Presented by AFPM — In a letter to Republican Senate colleagues, Hawley urged the caucus to back an amendment reauthorizing the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) and expanding its coverage. {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Hawley vows to attach radiation exposure extension to all bills Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.)...
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Monday shot down the idea of mounting an independent bid for the White House. “I've been a conservative Republican my whole life. I'm not going to switch over and have a Democrat vice president. That's not something I would do,” Haley said in an interview on Fox News on...
More than three-fourths of voters say they want special counsel Robert Hur’s report on President Biden released, according to a Harvard CAPS-Harris poll shared with The Hill. The poll found that 76 percent of respondents said Hur’s report on Biden should be released so voters could decide on the case and its conclusions themselves,...
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has hired a law clerk who faced controversy in 2017 for allegedly sending racist text messages. Thomas, one of two current Black Supreme Court justices, has named Crystal Clanton as a judicial clerk for the 2024-25 term, George Mason’s Antonin Scalia Law School — Clanton’s alma mater — wrote in...
Voters view President Biden’s handling of the situation at the U.S. southern border as his administration’s biggest failure, according to a new poll. The Harvard CAPS-Harris poll shared with The Hill showed 44 percent of respondents said allowing the influx of migrants that have come across the border has been Biden’s biggest failure. That total...
Congress has the tools at its disposal to make a major investment in the future of the U.S. workforce, U.S. global standing, and the democratic foundation of this country. The time to pass the Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Program Act is long overdue.
The death of an LGBTQ Oklahoma student has put a national focus on state officials and local schools there as advocates say anti-LGBTQ measures and rhetoric have created an environment ripe for such a tragedy. Ryan Walters, the Oklahoma state schools superintendent, is doubling down in defense of his policies regarding LGBTQ students as Nex...
The Albert Einstein College of Medicine announced Monday that students will have free tuition after a major donation from a former professor. Ruth Gottesman, chair of the Einstein board of trustees and Montefiore Health System board member, donated $1 billion to the school. “This donation radically revolutionizes our ability to continue attracting students who are...
The White House repeatedly said the border was secure in September 2022, the same month Venezuelan immigrant and murder suspect Jose Antonio Ibarra entered the country illegally.