ASPCA senior vice president Nancy Perry argues that Congress must pass Goldie's Act to address the USDA's chronic failure to enforce the Animal Welfare Act and protect dogs from systemic abuse.
President Trump posted a poll on Truth Social, pitching potential new names for artificial intelligence — calling the emerging technology’s name “inaccurate.” In a Saturday Truth Social post, the president floated alternative names for AI — pitching "Superior Intelligence,"
On Friday, the president threatened to ban CNN, MS Now, and Politico from the White House. It could have just been another one of his Truth Social fever dreams, but it turns out it's very real. All three publications were turned away from the White House this morning, NPR
Writer John Mac Ghlionn warns that the rise of automated systems threatens the stability of the American middle class by eroding worker bargaining power and displacing specialized professionals.
President Trump is doubling down on his insistence that he needs “recognition” from the Kennedy Center in return for planned renovations. Trump’s assertion Friday afternoon seems to mean he is holding fast to his demand that his name should be added to the center in some shape
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Saturday that President Trump’s proposed Triumphal Arch in Washington, D.C., would require an “eternal flame” on top to alert nearby pilots. “The FAA’s determination includes conditions for the Arch to be appropriately marked with
Among students who self-censored, 91 percent cited classmates as a concern.
The State Department approved a potential $2.6 billion air defense equipment sale to Ukraine Friday as its conflict with Russia resumed following trilateral talks with U.S. special envoys. In a congressional notification, the State Department wrote that the Ukrainian
There's a good chance that, if you're in your 50s, your name is one of three that were topping the charts in the 1970s.
This week, it became apparent that everyone believes in a free press, as long as it costs them nothing. Politicians in both parties are now using their offices to insulate themselves from opposing coverage — all in the name of protecting the public or the press. President Trump
The White House denied CNN, MS NOW and Politico journalists access to its grounds Saturday, the networks announced, a day after President Trump said he was banning them from the premises after accusing them of producing "purposefully negative stories." “Earlier this morning MS
A new policy disturbingly echoes those found in Russia, China and Iran, which use strict visa compliance rules to punish journalists and media outlets that report on their governments unfavorably.
Less than a day after President Trump said he would ban CNN, MS NOW and Politico reporters from the White House, all three outlets said their journalists have been turned away from the White House grounds. President Trump said he was banning the outlets from the premises after
AI companies Anthropic, OpenAI, Space XAI and Google are being sued over alleged collusion as pressure mounts to slow the rapid development of AI. The complaint, filed Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, points to a recent proposal from
Fruits and vegetables are the ultimate over-the-counter medicine — good for you, proven to help and something we should make easier for people to afford.
As fuel costs rise amid the U.S.-Iran and Russia-Ukraine wars, Americans in the Northeast may have to pay significantly more to heat their homes this winter. With the price of diesel, in particular, increasing, so too will the cost of a home heating fuel known as heating oil
Last week, President Donald Trump announced that if Republicans prevail in this year’s midterm elections, he would provide everybody with a $5,000 dividend check . People reacted as if he’d said something crazy, like “Barack Obama was born in Kenya and is ineligible to be
Iowa Republicans are being presented with the difficult choice of embracing President Trump in the final stretch of the midterms as Democrats seek to tie them to the administration. The dynamic was on full display in Council Bluffs on Friday, when Iowa gubernatorial candidate
The tension between President Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has only intensified amid the latter’s cozying up with the European Union (EU) on a high-profile trip this week. The relationship between the U.S. and Canada has been increasingly strained due to
The NAACP filed a lawsuit Friday alongside other civil rights groups to block the Trump administration from sending armed agents to U.S. polling places ahead of November's midterm elections. The lawsuit names the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Immigration and Customs
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) fired back against at President Trump's Friday Oval Office comments calling him a "bad governor" that's "close to incompetent" following four measles-related deaths in the state. “Incompetence is letting measles, a disease that was declared
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Hegseth backs Trump on banning media outlets Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday that he "fully supports" President Trump's decision to
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) invited the CEOs of Flock Safety and other prominent AI-powered surveillance camera manufacturers to testify before the upper chamber's Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism next week. Hawley, the subcommittee's chair, wrote on social
President Trump officially signed the Russia sanctions bill into law Friday, which authorizes further sanctions and tariffs against Russia amid the Kremlin’s ongoing conflict with Ukraine. The bill — championed and named after late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) — calls for the
The Pentagon’s public database left out two deaths of U.S. service members deployed in the Middle East during the war against Iran, who took part in missions unrelated to the conflict in the Middle East. Maj. Sorffly Davius, who served in the 42nd Infantry Division at Camp
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare The Big Story CDC director says RFK Jr. has final say In her first interview since taking leadership of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Erica Schwartz told Atlanta News First that she isn’t
