President Biden praised the LGBTQ community in remarks at Stonewall Friday, a day after his first presidential debate against former President Trump. Friday marked the 55 years since the Stonewall Riots, which were demonstrations against a police raid that took place at the
Prominent abortion rights groups rallied around President Biden’s reelection campaign on Friday, arguing that his administration’s record on reproductive health and the “existential” threat of another Trump administration outweigh a poor debate performance. As Democratic
A growing chorus of alarmed House Democrats say that President Biden’s faltering performance in the debate the night before raises immediate questions about whether he should remain at the top of the ticket in this year’s presidential contest. Such criticisms were unthinkable
Two giant pandas have safely arrived in San Diego from China as part of the ongoing conservation partnership, the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance said Friday. The organization said the pandas, named Yun Chuan and Xin Bao, will spend the next couple of weeks in a private habitat
In his first public comments since President Biden took to the debate stage last night, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said the president failed to clearly articulate his achievements or vision for the future. “I have to also be very honest with you and tell you that I think the
Plus: Media coverage shifts around Biden's age {beacon} Evening Report © Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images Dems debate if Biden should stay on ticket Should President Biden drop out of the race? That question was considered a fringe conspiracy theory only 24
Russian President Vladimir Putin didn’t set an alarm to wake up in the middle of the night to watch Thursday’s debate between President Biden and former President Trump. “Well, look, I don’t think you expect the president of Russia might set an alarm clock, wake up before
Former President Trump on Friday piled on President Biden over his widely criticized debate performance, suggesting it could be “a big moment” in moving undecided voters in his direction. Trump rallied supporters in Virginia, which a Republican presidential candidate hasn’t won
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Inflation flatlines as pressure on Biden ramps up The Federal Reserve’s favorite inflation gauge rose 0 percent last month and was up 2.6 percent from a year ago,
The Supreme Court upended how the federal government works on Friday. In a landmark decision in its war on federal regulatory power, the justices formally overturned a key doctrine that determined when and how courts should interpret ambiguous federal laws. Forty years ago, in
President Biden on Friday condemned the decision by Iowa’s Supreme Court to uphold the state's six-week abortion ban, saying it puts women’s health in jeopardy. The court, in a 4-3 ruling, overturned a lower court’s temporary block on the state’s six-week ban on abortion,
The Biden administration will host digital creators at the White House for the first-ever Creator Economy Conference in August, the director of digital strategy announced Friday. The conference, which will be held Aug. 14, will bring together creators, industry professionals
Steve Bannon will have to go to prison even as he awaits an appeal of his contempt of Congress guilty verdict, the Supreme Court ruled Friday, denying his application for release. BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects Steve Bannon’s request to stay out of prison pending any
The Pentagon has sent the Navy amphibious assault ship USS Wasp with Marines aboard to the eastern Mediterranean amid rising tensions between Hezbollah and Israel along Lebanon’s border, U.S. European Command confirmed Friday. The Wasp and the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit —
It’s hard to overstate how bad this week has been for (among many other things ) environmental regulations. On their own, the Supreme Court’s rulings on either Ohio v. EPA or Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo would be bad news. Together they spell out a new reality where
Less than 24 hours after President Joe Biden’s disastrous performance at the first presidential debate, the commander in chief spoke clearly, coherently, and energetically at a rally in North Carolina. This appearance, meant to soothe Democrats’ freshly ratcheted anxieties,
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Friday lamented President Biden's debate performance but defended his continued candidacy in the 2024 race. “It wasn’t the debate I would have loved for us to have,” Buttigieg said on MSNBC. “I know what it's like, to have a night on
Just hours after the Supreme Court narrowed an obstruction charge used to prosecute scores of Jan. 6 rioters, trial-level judges have started to reopen some cases tied to the 2021 Capitol attack. The federal judge who oversaw the case against Guy Reffitt — the first rioter
Trump took to Truth Social Friday afternoon to celebrate the news that the Supreme Court rejected a statute used for one charge against Capitol rioter Joseph Fischer, declaring the 6–3 ruling a “BIG WIN!” and “Big News!” His victory lap appears tied to how the court’s decision
Pete Arredondo, the former police chief for schools in Uvalde, Texas, was indicted this week over his response to the 2022 mass shooting that left 19 students and two teachers dead. The indictment argues Arredondo failed to identify an active shooting, did not follow his
