whether President Joe Biden accepted a bribe as vice president reached a peak last week when sources leaked details to the media about an FBI document describing the alleged scheme.

Health care providers in North Carolina filed a lawsuit against the state challenging the constitutionality of various provisions of its abortion ban. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) brought the lawsuit on behalf of Planned Parenthood South Atlantic and physician Beverly Gray. The suit challenges the legitimacy of North Carolina’s Senate Bill 20, which bans...

Welcome to The Hill's Health Care newsletter {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Biden makes his pick for new CDC director President Biden announced Mandy Cohen as his pick to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after current director Rochelle Walensky steps down later this month. © AP While Cohen...

A Florida man was sentenced to nearly five years in prison on Friday for attacking a police officer during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. According to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, 27-year-old Mason Joel Courson from Tamarac, Florida was sentenced to 57 months’ imprisonment after he pleaded...

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy PRESENTED BY The Big Story Republicans offer their own student loans plans ahead of SCOTUS decision Senate Republicans are rolling out plans aimed at addressing college costs as borrowers nationwide brace for the Supreme Court’s upcoming decision on the...

Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Wildfire smoke set to return this weekend as Canadian fires rage Although the heavy layer of smoke that blanketed the East Coast last week has lifted, wildfires that fueled it burn on, risking a potential resurgence...

U.S. pharmaceutical company Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) on Friday became the latest organization to file a legal challenge against the the Medicare drug price negotiation program established by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). This suit echoes the complaints filed by Merck & Co. and the Chamber of Commerce, alleging the IRA provision that gives Medicare...

Earlier this week the Federal Trade Commission announced that $3.3 million will go to tens of thousands of victims of a student loan debt relief scheme.