Former Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson alleged in her new book that Rudy Giuliani groped her backstage during former President Trump's rally on Jan. 6, 2021, just hours before the riot on the Capitol. Hutchinson claimed Giuliani, who served as Trump's former personal attorney, of moving his hand “under my blazer, then my skirt,” in an...
Acute drug shortages are threatening the health care of millions of Americans at an escalating rate. Roughly 300 medications are currently in short supply, mostly low-cost generics, which account for 90 percent of the drugs used by patients. Hospitals are facing severe and prolonged problems securing sterile injectable generic drugs, including older chemotherapy drugs used...
Ohio's Supreme Court late Tuesday ruled that much of the GOP-controlled state ballot board's language to describe a November question about abortion is accurate, dealing a blow to the abortion rights groups that challenged the board's description. The sharply divided court said only one element of the description is misleading and must be rewritten. The...
Polish President Andrzej Duda on Tuesday compared Ukraine’s fight for survival to that of a "drowning person" capable of bringing down those who try to help. “Ukraine is behaving like a drowning person clinging to anything available,” Duda told Polish journalists, the Financial Times reported. “A drowning person is extremely dangerous, capable of pulling you...
His increased presence in Iowa coincides with recent comments he made about abortion, which could pose risks to his campaign in the state, as The Hill previously reported. The former president attacked Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a rival for the GOP presidential nomination, for his signing of a six-week abortion ban, calling the move “a...
Time is running out for additional Republican presidential candidates to meet the qualifications to participate in the second GOP presidential debate next week. Eight candidates participated in the first debate hosted by Fox News in Milwaukee last month, but the Republican National Committee (RNC) has since raised the fundraising and polling requirements, which could narrow the field that qualifies...
The Federal Reserve kept interest rates steady Wednesday, holding off on another increase despite two consecutive months of accelerating inflation. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the panel of Fed officials responsible for setting interest rates, said Wednesday it will keep the bank’s baseline borrowing costs at a range of 5.25 percent to 5.5 percent....
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is setting up a new division with the billions in new funding it received in the Inflation Reduction Act to go after uncollected taxes sheltered in companies that pass their tax liability through to their individual owners. These kinds of businesses are known as “pass-through entities” and often take the...
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is scheduled to speak with the media Wednesday afternoon following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the panel tasked with setting interest rates. No change in rates is expected. Previous significant hikes appear to be working, albeit with some reversals in the last two months. Inflation...