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UAW strike expands to 38 locations

{beacon} Evening Report Friday, September 22   © AP Photo/Paul Sancya UAW expands strike, invites Biden to picket line The United Auto Workers expanded its strike from a few locations to 38 on Friday as the union remains at an impasse with two of the Big Three automakers — General Motors and Stellantis. President Biden...

Border apprehensions up nearly 27 percent from July to August

Migrant encounters at the southwest border rose nearly 27 percent from July to August, driven mostly by apprehensions made by the Border Patrol away from ports of entry. U.S. officials last month encountered 232,972 people entering the United States without authorization through the southwest border, up from 183,494 in July, according to numbers released by...

Microsoft closer to acquiring Activision

Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Microsoft-Activision deal gets green light from UK Microsoft's restructured $69 billion deal to buy video game developer Activision Blizzard is inching closer to approval by British competition regulators. © AP Photo The preliminary approval from the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority helps...

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy calls for Menendez to resign

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) has added to calls from Democrats for Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) to resign after the senator and his wife were indicted on federal bribery charges Friday. "The allegations in the indictment against Senator Menendez and four other defendants are deeply disturbing. These are serious charges that implicate national security...

Virginia Beach parents sue to get Youngkin’s transgender policy put into place

Two Virginia Beach parents are suing their local school district over its refusal to adopt Republican Gov. Glen Youngkin’s new model policies for the treatment of transgender students. A lawsuit filed this week alleges the Virginia Beach School Board, which narrowly voted down a proposal to adopt the Youngkin administration’s policies at a meeting last...

Cassidy Hutchinson had to flee DC for safety after Jan. 6 testimony

Cassidy Hutchinson, a former Trump White House aide, said she had to flee Washington, D.C. for safety after she testified before the Jan. 6 Committee.  “I could not go back to my apartment,” Hutchinson told reporter Tracy Smith in an interview set to air Sunday on “CBS New Sunday Morning.” Hutchinson, the former assistant to...

Biden to travel to Michigan Tuesday to support striking auto workers

President Biden will travel to Michigan next week in support of striking members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) union, a source familiar with the plans confirmed to The Hill. Biden's trip marks a significant display of support for organized labor as UAW members in 20 different states strike amid a contract dispute with the...

Eric Holder calls for Menendez resignation

Former Attorney General Eric Holder called on New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez (D) to step down on Friday after he was indicted on bribery charges. “As both a leader in the Democratic Party & the former Attorney General and given the nature of the charges, I call upon Senator Menendez to resign,” Holder said on...

Kagan says ‘good faith disagreements’ holding up ethics code

Justice Elena Kagan said Friday it would “be a good thing” for the Supreme Court to adopt a binding code of ethics, but she acknowledged "complicated issues" that have held up the nine justices from reaching an agreement in their closed-door conferences. “I think it would be a good thing for the court to do...

Massachusetts gov expands legal services for migrants in emergency shelters

Massachusetts is expanding access to legal services for migrants entering the shelter system as it struggles to cope with the numbers arriving.

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