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SCOTUS shoots down Musk challenge

Presented by BP — {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy PRESENTED BY The Big Story Supreme Court rejects Musk challenge to SEC order The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Elon Musk’s challenge to a 2018 settlement agreement with the Securities and Exchange

Jill Stein accuses police of assaulting her at protest

Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein on Sunday alleged police assaulted her and other demonstrators shortly before being arrested at a pro-Palestinian protest on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis. “Basically, the police charged us despite our efforts to

US finds Israeli military units violated human rights

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story US finds Israeli military units violated human rights The State Department has determined that at least five Israeli military units were involved in

FCC fines wireless carriers

Presented by Microsoft — {beacon} Technology Technology PRESENTED BY The Big Story FCC fines major mobile carriers $200M The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a fine totaling $200 million to the nation’s four largest mobile carriers, alleging they illegally

5 companies create a quarter of plastic pollution: Study

Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Five companies create a quarter of plastic pollution: Study Five companies are responsible for a quarter of all plastic waste worldwide, according to a

Fani Willis skips primary debate with Democratic challenger

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) skipped the county’s first Democratic Party debate Sunday, leaving her challenger to debate an empty podium. The debate, held by the Atlanta Press Club, featured Willis’s Democratic challenger — attorney and author Christian Wise

Escalating campus protests come to a boil

Colleges across the country are barreling toward crisis as pro-Palestinian student protesters show no signs of relenting, posing growing risks to the schools and threatening to become a major election-year issue. The unrest, which could be coming to a head at Columbia

Who is Kristi Noem?

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) was thrown into the national spotlight last week after she detailed in an upcoming book about how she shot her family's dog. The backlash over the anecdote has dimmed Noem's prospects of becoming former president Trump's running mate, after she

Renting better than buying in big cities: Analysis

Story at a glance Renting a home is more cost-effecting than buying in most major cities in the United States, according to a new Bankrate analysis. Housing in general is expensive in the U.S., and rents are higher than a year ago in 47 of the 50 largest metro areas,

Bob Bakish steps down as head of Paramount

Bob Bakish is stepping down as head of media conglomerate Paramount, the company announced on Monday. Bakish's resignation comes as the massive legacy media brand is negotiating a potential sale with Skydance after months of fielding offers from potential buyers. The company

Trump-RFK Jr. feud heats up as polls tighten

A fiery battle between former President Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is heating up as polls begin to show that the third-party candidate represents just as much of a threat to the former president as he does to President Biden. “RFK Jr. is a Democrat ‘Plant,’ a Radical Left

Trump leads in 3-way race with Biden, RFK Jr.: Poll

Former President Trump is the front-runner in a three-way race with President Biden and Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., according to a Harvard CAPS-Harris poll shared with The Hill on Monday. In a race between the three candidates, 44 percent of surveyed voters

Multiple law enforcement officers shot in Charlotte, N.C.

Multiple law enforcement officers were hit by gunfire Monday afternoon in Charlotte, N.C., according to local police. A U.S. Marshals Task Force, which includes officers from different agencies, was conducting an investigation near the 5000 block of Galway Drive when they were

Jeffries calls on Johnson to hold vote on antisemitism bill

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is urging Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to stage a vote on a bipartisan bill to combat antisemitism, the latest push by lawmakers in the wake of pro-Palestine protests roiling college campuses across the country. In a letter to

One America News retracts Michael Cohen report

One America News, the conservative network touted by former President Trump, retracted a story this week that falsely alleged an affair between Michael Cohen, Trump's former attorney, and adult film star Stormy Daniels. The story, which has since been removed from the network's

Vast majority of Americans back Israel over Hamas: Poll

An overwhelming majority of Americans support Israel in its war against Hamas over the militant group running the Gaza Strip, according to a new poll. The Harvard CAPS-Harris survey shared with The Hill showed 80 percent of registered voters said they support Israel more in

Enthusiasm for Biden-Trump rematch ticks up: Survey

Excitement over a 2024 rematch between President Biden and former President Trump is slowly increasing as the general election approaches, according to a new poll. In Monday's poll by Monmouth University, 39 percent of voters expressed at least some enthusiasm about a