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Record number of Americans killed by heat in 2023: Study

Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Record number of Americans killed by heat in 2023: Study Extreme heat killed more Americans in 2023 than any other year over nearly a quarter century of records, according to research published Monday in the Journal of the...

More than 200 Bush, McCain, Romney aides endorse Harris

More than 200 former aides to the three GOP presidential nominees who preceded former President Trump in 2016 — former President George W. Bush, former Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) — endorsed Vice President Harris on Monday. The majority of the group also endorsed President Biden in 2020. The group wrote...

Arizona judge sets 2026 trial date for Trump allies’ election subversion case

Several Trump allies including Mark Meadows and Rudy Giuliani will stand trial on Jan. 5, 2026, on charges they conspired to subvert Arizona’s 2020 presidential election results, a judge said Monday. The trial date falls just one day short of what will be the five-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, where a mob...

Sales of cheaper houses spiked in July: Analysis

Sales of houses in the lowest price tier jumped in July, a sign the housing sector may be coming back to life after being bludgeoned with interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve. Pending sales in the “starter home” category climbed 10.2 percent since July 2023 according to figures real estate company Redfin released Monday....

Smith challenges Cannon decision to toss Trump documents case

Special counsel Jack Smith asked an appeals court to revive the documents case against former President Trump, repeatedly accusing Judge Aileen Cannon of having “erred” in tossing the case after determining he was unlawfully appointed. The brief does not otherwise call for Cannon to be removed from the case — though the 11th Circuit Court of...

Arizona Police Association backs Gallego, dealing blow to Lake

The Arizona Police Association announced Monday it is throwing its weight behind Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) in the Arizona Senate race, despite endorsing Republican Kari Lake in her gubernatorial bid last cycle. “As a Marine combat veteran, we know Congressman Gallego understands the complexities of modern policing in American society today, while at the same time...

Lawmakers press USDA head on ‘food shortage crisis’ facing tribes nationwide

Congressional funding chiefs on Monday pressed U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack for more information on what they’re describing as a “food shortage crisis” facing tribes nationwide. House Appropriations Chair Tom Cole (R-Okla.) and Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray (D-Wash.) led the letter requesting the information, along with the ranking members on each committee and subcommittee...

Biden Cabinet official poses for photo with one of Farrakhan’s ‘top soldiers’ at DNC

An activist referred to as one of Farrakhan's "top soldiers" was photographed with EPA Chief Michael Regan at last week's Democratic National Convention.

‘Menace to our fisheries’: New England flotilla unites to protest wind farm after turbine ‘disaster’

A fleet of 25 fishing boats off the coast of Nantucket rallied together to protest Vineyard Wind, an offshore wind turbine project under scrutiny after one windmill broke.

On dodging the media, Kamala Harris ‘owes responses’ to the American public, says campaign adviser

Harris campaign adviser Quentin Fulks indicated Sunday that Kamala Harris will sit down for an interview before the end of the month, adding that she "owes responses to the American people."

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