Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s running mate, Nicole Shanahan, donated $2 million to the campaign one day after being chosen as vice presidential pick in March. Shanahan was officially announced as Kennedy’s VP on March 26 at an event in Oakland. The following day, she infused the independent campaign with a $2 million donation, according...
CIA Director Bill Burns on Thursday said Ukraine could lose the war by the end of 2024 without more funding from the U.S., delivering his most specific comments yet on a possible defeat as Kyiv struggles against a much larger Russian army. "With the boost that would come from military assistance‚ both practically and psychologically...
Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Cantwell backs updated bill that could ban TikTok Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) announced her support Wednesday for a bipartisan bill that would force TikTok’s Chinese parent company to sell the app or face a ban in the U.S. after...
Is it a violation of the Texas Constitution for a city to give money to its low-income residents? On Thursday, a Texas state court judge answered with a definitive "no" — the first ruling in what is shaping up to be a long legal fight over that question. “There is sufficient evidence to show that guaranteed...
Comedian Stephen Colbert’s “The Late Show” is headed to Chicago for the Democratic National Convention this summer, the late-night host said Wednesday. “‘The Late Show' is doing shows from Chicago for the entire Democratic convention,” Colbert said on his show Wednesday. The shows will be live, according to a post by the show’s account on...
Trader Joe’s has recalled some of its organic basil due to a salmonella outbreak, the company announced this week. The grocery chain’s Infinite Herbs brand organic basil was sold in 2.5-ounce clamshell packages between Feb. 1 and April 6 in stores across 29 states and Washington, D.C. It has since been taken off shelves,...
More than three decades after Erin Brockovich recognized that hexavalent chromium was making residents of Hinkley, Calif., sick, state water regulators on Wednesday approved the nation's first standard to limit the toxin's presence in drinking water. The California State Water Control Board voted to adopt a maximum contaminant level (MCL) of 10 micrograms per liter...