New York police arrested dozens of climate activists dressed as orcas on Tuesday morning in front of the Citigroup headquarters as they protested the bank's ongoing investment in fossil fuel expansion, according to group Climate Defenders. “Arrests continue at [Citibank] because wanting corporations to put planet over profit is a crime,” activists wrote Tuesday morning on the social platform X....
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) has agreed to appear before the House Judiciary Committee on July 12, the day after former President Trump's sentencing following his conviction in New York. One of the top prosecutors in the case, Matthew Colangelo, will also appear before the panel. The hearing will be a major moment for...
A jury panel of 12 Delaware residents on Tuesday found Hunter Biden guilty of three federal gun charges, marking the first criminal conviction of a sitting president’s child. President Biden’s son was convicted after roughly three hours of deliberation of three felony counts alleging he lied about his use of illicit drugs when obtaining a...
Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) will introduce a package of bills Tuesday intended to help Congress run more efficiently and curb influence-peddling by former members of Congress and government officials, her office told The Hill. The package of five bills includes legislation to modernize the government’s federal lobbying disclosure database and enact a blanket two-year ban...
South Korean soldiers fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers accidentally crossed the border, South Korea’s military said. Some North Korean troops engaged in unspecified work on the border crossed the demilitarized zone line that separates the two countries, The Associated Press reported. The soldiers were carrying construction tools and some of them were armed....
Former President Trump is set to address the House Republican conference on Thursday, multiple sources confirmed to The Hill, a meeting that will come exactly two weeks after Trump’s conviction for falsifying business records in the New York hush money case. House GOP Chair Elise Stefanik (N.Y.) advised members that there will be a special...