Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) told colleagues Wednesday that congressional negotiators are “very close” to reaching a deal to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the week, announcing that “we continue to make very good progress on an agreement.” Schumer reiterated his arguments made at a meeting with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.)...
President Biden's son, Hunter Biden, is sitting for a closed-door deposition Wednesday with lawmakers as part of the House Republicans' impeachment inquiry into the president. Hunter Biden is the most crucial witness yet in the months-long probe, and the Republicans leading the investigation have long sought to interview him. Republicans on the Oversight and Judiciary...
Four eye ointments are being voluntarily recalled after a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspection noted a “lack of sterility assurance” at the facility where the products were held. The FDA on Monday published the Brassica Pharma Pvt. Ltd. company announcement from Feb. 12, which warned patients that “there is a potential risk of eye...
While some legislative proposals may appear bold and expedient in countering Beijing’s authoritarian agenda, they carry the risk of inadvertently compromising U.S. foreign policy objectives or diluting core American values.
The number of abortions occurring nationally each month remained about the same as in the months before the Supreme Court overruled the federal right to an abortion in 2022, according to data released Wednesday. In the three most recent months of data collected, from July to September 2023, the number of reported abortions each month...
Former MSNBC pundit Mehdi Hasan is launching a new media company catering to the progressive left. Hasan's new media outlet, named "Zeteo," which comes from the ancient Greek word for seeking out and striving, will be a new media organization "that seeks answers for the questions that really matter, while always striving for the truth,"...
The homeowner checked her camera recordings from the previous night and found that the mountain lion had made two separate appearances the night before.
America’s Arab allies have been watching how Iran shut down the Suez Canal, and how the U.S. has failed to effectively enforce its presumed red lines around energy security and the freedom of navigation, and have drawn some conclusions.
California seized a record amount of fentanyl in 2023, enough to potentially kill the global population “nearly twice over,” Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced Tuesday. Last year, 62,224 pounds of fentanyl was seized in California and at the state’s ports of entry. Since 2021, seizures by the California National Guard increased by 1,066 percent. “Fentanyl...
The head of ABC News is blasting former President Trump for his comments about African American voters amid his multiple criminal indictments, The Hill has learned. Over the weekend, ABC President Kim Godwin admonished Trump's recent remarks speculating on "why the Black people like me," calling the rhetoric "as racist as it gets." “No matter...