A new rule requiring child welfare agencies to place LGBTQ children in “environments free of hostility, mistreatment, or abuse” based on the child’s sexual orientation, gender identity or expression is drawing opposition from Republicans. The proposed rule, issued in September by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), also would require caregivers to undergo cultural...
Republican presidential candidates are set to appear in several competing town halls and debates this month, offering some of the final opportunities to boost their campaigns before voting kicks off in the Iowa caucuses. The first set of events will take place Thursday. CNN is hosting back-to-back town halls in Des Moines, Iowa, with former...
The mischaracterization of the effects of slavery and racism can promote social dynamics of color and caste common to India and countries with colonial histories.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will deliver remarks at a press conference Wednesday in Eagle Pass, Texas — a site that’s become home to a sprawling makeshift encampment following a record-breaking surge of migrants crossing the southern U.S. border. Johnson is heading a delegation of some 60 GOP members visiting the Texas border city. Like many...
GOP presidential candidate Chris Christie said he would not issue a pardon for former President Trump if he were elected president in 2024 and if Trump were convicted of a crime. In an interview on “The View” on Wednesday, the former New Jersey governor did not hesitate to say “no” when co-host Joy Behar pointed...
The United States joined with several of its allies Wednesday to warn Houthi rebels against further attacks on shipping vessels in the Red Sea, labeling recent Houthi attacks “illegal, unacceptable, and profoundly destabilizing.” Houthi rebels have launched numerous attacks on merchant ships and vessels since the outbreak of the Hamas-Israel war last year, prompting the U.S....
The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) is calling for an immediate halt to new policy changes from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that it says will disproportionately affect Black and brown Americans. In a letter sent to the CMS and the Department of Health and Human Services, Rep. Steven Horsford (D-Nev.) addressed a...
Inflation is threatening health care access across the country as the gap widens between the cost of medical services and the coverage rates paid out by Medicare, Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.) warned last month. Members of Congress from both sides of the aisle joined The Hill's "Medicare Drug Price Negotiation: How to Ensure Access and...
Senate negotiators return to the Hill to continue border negotiations as the House treks to the southern border in Eagle Pass, Texas, to hold a news conference.