A group of four Republicans in the South Dakota state Senate Judiciary Committee killed a bill Thursday that would require pornography sites to implement an ID check for age verification. The four Republican senators, Michael Rohl, Helene Duhamel, Michael Walsh, and David Wheeler, provided the four votes necessary to prevent HB 1257 from advancing to […]
The Department of Education said Friday that it is opening an investigation into the death of Nex Benedict, a 16-year-old Oklahoma high school student who died one day after getting into a fight in the girls bathroom at school, where they were allegedly bullied for months over their gender identity. The department’s Office for Civil...
Arizona Senate hopeful Kari Lake (R) earned the support of three additional GOP senators Friday in the race to unseat Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) in the Grand Canyon State. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), in her endorsement, said the state needs someone "who will fight" for border security. She argued that Lake would do "just that."...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Washington punts shutdown threat back a week President Biden on Friday signed a stopgap funding bill, kicking the threat of a government shutdown into next week as leadership pushes to move a forthcoming spending package through...
Presented by AFPM — EPA Deputy Administrator Janet McCabe said that it contains the 'strongest safety requirements ever for industrial facilities.' {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story EPA imposes stricter safety rules for chemical plants Biden administration on Friday tightened a safety rule for chemical plants that was loosened under the Trump administration....
Boeing is in talks to rebuy Spirit AeroSystems, a manufacturer linked to a mid-air blowout on one of its planes earlier this year, which sparked backlash and led to several lawsuits. “We have been working closely with Spirit AeroSystems and its leadership to strengthen the quality of the commercial airplanes that we build together,” Boeing...
One of the paramedics who injected Elijah McClain with a lethal dose of ketamine was sentenced to five years in prison on Friday. Peter Cichuniec and fellow paramedic Jeremy Cooper were found guilty of criminally negligent homicide in December for their role in McClain’s 2019 death. During his trial, Cichuniec was also found guilty of...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story CDC drops COVID isolation guidance Stay home if you’re sick. That’s the message the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sent to Americans Friday, as the agency dropped its previously recommended five day isolation for those who...
A Texas district court judge on Friday temporarily halted a demand from the state attorney general’s office for an LGBTQ advocacy group to hand over information related to its support of transgender children receiving gender-affirming medical care. PFLAG National, a nonprofit group that supports LGBTQ people and their families, sued Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton...