Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) on Tuesday said he had tested positive for COVID-19 and would miss votes this week in the Senate. His office confirmed to The Hill he plans to return to Washington next week. Tillis, who had planned to host a Halloween “dog parade” on Tuesday, said he no longer would be able to attend...
Well intentioned or not, regulations — particularly those regarding mortgage buybacks on loans with loan defects — leave uncertainty in the market, which results in higher costs for the consumer.
Rupert Murdoch, the outgoing chairman of Fox News' parent company, said he thought conservative pundit Tucker Carlson had gotten "too big for his boots" shortly before the host was fired by the network earlier this year, according to a new book. The quip from Murdoch was one of several quotes and anecdotes relayed in a...
Sen. Mitt Romney’s (R-Utah) biographer, McKay Coppins, said he would not be surprised if the retiring senator backed President Biden over former President Trump in a hypothetical rematch in the 2024 election. “I would keep an eye out for whether Romney does something like endorse Joe Biden late in the election. I mean, I have...
The Biden administration is moving forward with a new student loan relief plan that is narrower than its original proposal, which was struck down by the Supreme Court over the summer. The Department of Education released regulatory draft text Monday showing the new plan for student debt forgiveness is targeting specific groups instead of providing...
TikTok recently introduced a badge-monitoring app for its employees called MyRTO — "my return to the office" — aimed at enforcing its office attendance policy as part of a top-down mandate. According to the New York Times, this app tracks employees' badge swipes and can even penalize them for "deviations" from their expected attendance. While...
The Earth is on track to lock into a path toward hitting a key global warming threshold in 2029. A study published Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change indicates that if the world remains at its current rate of planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions, it’s likely to use up what’s left of its “carbon budget”...
Thousands of residents in Southern California were ordered to evacuate after a wildfire tore through the rural land southeast of Los Angeles on Monday. The wildfire, dubbed the Highland Fire, broke out shortly before 12:45 p.m. Monday in the dry hills in the Aguanga area of Riverside County in southern California, according to the county...
Multiple protesters calling for a cease-fire in Gaza repeatedly interrupted Secretary of State Antony Blinken's testimony Tuesday at a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, as police dragged them out of the room one by one. Each time one protester was escorted out of the hearing by police, Blinken would resume his testimony, only to be interrupted...