The New Mexico judge overseeing actor Alec Baldwin’s “Rust” case dismissed the involuntary manslaughter charges mid-trial Friday, ruling that the state withheld evidence and the case could not be retried. Handing down the ruling from the bench, Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer said the withholding of the evidence, related to bullets turned over to law enforcement during the investigation, was “intentional...
The Biden administration is seeking comment on potential expansion of areas protected from oil and gas development in the western Arctic, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced Friday. The protections, if implemented, could expand the area of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A), which has been restricted from development, or identify new protections...
Former President Trump on Friday reupped his request for President Biden to undergo a cognitive test, telling Biden he would accompany him. “Joe should immediately take a Cognitive Test, and I will go with him, and take one also," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. "For the first time we’ll be a team,...
A meeting between Hispanic House Democrats and President Biden ended somewhat awkwardly Friday, as one member used his question to ask the president point blank to drop out of the race. Bold PAC, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) campaign arm, organized the call with time for two questions, but Biden spontaneously took a third. Rep....
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Biden's resistant to taking a cognitive test. Here’s what they are President Biden is facing calls to undergo cognitive testing and release the results after his disastrous debate last month, and amid a series of reports about his...
A proposed amendment to New York’s Constitution to expand nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ and pregnant people will appear before voters in November, the state’s highest court ruled Thursday. The decision from New York’s Court of Appeals affirms a June decision allowing the amendment to be brought to voters for ratification, after an upstate New York judge...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Biden turmoil overshadows NATO summit Questions about President Biden's ability to lead the U.S. for another four years and fears of a potential return of former President Trump dominated the week as NATO leaders gathered in...
The tensions between President Biden and former President Obama go back nearly two decades and are once again in the spotlight as the former faces calls to end his re-election bid.
While some Congressional Democrats have called on Biden to step aside, others have shared opaque statements, deflected or avoided responding to questions about the president altogether.