Ongoing curiosity about whether President Joe Biden accepted a bribe as vice president reached a peak last week when sources leaked details to the media about an FBI document describing the alleged scheme.
Health care providers in North Carolina filed a lawsuit against the state challenging the constitutionality of various provisions of its abortion ban. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) brought the lawsuit on behalf of Planned Parenthood South Atlantic and physician Beverly Gray. The suit challenges the legitimacy of North Carolina’s Senate Bill 20, which bans...
A Florida man was sentenced to nearly five years in prison on Friday for attacking a police officer during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. According to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, 27-year-old Mason Joel Courson from Tamarac, Florida was sentenced to 57 months’ imprisonment after he pleaded...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy PRESENTED BY The Big Story Republicans offer their own student loans plans ahead of SCOTUS decision Senate Republicans are rolling out plans aimed at addressing college costs as borrowers nationwide brace for the Supreme Court’s upcoming decision on the...
Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Wildfire smoke set to return this weekend as Canadian fires rage Although the heavy layer of smoke that blanketed the East Coast last week has lifted, wildfires that fueled it burn on, risking a potential resurgence...
U.S. pharmaceutical company Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) on Friday became the latest organization to file a legal challenge against the the Medicare drug price negotiation program established by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). This suit echoes the complaints filed by Merck & Co. and the Chamber of Commerce, alleging the IRA provision that gives Medicare...
Earlier this week the Federal Trade Commission announced that $3.3 million will go to tens of thousands of victims of a student loan debt relief scheme.
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Defense bill markups set the stage for culture war fights House lawmakers this week introduced major military policy and funding changes they hope to see in defense spending bills later this year, previewing efforts to address...
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez (R), who declared his candidacy for president on Thursday, hinted that he may be willing to pardon former President Trump for the federal charges he is facing. Suarez said in an interview on MSNBC on Friday that one of the possible reasons for the president to use the pardon power is...