A volcano erupted in Iceland near Reykjavik, the country's capital, following a series of intense earthquakes in the the Reykjanes peninsula. The eruption occurred near Reykjavik's international Keflavik airport, which reportedly did not see any delays from the incident. The Iceland Meteorological Office found there was no imminent hazard to people in the region in...
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority officials released new expansion proposals Monday, including plans for a Georgetown stop and an added tunnel between D.C. and Virginia. Implementation of one of the six new proposals, designed to deal with capacity increase on the transportation system, could cost anywhere from nothing to spending about $50 billion and could take...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and other 2024 Republican presidential candidates took to social media on Monday to defend Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) after former President Donald Trump chastised her earlier in the day. DeSantis praised Reynolds as a "strong leader who knows how to ignore the chirping and get it done." "She earned...
The United States on Friday destroyed its last declared chemical weapon at a Kentucky munitions facility, Pentagon officials confirmed Monday. The destruction of the weapon, a rocket filled with GB nerve agent also known as sarin, ends a decades-long effort to clear out the deadly chemicals from U.S. military stockpiles. Ahead of the rocket’s Friday...
Twitter’s traffic has plunged since billionaire Elon Musk took control of the social media platform last fall, as longtime tweeters are migrating to alternative platforms such as Meta’s Threads. In a tweet Sunday, Matthew Prince, CEO of Cloudflare, an internet services company, posted a chart showing Twitter has been on the decline since the start...
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R) announced gift cards as an incentive for donations to his 2024 presidential campaign Monday afternoon. In a series of Twitter posts, Burgum said the first 50,000 people who donated $1 to his campaign would receive a $20 Visa or Mastercard gift card. He said the gift cards are a...
In 2008, David E. Kyvig, a professor of history at Northern Illinois University, published “The Age of Impeachment: American Constitutional Culture Since 1960.” In his preface, Kyvig says the purpose of the book is to answer “why impeachment has been employed so often since 1961 as opposed to its infrequent use between 1789 and 1960.” He sees...
A group of 21 hard-line conservative House Republicans told Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) that they plan to vote against spending bills they think contain insufficient overall cuts and outlined specific demands of the Speaker that include him publicly rejecting the possibility of supplemental funding for Ukraine. The warning shot comes as the House returns Tuesday...
Welcome to The Hill's Health Care newsletter {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Schumer outlines Dems' summer health priorities With Congress back for three weeks, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) wants Democrats to hone in on potentially bipartisan bills on insulin and broader prescription drug pricing, as well as combating the...