President Joe Biden has postured himself as an ally of Israel since the Oct. 7 massacre, but he has made it clear that he wants Hamas to survive more than he wants Israel to be safe from future terrorist attacks. Biden froze a shipment of U.S.-made ammunition to Israel with no explanation, with the White […]
Unsurprisingly, the Securities and Exchange Commission is facing legal challenges to its new climate rule after years of warnings from companies, investors, and activists alike. The novel rule, which forces publicly traded companies to report greenhouse gas emissions and exposure to other climate-related risks, goes well beyond the SEC’s mandate to protect investors and facilitate efficient capital formation. Now that […]
Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Nuclear waste at center of testy Nevada Senate race Nevada Republican Senate candidate Sam Brown is under fire from Democrats for 2022 remarks in which he expressed support for plans to store federal nuclear waste at...
ProPublica won the prestigious public service Pulitzer Prize for its investigative reporting on the Supreme Court and the billionaires who gave gifts and free travel to justices for years, the Pulitzer Prize Board announced Monday. The award was given to the staff of ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom, for the “Friends of the Court” series by...
Former President Trump faced a new threat in his New York criminal trial on Monday. Judge Juan Merchan raised the possibility that he could send Trump to jail if he continues to violate a gag order. Merchan warned about that possibility after fining Trump for the 10th time for breaking the order, which bars the...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday asked state public health officials to make personal protective equipment (PPE) available to livestock workers to combat the spread of bird flu. The risk of bird flu to the general public still remains low, according to the CDC's assessment, but workers in close proximity to...
A University of Mississippi fraternity has removed a member who was accused of mimicking a monkey to harass a Black protester at the college’s pro-Palestinian encampment. Video of the protests went viral last week, showing a group of white men standing across from a lone Black woman participating in the protest, with the men dancing,...
Former President Trump on Monday suggested he would be willing to go to jail over repeated violations of his gag order imposed by a New York judge. "This judge has given me a gag order and said you'll go to jail if you violate it,” Trump told reporters after court adjourned for the day in...
Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) on Monday took down a social media post regarding South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s (R) meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un after being accused of reinforcing the stereotype that Asians eat dogs. The remarks were made in Moskowitz's repost of a clip from CBS Mornings’ interview with Noem —...