Sen. John Curtis (R-Utah) on Friday ripped President Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr. for letting a Russian oligarch with ties to the Kremlin pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to finance his wedding after-party in the Bahamas this year. Curtis called the generous gift
One of the highest honors of my professional life was serving as director of communications for the late Sen. Bob Dole (R-Kan.). Because of his poor childhood; his heroic actions in World War II; the three years he spent in a hospital fighting to survive his almost mortal
Several contributors to Fox News offered stark criticism Friday of President Trump’s decision to ban CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House. Trump announced the decision in a Friday Truth Social post, saying the ban would be “effective immediately” for those outlets,
Rep. Monica De La Cruz (R-Texas) released a campaign advertisement featuring a man she helped get released Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody, along with his wife — who described the U.S.'s immigration system as "broken." The ad, which first aired last week,
All 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico have applied to participate in an arrangement intended to give lower drug prices to Medicaid programs, President Trump said Friday. “This one thing alone should win us the midterms,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
President Trump's threat to ban three national news outlets from covering the White House is sparking rebuke from First Amendment advocates, elected Democrats and critics from across politics and media. In a Truth Social post Friday afternoon, Trump wrote he was banning CNN, MS
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Forever chemicals could be another data center impact As AI data centers face intense public pushback over issues including their electricity and water use, another potential environmental impact is percolating:
At the start of this week, the who's-who of AI seemed - at least tentatively - on the side of AI regulation. Over the weekend, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei had proposed a three-step plan for slowing AI development, including by embedding third-party evaluators in labs,
Headlining a conference for Children’s Health Defense, the nonprofit he previously led that regularly spreads vaccine misinformation, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a litany of familiar false and misleading claims, particularly about vaccines.
President Trump said Friday that the United States has entered a security agreement with Greenland and Denmark that gives America a bigger say in the Arctic territory's affairs and expands its military presence in the country. Trump said the deal “gives the United States
Football analyst and ESPN personality Kirk Herbstreit defended the network's decision to have Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on the network's flagship college football pregame show last week. "We had him on because they were going to be voting this week," Herbstreit told reporters
Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed (D) responded Friday to Vice President Vance's disses on his appearance, saying he'd challenge President Trump's second-in-command to a weightlifting competition to prove whether he's "as strong as he likes to pretend he is.” TMZ DC asked
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Who to watch in Congress on AI policy Fears over artificial intelligence’s rapid development sent Congress into a tailspin this week, as dozens of lawmakers joined the debate on how to regulate the technology. © Greg Nash The
President Trump said he still supports Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.) but disagrees with her on immigration one day after her campaign rolled out an ad criticizing the president on the policy issue. "She obviously doesn't have a very strong feeling about the border. I do,"
Recently unsealed court documents in the New York Times' case against OpenAI and Microsoft are pretty damning. The companies' own documentation warned that it was starting a "doom loop" that would damage the web, characterized its scraping of data to train its models as the
President Trump said Friday that his son Donald Trump Jr. paid back the Russian oligarch who funded some of his lavish wedding celebrations after concerns flared over ethics violations and potential influences from foreign adversaries. President Trump was asked in the Oval
A federal court has rebuffed the Trump administration’s effort to slash a $7 billion program that seeks to provide rooftop solar power in disadvantaged communities. Judge Mary McElroy, a Trump appointee in Rhode Island, vacated the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) move
The powerful member of the House Democratic Commission on AI intends to introduce new pieces of legislation designed to address risks posed by artificial intelligence models.
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story GOP senators rebuff Trump attacks on Federal Reserve President Trump’s sharp criticisms of the Federal Reserve's decision to raise interest rates are making some
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin on Friday defended the Trump administration’s immigration policy after a Republican lawmaker endorsed by President Trump said Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has “gone too far” by arresting people without criminal records.
The top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has exercised a hold on a $2.8 billion weapons sale to Israel, The Hill has learned, allying with her counterpart in the House and underscoring deep mistrust with the Trump administration and Israeli government. Sen.
Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., pushed for the declassification of the audio from early Air Force investigations into UFOs.
The Trump administration may be hiding exactly how many American troops have died in the Iran war. The Washington Post , citing six anonymous U.S. officials, reports that more U.S. service members have died than the Department of Defense has publicly disclosed. Five of these
Diana wore the dress the same day a TV interview aired in which Charles acknowledged his affair.