Republican vice presidential candidate and Sen. JD Vance (Ohio) addressed unfounded claims he made in September that Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, were eating dogs and cats during Thursday night’s NewsNation town hall. “What I said then, and I’ll say now, is, you’re hearing a lot of things from your constituents. They’re telling you things,...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging some people to get additional doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for stronger protection against the virus.

Click for the latest from The Hill {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story EPA issues 'zero-tolerance' rule for lead in homes The Biden administration issued a rule Thursday that it says will reduce Americans' exposure to lead. © Greg Nash The rule declares that any level of lead dust that's...

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The owner and operator of the cargo ship that rammed and caused the collapse of a Baltimore bridge earlier this year settled a civil lawsuit that was brought by the Department of Justice (DOJ) last month. The DOJ announced on Thursday that Grace Ocean Private Limited and Synergy Marine Private Limited, both Singaporean-based corporations, agreed...

An election forecaster moved Nebraska’s contentious Senate race slightly toward Sen. Deb Fischer’s (R) challenger, Independent candidate Dan Osborn. Sabato's Crystal Ball shifted the Senate contest from “likely Republican” to “leans Republican” on Thursday, referencing the internal polling that shows Osborn being “competitive” with the two-term incumbent. “Fischer has led by single-digit margins in her...

Several ballots were damaged after a U.S. Postal Service blue collection mailbox was lit on fire in Phoenix, according to the Phoenix Fire Department.  Capt. Rob McDade, a spokesperson for the Phoenix Fire Department, said that an unknown individual set a fire inside a blue drive-up mailbox located at 3905 North 7th Ave in Phoenix,...

Former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appears in a new TV ad urging Catholics to support Republican former President Trump in the upcoming election.

Iran's military forces will get a large influx of cash thanks to a booming energy economy, despite Western sanctions.