Former President Obama urged voters Friday to back President Biden in November despite a poor showing by the president in the previous night's debate. "Bad debate nights happen. Trust me, I know," Obama posted on the social platform X. "But this election is still a choice
Texas’s Supreme Court on Friday upheld the state’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors, dealing a blow to a group of medical providers, national LGBTQ organizations and families with transgender children that sued to block it. The 8-1 ruling leaves in place a law that has
Story at a glance (NewsNation) — A National Institutes of Health (NIH) study across two decades found there is no association between regular intake of multivitamins and a lower risk of death. Daily multivitamin usage is common in the United States, but according to the NIH,
The Supreme Court ruled Friday that Steve Bannon must begin his four-month prison sentence on contempt of Congress charges as his appeal proceeds. The one-sentence order, which had no public dissents, keeps in place Monday’s deadline for the onetime Trump strategist to report
Close to half of Americans believe the Democratic Party should replace President Biden in the 2024 election, per a YouGov poll conducted the morning after the first presidential debate. Of those polled, 49 percent said Biden should be replaced at the top of the ticket for the
At the start of every Congress, members of the House of Representatives gather in the House chamber and, in unison, are sworn in for two-year terms. We all swear that we will “support and defend the Constitution of the United States.” It is a rare moment of unity in a body that
Fewer than 50 million people watched Thursday night's presidential debate between President Biden and former President Trump on linear televisions, 20 million fewer than watched the first clash of the 2020 cycle between the same candidates. Thursday's CNN debate, which was
The U.S. military is once again removing the Gaza pier due to poor weather, and there is no clear timeline on when it would be reanchored, the Pentagon confirmed Friday. Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh said heavy seas and high winds forced the military to
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass began the week by suggesting that her city consider a new mask ban for protesters, and ended it by testing positive for Covid-19. After protesters clashed outside a synagogue in Pico-Robertson, which held an event for a company selling high-end
President Biden sought to tamp down the panic among some Democrats on Friday over his ability to lead the party heading into November following a calamitous debate performance a night earlier, delivering a more energized speech in North Carolina in which he acknowledged some of
Early-life exposure to air pollution may have direct connections to the manifestation of bronchitis symptoms during adulthood, a new study has found. Previous investigations have already confirmed a consistent relationship between air pollution exposure and childhood lung
Former President Trump is slated to speak Friday to supporters at a rally in Chesapeake, Va. It’s Trump's first public appearance following the CNN presidential debate in Atlanta, the first of the cycle. The former president will be joined by Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R), a
The proposed plan to allow Palestinian refugees from war-torn Gaza to enter the United States under a P-2 designation should be met with opposition due to the potential for radicalization and the risk of importing antisemitism.
In the lead-up to Euro 2024, both pundits and the tournament’s organizers expected the ongoing war in Ukraine, which has been stuck in a bloody stalemate for over a year, to be at the center of the conversation. Public support for Ukraine is on the wane in Europe—far-right
As the Democratic Party scrambles following a “nightmare” showing from President Biden at Thursday’s presidential debate, former Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton has thrown her support behind his candidacy. “I’ll be voting Biden,” she wrote in a post Friday morning on social
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was asked for comment Friday morning about her response to voluminous calls from panicked Democrats for Biden to be replaced on the Democratic ticket following Thursday night’s abysmal debate performance—and she refused to answer. Reporters
What is a “Black job?” At Thursday’s presidential debate, Donald Trump claimed they were being taken away by immigrants—but no one knows what he’s talking about. “The fact is that his big kill on the Black people is the millions of people that he’s allowed to come in through
Crime is becoming a serious issue for Americans, with Democrats being associated with initiatives that increase their political vulnerability on the issue, and the summer months are likely to make it worse still.
Rep. James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.) is swatting away arguments that President Biden should step down from the Democratic ticket after his subpar debate performance Thursday evening, contending that the incumbent should “stay the course.” Clyburn — who is widely considered
Reps. Scott Peters (D-Calif.) and Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa) said policy makers need to strike a balance between savings and innovation in the wake of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which was passed about two years ago. Peters, who represents San Diego, where several