Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose (R), who's running in the state's closely watched Senate race, has parted ways with his press secretary after the aide tweeted criticism of former President Trump. LaRose's interim press secretary Mary Cianciolo confirmed to The Hill that Rob Nichols "is no longer employed at the Office of the Ohio Secretary...
The United States Fund for UNICEF (UNICEF USA) hired a new lobbying firm this week for the first time in over two decades, retaining a new team that includes the former chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld registered to lobby on child welfare initiatives, the U.S. President’s Emergency...
In June, two dark money groups hosted private meetings in Washington, D.C. with senior Democratic congressional officials to plot against a third-party presidential ticket in 2024. Their target was the group No Labels, which is working to gain ballot access for a potential independent unity ticket featuring a Republican and Democrat as running mates. Those...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a 2024 GOP presidential candidate, sidestepped a question on how he would respond if his children turned out to be gay or transgender, saying he and his wife would respond to the matter privately. “Well, my children are my children,” DeSantis said in an interview published Wednesday in Time, which reported...
New research has found an increase in early-onset cancer rates among younger people between 2010 and 2019. In a study published in the journal JAMA Network Open, researchers found that “the incidence rates of early-onset cancers increased substantially” between 2010 and 2019. The researchers said that gastrointestinal cancers had the fastest-growing rates among all the...
Samuel Miele, a fundraiser for embattled Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.), was indicted on allegations he had impersonated a top aide to a member of House leadership while soliciting donations for Santos’s campaign. Miele is charged with four counts of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. A federal grand jury sitting in Brooklyn...
President Biden is slated Wednesday to commemorate the first anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act. The measure contains numerous Democratic priorities to address climate change and lower the cost of health care and prescription drugs. Recent polling indicates that many voters are unaware of the act, which also supports the green energy sector and sets a price...
The Biden administration Wednesday sanctioned three businesses linked to a scheme to transfer weapons from North Korea to Russia for use in the latter country's war in Ukraine. The sanctions target three businesses linked to Slovakian national Ashot Mkrtychev, who the U.S. sanctioned in March for attempting to facilitate arms deals between Russia and the...