On my way to dinner on Saturday, I drove past Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s house on the Virginia bank of the Potomac River. Police had just removed an anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian protest encampment that had turned the road into a mess of rags and flags and tents since January. Now, seven police cruisers were parked […]

The Civil War-ending Battle of Gettysburg recently marked its 161st anniversary. Citizens of different states taking up arms against one another seems like an impossibility in the modern age. Yet if subversive lawsuits against energy companies are pursued to their natural end, history may repeat itself. Right now, the battle is in the court system. Nineteen […]

This week’s Liberal Media Scream features the latest spin from CNN that President Joe Biden’s decision to drop out of his reelection race guarantees the end of President Donald Trump too. Fareed Zakaria offered this Sunday on his “My Take” commentary: “The final legacy of Biden is that he has returned the presidency to an […]

There has been a vigorous debate in the media over the last week about whether Vice President Kamala Harris was the “border czar.” More important than her title, Harris failed to address the causes of migration from Central America while spouting empty rhetoric. This public posturing was seen in Harris’s visit to El Paso in […]

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...