President Biden’s historic announcement that he was dropping out of the 2024 race has shaken up a race that had mostly stayed static until the past month. Polls have begun to trickle out in the days since Biden’s decision, offering clues to what a contest between Vice President Harris, the likely Democratic nominee, and former...

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story  Funding battle déjà vu? Senate negotiators have punted consideration of a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill, and the chamber has yet to pass any funding bills for the upcoming fiscal year. © Jason Goode The...

The experience of losing a loved one early in life could make a person age faster, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) on Monday. The study, from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and the Buter Columbia Aging Center, found those who lose a parent,...

Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Biden administration replenishes strategic oil reserve The Biden administration says it has replenished the 180 million barrels of oil it withdrew from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve in response to high prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. ©...

Amanda Gorman, the poet who famously performed at President Biden's inauguration, is backing Vice President Harris and praising them both for "exchanging the torch without ego, malice, or pride." "It was the honor of a lifetime to perform poetry at an inauguration that swore both President Biden and Vice President Harris into office," Gorman wrote on the...

{beacon} Evening Report   © Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Harris aims to sustain momentum after glowing rollout How far can Vice President Harris ride her recent surge of momentum? Harris has given a much-need jolt of enthusiasm to Democrats, who now see a viable path to the White House and an expanded map of battleground...

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) said Monday that reforming the Supreme Court will “restore a lot of legitimacy” to the bench. Booker said he backs “common sense” reforms to the Supreme Court during an interview Monday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” This comes as President Biden revealed he will be backing such changes to the nation’s highest...

The super PAC backing independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential bid, American Values 2024 (AV24), launched an ad campaign on Monday promoting the message, “Only Kennedy Can Beat Trump.” The nearly $310K ad campaign will target Washington, D.C., and New York City. For one week, the “Only Kennedy Can Beat Trump” message will be...

Former Attorney General Bill Barr offered his concerns about President Biden's reform proposals for the Supreme Court on Monday, arguing they would eliminate the high court's conservative justices and "destroy the independence of the judiciary." "Americans need to understand that the campaign to radically change the Court is coming. While current proposals like term limits...

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