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School shooting survivors: Sandy Hook students set to graduate as Marjory Stoneman Douglas comes down

Survivors of two of the nation's most infamous mass school shootings are facing an emotional week as some graduate high school while others will watch the building where their tragedy took place be demolished. Sandy Hook Elementary survivors are walking across the stage Wednesday 12 years after the massacre in Newtown, Conn., that killed...

Southern border numbers follow labor market: Study

Migration flows to the United States ebb and flow in parallel to the country’s labor market tightness, according to an analysis of economic and border encounter data by the Center for Global Development. According to the study, there’s a strong correlation between the number of jobs available per unemployed person — market tightness — and border encounters...

Federal judge blocks Biden’s Title IX transgender protections

A federal judge in Texas halted President Biden’s proposed changes to the interpretation of Title IX on Tuesday, which added protections for transgender students. The changes are the subject of multiple lawsuits from GOP attorneys general nationwide. The Education Department in April unveiled a final set of sweeping changes to Title IX, the civil rights...

A peek behind the dark money veil

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story A peek behind the dark money veil The U.S. Chamber of Commerce received an $800,000 wire transfer from billionaire donor Hank Meijer days after it endorsed his son, then-Rep. Peter Meijer (R-Mich.), in a contentious 2022...

Hunter Biden convicted on all charges: 5 takeaways

Hunter Biden was found guilty Tuesday of all three charges relating to a 2018 gun purchase. Jurors in Wilmington, Del., deliberated for about three hours before convicting President Biden’s only surviving son. The charges centered on Hunter Biden lying about drug use on his paperwork to buy the gun.  He possessed the gun for less...

US weighs Hamas response to cease-fire proposal

The Biden administration on Tuesday said it is evaluating a response from Hamas to a proposal for a temporary, cease-fire that would halt fighting with Israel in the Gaza Strip. The response comes a day after the United Nations Security Council passed a U.S.-drafted resolution that laid out the three phases of a temporary cease-fire deal with a pathway...

Evening Report — Races to watch Tuesday, plus Bowman’s barnburner

Presented by the Small Business Payments Alliance — Four states are holding primaries today. {beacon} Evening Report   © AP Photo/John Locher Election Day: Trump's endorsement spat and Bowman in a barnburner It’s primary day. Tuesday’s elections will test the strength of former President Trump’s endorsements in a critical Senate race. Voters will also...

Latimer holds wide lead over Bowman in tense New York primary: Poll

Westchester County Executive George Latimer holds a 17-point lead over Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) in a tense Democratic New York House primary, according to a new poll. A survey by Emerson College Polling/PIX11/The Hill released Tuesday found Latimer leading Bowman in the primary for New York’s 16th Congressional District with 48 percent support to 31...

Biden’s attorney general is fighting back as the GOP-led House contemplates contempt

The House voted in 2012 to hold then-Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress. Could Attorney General Merrick Garland face the same fate in 2024?

Winners and losers emerge following Hunter Biden’s guilty verdict in gun trial

Hunter Biden was found guilty on all three charges in Delaware on Tuesday bringing to light several winners and losers related to his federal gun charge case.

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