Former employees of news startup The Messenger, which closed its doors suddenly Wednesday, filed a class-action lawsuit against the company Thursday. The Messenger, a digital media company that launched in May 2023, told employees Wednesday afternoon the company would be shutting down. As of Wednesday night, readers who attempt to visit the site are only...

Story at a glance More than 80 percent of Black adults in the U.S. said they were at least somewhat happy, according to a Pew Research Center survey released Thursday. Black Americans regardless of income find the most joy in spending time with friends and family as well as practicing their faith and traveling,...

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Medicare gives drugmakers initial offers in negotiations The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) made opening offers to the manufacturers of the first 10 expensive prescription drugs that were selected for the Medicare price negotiation program. But...

Free Palestine protesters disrupted a campaign event for GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley in South Carolina Thursday, calling for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza. A small group of protesters interrupted the former governor's campaign event in Columbia, S.C., with chants of “Free, Free Palestine,” before some of them were escorted out of the event.  Haley...

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley weighed in to the unfolding debate among GOP politicians about singer Taylor Swift with disbelief. “I’m not going to lie. I don’t know what the obsession is,” Haley told CNN’s Jake Tapper on Thursday. “Taylor Swift is allowed to have a boyfriend. Taylor Swift is a good artist. I have...

Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Train derailment with chemicals still haunts locals A year after a train carrying toxic vinyl chloride derailed in Ohio, locals are still worried about the potential implications. © Gene J. Puskar / The Associated Press file...

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The narrowly Republican-led New Hampshire House rejected three abortion bills on Thursday, declining to either further restrict abortion or expand access.