White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Monday pushed back on concerns about President Biden’s age as he turned 81, arguing he should be judged by his experience. “What we say is we have to judge him by what he’s done, not by his numbers,” Jean-Pierre told reporters at a briefing. “I would put the...
A federal appeals court issued a ruling on Monday deeming only the U.S. government, not private citizens and civil rights groups, can sue under the Voting Rights Act, a decision that would deal a major blow to the anti-discriminatory protections included in the landmark law. The ruling, issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for...
Democratic Rep. Tony Cárdenas (Calif.) will not run for reelection in 2024 after nearly three decades in public service, according to the congressman's office. A staffer with Cárdenas's office confirmed a Los Angeles Times report on Monday about the California Democrat's decision. Cárdenas told the Times it will be the first time in 28 years...
President Biden will celebrate his 81st birthday with his family on Nantucket, with a side of coconut cake, the White House says. The president and first lady Jill Biden will travel to the Massachusetts island on Tuesday, the day after his birthday, and remain there through the Thanksgiving holiday. Joe Biden spent his birthday on Monday...
Since taking office during the peak of the global COVID-19 pandemic, President Biden has steered America through one of the most tumultuous global economic upheavals in modern history. While some economists doubtedBiden and the Democrats’ approach to economic recovery, the long sought-after “soft landing” is within arm’s reach. And yet, after the passage of multiple landmark bills...
A Texas state senator is seeking to block a wave of local anti-abortion measures — in particular, a rising number of bans that seek to bar women seeking an out-of-state procedure from traveling through specific counties. State Sen. Nate Johnson (D) introduced a bill that would prohibit such bans Monday on the heels of a Republican-led...
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest LGBTQ civil rights group, on Monday released its annual report on fatal violence against transgender and gender-nonconforming people in the U.S., describing the past year as an “epidemic of violence” targeting the community. At least 33 transgender and gender-nonconforming people were killed in the past 12 months,...
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. currently leads the pack of 2024 presidential candidates with a high favorability rating among respondents in a Harvard CAPS-Harris survey. The poll, published Monday and shared with The Hill, found that 52 percent of respondents said they have a favorable opinion of Kennedy, while 27 percent of respondents...
Democratic Rep. Dan Goldman walked back a controversial statement he made on Sunday saying that former President Trump needs to bee "eliminated" for his "dangerous rhetoric."