A Democratic candidate for a U.S. Senate seat in Michigan said Wednesday he rejected a $20 million offer to drop out of his race and challenge Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) for her House seat. “I didn’t intend for a private phone call to turn public,” Hill Harper posted to X, the platform formerly known as...
The deal reached by Israel and Hamas to release 50 hostages in exchange for a pause in fighting marks one of the most significant developments in the more than six-week war. But the implementation of the deal, set to go into effect Thursday morning local time, is taking place amid intense distrust, skepticism and concern....
Tall, slim, silver-haired, bespectacled, and bow-tied, he walked the halls of Congress at a fast gait, certain of where he was going, never late. He was Tom Bliley, chairman of the House Committee on Commerce from 1995-1999. Mr. Bliley passed away recently. It would be an understatement to say that Chairman Bliley was a master...
Welcome to The Hill's Sustainability newsletter {beacon} Sustainability Sustainability The Big Story Dems’ climate bill has been a boon to planet-heating fossil fuels: report The Democrats' signature climate plan is helping to unleash a flood of fossil fuels onto world markets — even as American consumers increasingly turn away from those products, according to...
President Biden on Wednesday spoke with Argentina’s president-elect, Javier Milei, to congratulate the right-wing populist on his win over the weekend, the White House said. Biden talked with Milei to "to congratulate him on his election," according to a readout of the call. The U.S. president "applauded the conduct of the election” in Argentina as...
Several news outlets recently took issue with the Thanksgiving holiday, arguing that Americans must try to "decolonize" the holiday due to its "dark past."