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New York City sets up office to give migrants one-way tickets out of town

New York City is intensifying efforts to transport migrants out of the city as its shelter system reaches capacity, setting up a dedicated office to provide asylum-seekers with free, one-way tickets to anywhere in the world.

State Department ups calls for Americans in Lebanon to ‘leave now’

The Biden administration on Friday issued a new recommendation for U.S. citizens to "leave now" from Lebanon — while flights are still available. The advisory comes as the security situation remains "unpredictable" in the Middle East, as the war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas continues in Gaza. The State Department included a...

Tuberville claims wars in Ukraine, Gaza were ‘created’ by Democrats

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), who has held up more than 360 military promotions and created a stalemate that has consumed the Senate for months, claimed the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East were “created” by Democrats. “They need to be worried about what’s going on in Ukraine, the Middle East, the wars that their...

Bill Barr knocks Trump for having verbal skills that ‘are limited’

Former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr knocked former President Trump's verbal skills in Friday comments. “His verbal skills are limited,” Barr said at an event at The University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics. When asked if the former President was “losing it” by CBS correspondent Jan Crawford, Barr said Trump is “not very disciplined with...

GM, Stellantis to offer to match pay hike included in UAW-Ford deal

General Motors and Jeep maker Stellantis are expected to offer the United Auto Workers (UAW) union a deal that mirrors the agreement recently struck with Ford. UAW members and Ford reached a tentative labor agreement Wednesday, the union announced, ending six weeks of strikes at the company. The deal includes a 25 percent wage increase...

Maine identifies 18 mass shooting victims: What we know about them

Eighteen people died on Wednesday night in the latest mass shooting that has rattled the local community in Maine and the nation. The shooting took place in two locations, Just-In-Time Recreation bowling alley and Schemengees Bar & Grille Restaurant, in Lewiston, both of which are temporarily closed. Authorities released the official list of victims Friday...

Biden must reinvigorate pressure campaign against Iran, maintain US energy independence

Mark Twain’s words hold true today: history may not repeat itself, but it often rhymes. Nearly 50 years to the day after the Yom Kippur War and subsequent oil embargo shook the global economy, the world watched in horror as the terrorist organization Hamas, backed by Iran, launched a brutal invasion of Israel — resulting...

Biden administration wants to turn office buildings to housing space

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy   The Big Story White House coming for empty office space A new effort announced by the Biden administration aims to see high-vacancy downtown office buildings transformed across the country to help boost housing supply. © AP The plan, announced Friday, proposes federal...

Johnson throws down gauntlet on Israel-Ukraine spending battle

The bipartisan effort to aid Ukraine is facing an increasingly complicated road ahead in the coming weeks as House conservatives, now led by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), set the stage for a thorny battle over the proposed funding. Johnson, in his first interview with Fox News on Thursday, said he told the White House the...

Biden pursues more wind energy in Gulf of Mexico

Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment   The Big Story Interior eyes more Gulf offshore wind The Biden administration on Friday moved toward auctioning off more offshore wind rights in the Gulf of Mexico. © AP Photo/Steve Helber It finalized four new “wind energy areas” where it can auction off the...

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