President Biden on Thursday evening is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute gala celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month. Biden has headlined the event for the last three years, and he and First Lady Jill Biden will also host a
Media mogul Oprah Winfrey hosted a virtual event in Michigan Thursday evening to support Vice President Harris's bid for the White House in the battleground state. The free, livestreamed event called “Unite for America" will be aimed at connecting grassroots groups and bringing
LinkedIn confirmed that it is using personal user data to train its artificial intelligence models after being accused of opting members in without properly notifying them.
Presented by Lockheed Martin — The top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee called the Republicans’ stopgap funding fight “fanatic-on-fanatic violence,” calling out his colleagues for not being able to agree on what he said were two extreme views. {beacon} Defense
House Republicans have shifted gears as they race to avoid a government shutdown, eyeing a three-month stopgap spending bill — in lieu of a six-month extension — while dropping their demand for tougher voting rules as part of the package. Top appropriators have already
An explosive report Thursday that North Carolina GOP gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson made many offensive statements on a porn site's message board has Republicans in the state reeling and Democrats on offense. Speculation raged throughout much of Thursday about a pending
Presented by Plan B One Step — A Senate committee investigating the bankruptcy of hospital chain Steward Health Care voted on Thursday to hold the company’s CEO in contempt of Congress {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Senate panel advances contempt measures
Presented by TerraPower — Opponents to the group characterized it as anti-environment {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story GOP governors form 'energy choice' group Ten Republican governors have joined together this week to form a group they say
Former President Trump delivered remarks at the Israeli American Council's (IAC) 2024 national conference Thursday evening in Washington, D.C. Trump headlined the annual conference with a speech honoring the victims of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas, which sparked the
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) in an interview with The Hill offered his thoughts on artificial intelligence (AI) and foreign election interference — two hot-button issues that have become increasingly prevalent in the political landscape ahead of November. Describing
The presidential election is less than two months away, and just like in 2020, the postal system may play a pivotal role in determining the outcome. An NBC News investigation published Thursday found that the slowest mail in the country is in battleground states, many of which
A new peer-reviewed paper presents evidence that the COVID-19 pandemic started in a seafood market in Wuhan, China, where many of the first cases of the disease were identified. The paper, published Thursday in the scientific journal Cell, builds off preliminary research
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Senate moves to avert government shutdown Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced Thursday he will act to advance a bipartisan government funding
Vice President Harris’s campaign quickly posted clips of former President Trump praising North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson (R) following a bombshell CNN report on the GOP North Carolina gubernatorial candidate. Harris’s campaign posted a video on the social platform X of
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a civil rights investigation into the Rankin County Sheriff's Department following a racist attack on two Black men by white officers. The investigation will determine whether the department engages in patterns or practices that
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) expressed optimism Thursday that lawmakers would soon reach a deal to extend radiation compensation for victims of U.S. nuclear weapons testing. Hawley told reporters he and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) were “getting close” to a deal. “We’ve made very
Florida health officials told physicians Thursday that abortion is permitted “at any stage in pregnancy” to save the life and health of the mother, and regulatory action will be taken against any providers who don’t offer that care. In a notice to providers, the Florida
Presented by the National Council on Aging — 🔴 Plus: NC gubernatorial candidate vows to stay in race after bombshell report {beacon} Evening Report Thursday, Sept. 19 © AP Photo/Evan Vucci/Matt Rourke Vexing polls add to drama heading to election AN AVALANCHE of new polling
The political forecasting site Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball shifted the North Carolina gubernatorial race Thursday toward Democrats amid an unfolding controversy involving Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, the Republican candidate. “Obviously a fluid situation but Robinson was in bad
Kellyanne Conway, the former senior adviser to former President Trump, said “of course” she can imagine a world in which Trump graciously concedes defeat to Vice President Harris after losing the election. At the end of a lengthy live interview at The Atlantic Festival 2024 on
Congressional Hispanic Democrats are throwing some weight behind New Jersey State Sen. Nellie Pou, a Democrat who’s all but certain to win a vacant House seat to become the state’s first Latina federal legislator. Bold PAC, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus's (CHC) campaign
