Colombian President Gustavo Petro said on Wednesday he plans to sever diplomatic ties with Israel over the Middle Eastern country’s conduct in its war against Hamas in Gaza. Speaking at a May Day rally in Bogotá’s central Plaza de Bolívar, Petro panned Israel for “the girls,
The federal government should take legal action against the petroleum industry, as it once did against Big Tobacco, a former federal litigator told the Senate Budget Committee on Wednesday. Major oil and gas companies have misled and endangered the public in a manner similar
A “webbed” system of collective security is emerging, valuing intra-regional security cooperation in addition to bilateral contacts between the U.S. and its allies.
House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) on Wednesday announced a hearing set for May 8 focused on the pro-Palestinian protests at the George Washington University (GWU), calling Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser and the chief of the
A subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is proposing to pay nearly $6.5 billion to resolve nearly all the talc ovarian cancer lawsuits brought against the company. J&J said the subsidiary plans to pay about $6.475 billion over 25 years to settle most of the pending lawsuits
CNN anchor Dana Bash opened her "Inside Politics" program Wednesday by blasting demonstrations by pro-Palestinian protesters on college campuses across American universities and colleges in recent weeks. "We start with destruction, violence and hate on college campuses across
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell confirmed Wednesday that the central bank is pushing back its plans for rate cuts as inflation plateaus well above the bank's target. The Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC), the central bank committee tasked with setting monetary policy,
Welcome to The Hill's Campaign newsletter {beacon} Campaign Report Campaign Report The Big Story Where RFK Jr. is on the ballot Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has now qualified to be on the ballot in a few states and has gained enough signatures to
Republican Reps. Elise Stefanik (N.Y.) and Mike Turner (Ohio) are calling on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to open a criminal referral into former President Trump's ex-fixer, Michael Cohen, for making contradicting statements to a congressional panel in 2019. In a letter to
To help rebuilding and recovery efforts, I call on every country to devote 1 percent of its GDP to transform camps into incubators of hope rather than more Gazas.
Dave and Buster’s customers can soon make a friendly $5 wager.
A policy advocacy group founded by Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) is investing $500,000 into efforts to enshrine abortion rights in the Florida Constitution as a strict six-week ban takes effect in the Sunshine State. "Today, women in Florida will be stripped of nearly all
The Federal Reserve voted to keep interest rates at a 23-year high as inflation has edged up and the labor market remains strong, likely pushing potential rate cuts even later into the year. Interest rates will remain at a range of 5.25 percent to 5.5 percent, where they have
Climate change is pushing some New York City neighborhoods into dozens of nearly daylong blackouts per year, a new study has found. Large swaths of the state’s principal towns and cities faced repeated, protracted and dangerous weather-driven power outages between 2017 and
President Biden will speak next week on Capitol Hill about the rise of antisemitism, tackling an issue that has been intertwined with ongoing protests on college campuses over Israel's war in Gaza. Biden will deliver the keynote address at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's
Fears of growing fascism and extremism are increasing in the United States, according to a new poll. An NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist National poll released Wednesday found that 31 percent of surveyed Americans, when asked about their greatest fears for the country's future, mention
Peaceful protest encampments at colleges and universities across the country protesting the institutions’ relationships with the Israeli government and weapons manufacturers have come under brutal attack, with police playing a heavy part. At the University of California, Los
Artificial intelligence chatbots are a booming business these days. So are copyright lawsuits against them. A.I. development companies have already been sued by artists and publishers over the use of books, photographs, and artworks to “train” their products, with mixed results
The Senate Budget Committee’s Democratic majority and Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) took aim at the oil industry Wednesday for historically minimizing the impacts of fossil fuels on the climate in a hearing on the results of a bicameral investigation into the industry’s efforts. In
Welcome to The Hill's Sustainability newsletter {beacon} Sustainability Sustainability The Big Story Sen. Whitehouse: Climate change could crash the financial system Climate change’s impact on insurance companies is putting the U.S. in danger of a financial meltdown, Sen.
