A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed two free speech lawsuits brought by pro-Palestine university student groups in Florida against Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and his administration, which sent a memo ordering universities to deactivate the student groups in the aftermath of the Oct. 7 massacre in Israel. U.S. District Judge Mark Walker denied the students’...

Senate Republicans are wrestling over the question of whether to move forward with a Ukraine funding and border security package that divides their conference when Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is warning it probably won’t even get a vote in the House. Former President Trump, the likely Republican nominee for president, has come out strongly against...

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Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) defended pressing TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew about potential ties to the Chinese Communist Party at a Senate hearing Wednesday. “Singapore, unfortunately, is one of the places in the world that has the highest degree of infiltration and influence by the Chinese Communist Party,” Cotton said on Fox News’s “The Story...

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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Actor Alec Baldwin has pleaded not guilty to an involuntary manslaughter charge in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer during a rehearsal on a Western movie set in New Mexico. Court documents filed Wednesday show Baldwin entered the plea in state district court in Santa Fe, waiving an arraignment that...

Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Podesta set to replace Kerry as top US climate diplomat White House adviser John Podesta will replace John Kerry as the nation’s lead climate diplomat. © Getty Podesta will get the title of senior advisor to...

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Biden administration set to begin drug price negotiations The federal government is set to begin negotiating the price of the 10 most expensive prescription drugs, as Thursday marks the deadline for the administration to send drug companies its...

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) has said he will block some of President Biden’s nominees over a new policy that could delay the buildout of new natural gas export projects. Kennedy, in a Wall Street Journal op-ed this week, said he would block any nominees to the State and Energy departments over the move to halt...

The House of Representatives has passed a major bipartisan tax deal with new breaks for businesses as well as an expansion of the child tax credit.