Labor Secretary Marty Walsh is expected to step down from his job in the Biden administration to take over as head of the National Hockey League Players Association (NHLPA), a source familiar with the matter confirmed to The Hill on Tuesday. Walsh is expected to depart the administration in the coming days, the source said,...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is limiting its use of no-knock warrants and banning chokeholds in its activities as part of its updated use-of-force policy.  DHS said in a release Tuesday that it adjusted its policies to be in line with an executive order that President Biden issued last May that requires the department...

What was surprising was neither the killing nor its brutality, but the race of the officers carrying it out.

Climate change is heightening the risk posed by antibiotic-resistant viruses, according to research published Tuesday by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). The report found so-called superbugs have been exacerbated by climate change due to increased bacterial growth caused by warmer temperatures and pollutants that gave increased the spread of antibiotic-resistance genes. The analysis notes...

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that a North Carolina town's policy that allegedly banned video live-streaming police during traffic stops was in violation of the First Amendment. The ruling stated that Dijon Sharpe was live-streaming his traffic stop on Facebook Live when police officer Myers Helms attempted to take his phone...

A cooperating co-conspirator is the lynchpin of any prosecution, but in Trump’s case, when we reach the scene of crime, the rat just isn’t there.

Twitter restored Sen. Steve Daines’s (R-Mont.) account on Tuesday afternoon after it was suspended earlier in the day for what the company said was a violation of its “media policy.” “I’m free! Thanks, @elonmusk,” Daines tweeted.  The account was restored shortly after Twitter CEO Elon Musk said the suspension was “being fixed." The suspension apparently...

Former President Trump will respond to President Biden’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night, according to a person familiar with Trump's plans, offering a rebuttal that is separate from the official GOP response. Trump, who has already launched his 2024 White House bid, will offer his remarks to Biden as the two men...

Rep. Katie Porter hailed the significant rise in fentanyl seizures at the southern border in recent years as a "success," during a House Oversight Committee hearing.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez lost her fight on Tuesday to link new drilling on federal land to health studies that show the health impacts of energy extraction.