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, met Thursday with the families of Americans being held hostage in Gaza by Hamas, the Harris campaign said. Walz listened to the stories of the families and offered his support, the campaign said. The governor
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) said he thinks former President Trump has a “special” place among Pennsylvania voters and it only deepened after a gunman opened fire at a Trump rally in the state in July. “Trump has created a special kind of a hold … and he’s remade the party and
A Project 2025 adviser was exposed Thursday in a congressional hearing for defending slavery in Haiti. Mark Krikorian, an adviser for the right-wing manifesto, is the director of the Center for Immigration Studies, a right-wing organization described by the Southern Poverty Law
House leadership and top Republican tax writers doubled down on their rejection this week of an international tax provision within an Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) framework, as the Treasury advanced rules that may help companies avoid it. House
Scientific advances helped avert 4.1 million deaths from cancer in the 30 years between 1991 and 2021 according to a new report, but the disease continues to be a public health challenge. The report, released Wednesday by the American Association for Cancer Research, showed
Welcome to The Hill's Campaign newsletter {beacon} Campaign Report Campaign Report The Big Story Harris vs. Trump: What the polls are saying The presidential election between Vice President Harris and former President Trump is in its final stretch. The candidates aren’t
Kellyanne Conway has suggested that former President Trump does not regret picking Sen. JD Vance as his running mate and would make the same decision today if given the opportunity.
The Trump-endorsed candidate in North Carolina’s gubernatorial race could soon lose his spot on the ticket due to an in-house ouster. North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson is a Hitler-quoting, gay-bashing, conspiracy-touting antisemite, and has drawn immediate
Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey (D) is leading his Republican rival Dave McCormick in new Keystone State polling. In a new poll from The Philadelphia Inquirer/The New York Times/Siena College, Casey garnered 49 percent support from the likely electorate in Pennsylvania compared to
House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) and Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) traded personal swipes over who takes more medication after Moskowitz attacked Comer’s leadership of the committee. The exchange came during an Oversight panel hearing
North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson (R) on Thursday said he’s staying in the gubernatorial race following speculation throughout the day that he might drop out in response to an explosive CNN report. Robinson alleged in a video posted to the social platform X shortly before
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Teamsters President Sean O'Brien sparred following the union's decision to not endorse Vice President Harris or former President Trump in the presidential election. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters decided to not issue an
Less than half of likely 2024 presidential election voters have a favorable view of pop superstar Taylor Swift after her endorsement of Vice President Harris, according to a New York Times, Philadelphia Inquirer and Siena College poll that was released on Thursday. The poll,
Republicans don’t want women to vote. They now think they may have a strategy that could prevent them from doing so. House Speaker Mike Johnson and former President Donald Trump were pushing the Safeguard American Eligibility, or SAVE, Act, demanding it be part of must-pass
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Thursday that Democrats will oppose any federal funding bill that includes conservative policy riders pushed by former President Trump. “Donald Trump has ordered extreme MAGA Republicans in the House to shut the government
Elon Musk’s since-deleted “ joke ” suggesting that there should be more assassination attempts on the president and vice president’s lives has suddenly landed him in trouble with the feds. Following a second assassination attempt on Donald Trump’s life Sunday, Musk posted an
Teamsters President Sean O’Brien isn’t happy that Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticized the union for refusing to endorse Kamala Harris for president. On Thursday, in response to her comments, he made the spurious claim that the Teamsters in AOC’s district
The top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee on Thursday called the Republicans’ stopgap funding fight “fanatic-on-fanatic violence,” calling out his colleagues for not being able to agree on what he said were two extreme views. “There's nothing funny about it, you
Kellyanne Conway, ex-senior adviser to former President Trump, said Thursday she thinks the Republican presidential nominee will defeat Vice President Harris in the November election but noted “enthusiasm” across the board. “The enthusiasm is there on both sides,” Conway said,
Iran has benefited from a contradiction in U.S. policy, as the U.S. seeks de-escalation and deterrence, Iran is threatening to use its ballistic missile arsenal to achieve political demands.
Huntington Beach, Calif., is suing the state over a new law that doesn’t require teachers to notify parents of a child’s change of gender. Since Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed the bill into law in July, he’s faced significant pushback from conservative leaders across the state.