Google was hit with a worldwide outage impacting thousands of users Wednesday morning. According to Down Detector, more than 1,000 reports of Google’s services being down came in around 10:49 a.m. EDT. The most reported problem was using the search engine and website. Based on
The Biden administration seems at best indifferent toward the trade goals that Americans have long supported.
Florida’s new abortion ban went into effect on Wednesday, terminating access to the medical procedure past six weeks of pregnancy—and wiping out access for much of the southeastern United States. The new law will prohibit pregnancy well before a lot of people even realize
Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) are leading a group of bipartisan senators reintroducing a bill that would limit kids’ social media use by setting a minimum age for users and restricting access to the sites in schools. Schatz originally introduced a version
UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty took fire from both sides of the aisle Wednesday during his testimony before the Senate Finance Committee on the cyberattack on Change Healthcare, a subsidiary of his company. Senate Finance Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) made it clear straight out
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is slated to hold the daily press briefing Wednesday afternoon under the shadow of college protests across the nation over the ongoing war in Gaza. It comes as President Biden has continually come under fire for his handling of the
Americans still widely oppose the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, which ruled women do not have a federal right to an abortion, according to a poll released Wednesday. In the CNN poll, conducted April 18-23, 65 percent of respondents said they disapprove of the
Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), chair of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, on Wednesday threatened to subpoena acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su for information regarding the department's return-to-work plan. In a committee hearing Wednesday morning in which Su
The economic growth that the administration hoped would at least outstrip inflation’s increase — and reverse some of that cumulative effect — is not.
{beacon} 12:30 REPORT It’s Wednesday. Shall I introduce our May mascot, Justin Timberlake?! Happy May, everyone! Here are some highlights in today’s edition: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) announced she is forcing an ouster vote of Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) next week.
Most Americans are worried about inaccuracies and misinformation being reported during the 2024 election, according to a poll released Wednesday. More than half of respondents, 53 percent, said they are “extremely” or “very” concerned that news outlets will report inaccurate
President Biden will travel to Detroit this month to give remarks at a NAACP dinner, a Biden campaign official confirmed to The Hill. The president is set to travel to swing state Michigan on May 19 and will speak at the NAACP Detroit Branch's 69th annual Fight for Freedom Fund
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is deeply flawed.
Former President George W. Bush's paintings are going to Disney World. EPCOT, one of the theme parks at Disney's resort in Orlando, Fla., announced Wednesday it soon will be home to a special exhibit of Bush's artwork. "Portraits of Courage: A Commander's Tribute to America's
The Grammys on the Hill took aim at artificial intelligence (AI) in the arts during its annual ceremony Tuesday, where it also honored Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) for their work protecting musical artists. The event, part of the "biggest week for
Delegates within the United Methodist Church voted to repeal their church’s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy Wednesday, showing overwhelming support that contrasts with decades of controversy over the issue. The church voted 692-51 at its General Conference to remove a rule
Sam's Club is now using artificial intelligence and a new camera system to scan customers' receipts at the door, instead of having employees check them.
Nearly 4 in 10 local election officials experienced threats, harassment or abuse while on the job, according to a new poll. In the survey, published Wednesday by the Brennan Center for Justice, 38 percent of local election workers reported "threats, harassment or abuse," while
Many of these programs have the full support of police, who are relieved to not have to act as social workers or counselors, which they aren’t trained to be.
In some states, teachers are barely making enough to be considered middle class.
NEW YORK — In 2011, Stormy Daniels’s manager phoned a lawyer to complain that “some jerk” had called her up threatening to sue over a blog post claiming the porn actor slept with Donald Trump. “I hate to ask it this way,” Joshua Steinglass, a prosecutor with the Manhattan
As state violence ramped up against student-led Gaza solidarity protests across the country late Tuesday, Donald Trump couldn’t seem to put his thoughts together. In a jumbled word salad, Trump hopped from buzzword to buzzword on the issue, and the result is a big
Several of the justices focused on a parade of hypotheticals that allowed them to avoid the actual case before them.