Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) told reporters Tuesday that it will be “practically impossible” to pass legislation providing more military aid to Ukraine before Christmas and urged President Biden to get more involved in the stalled negotiations. “All I have said is [it’s] practically impossible, even though we reach an agreement, to craft...
Members of the Biden administration met to discuss how to implement President Biden’s artificial intelligence executive order on Tuesday for the inaugural meeting of the White House AI Council, according to an official. During the meeting, the officials received a classified intelligence briefing from the president's national security team to discuss the international dimensions...
The Hill’s Rachel Frazin was selected by SEAL (Sustainability, Environmental Achievement, and Leadership) as one of 12 top environmental journalists for 2023. The SEAL Awards are administered by an environmental advocacy organization that honors leadership through corporate sustainability awards & environmental journalism awards. Frazin was named alongside journalists from Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe and...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (D-Ga.) fiercely rejected the idea that former President Trump, the 2024 GOP presidential front-runner, would pick rival Nikki Haley to serve as his running mate in the general election. “MAGA would revolt if Nikki Haley were to even be given an internship in Trump’s next administration,” Greene wrote on X, the...
Dozens of students were arrested at Brown University on Monday after they staged a sit-in demanding the school divest “its endowment from Israeli military occupation" amid the war in Gaza. Forty-one students were arrested after the Brown Divest Coalition organized a sit-in at University Hall that began Monday morning. The students were charged with “willful...
Rep. Tim Burchett’s 16-minute Christmas party appeared to be a packed — and punctual — success, as a bipartisan crowd of holiday revelers joined the Tennessee Republican in some fast-paced festivities. Burchett had detailed plans for Tuesday’s roughly quarter-of-an-hour affair, which was increased by one minute from last year’s bash, in an interview with The Hill ahead...
Ukraine's war-time leader Volodymyr Zelensky is in Washington on Tuesday in a last-ditch effort to salvage Ukraine aid talks ahead of the winter holiday recess. He faces an uphill climb. GOP senators said Monday any breakthrough this week appeared unlikely, effectively punting the talks to January. During a meeting with senators, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer...