PITTSBURGH — It took 30 minutes and five seconds to read the introduction of Morning After the Revolution, written by former New York Times reporter Nellie Bowles. It took exactly the same amount of time to listen to the audiobook, which I did because I wanted to make sure I didn’t miss a word Bowles […]

French President Emmanuel Macron chastised Russian President Vladimir Putin for rejecting an Olympics truce proposal with Ukraine and said Putin’s rejection shows the world that he is “not ready to make peace.” “This is a big clarification moment because every week until now President Putin was claiming to be available for peace,” Macron said this...

The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) shared a post online Wednesday condemning Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) for refusing to host Kenyan President William Ruto for a joint meeting of Congress, which is typically extended to other international leaders. “While @SpeakerJohnson might not have given the President of Kenya the opportunity to address a Joint Session of...

Members of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) clashed with protesters on the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus after a second pro-Palestinian encampment popped up. Videos and photos shared online showed groups of protesters forming a line to block members of the LAPD. Police were wearing helmets, had batons and pushed back protesters...

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) announced Thursday he would call the GOP-controlled state Legislature into a special session next week to discuss getting both President Biden and former President Trump on the state's fall ballot. Democrats have been unable to certify Biden as their nominee in the state — a largely procedural issue where both parties have...

Just hours after handing down a ruling confirming that an immigration law in Florida was blocked, a federal judge appeared to issue a reversal of his own ruling. Judge Roy Altman issued an injunction Tuesday, temporarily blocking a key part of Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) immigration law, which would make it a felony to transport...

A progressive organization will roll out a mobile billboard campaign blasting independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at this weekend's Libertarian National Convention as he seeks to secure the party's voters. MoveOn Political Action will circulate its "Exposing RFK Jr." billboard truck beginning Friday to tell voters that a vote for Kennedy is a...

Lawmakers in both parties are racing against the clock to secure a bipartisan bill to sanction International Criminal Court (ICC) officials after they filed requests for arrest warrants for top Israeli leaders, hoping a forceful bipartisan response from Washington will deter the court’s judges from ratifying the charges in the coming weeks. Congress left Washington on Thursday...

Democrats and Republicans on the House Agriculture Committee sparred over food aid on Thursday at the markup of the chamber’s version of the $1.5 trillion omnibus farm bill. The issue set off partisan fireworks at the contentious session, during which representatives from both sides of the aisle took to the dais to extol the virtues...

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Louisiana poised to make abortion pills controlled substances Possession of abortion pills without a prescription could soon be illegal in Louisiana after Republicans in the state Legislature passed a first-of-its-kind bill that designates the pills as dangerous...