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Moscow concert death toll rises to 139: Russian official

The death toll of a Moscow concert hall terrorist shooting rose Monday to 139, a Russian official announced. The number of deaths has quickly increased since the attack Friday, after gunmen opened fire on crowds in a suburban Moscow concert hall and lit the building on fire.

Trump's legal wins and losses: 5 takeaways

Former President Trump’s legal troubles crowded in on him Monday. One court weighed the size of the bond he should have to post in his civil fraud case, while separately, the judge in his New York hush money case considered protests lodged by his legal team. The upshot was a

Trump's bond break

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Trump gets surprise bond downgrade to $175M A New York appeals court handed former President Trump a surprise decision that significantly lowered the cost of a

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs's homes raided by Homeland Security

The Los Angeles and Miami homes of renowned musician and producer Sean “Diddy” Combs were raided by authorities as part of a federal investigation, officials said. The action is related to a sex trafficking probe in New York, The Associated Press reports, citing officials who

SCOTUS to hear abortion pill arguments

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story SCOTUS to hear abortion pill arguments The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Tuesday over the approval of mifepristone, one of two drugs used for medical abortions. © AP Mifepristone,

Musk suit dismissed

Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Musk suit against watchdog dismissed in court A case brought by Elon Musk, the owner of X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, against a hate-speech watchdog group was dismissed by

Truth Social parent company to hit stock market Tuesday

The newly formed parent company for Truth Social will debut on the stock market Tuesday, bringing to a close a years-long merger that is set to net former President Trump billions of dollars. A special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merged with Truth Social parent Trump

Biden campaign builds up communications team with 4 new hires

President Biden’s reelection campaign added four members to its communications team, The Hill has learned exclusively. The campaign hired Mia Ehrenberg as a national spokesperson, Charles Lutvak as a national spokesperson, Fabiola Rodriguez as deputy director of Hispanic media

Sick of Biden and Trump? This Candidate Is for You

Many American voters are dreading November’s rematch between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Well, now those people can vote for Literally Anybody Else . A man in Texas, fed up with the two major-party candidates, has legally changed his name to Literally Anybody Else and launched

Climate change driving up inflation in food prices: Study

Rising global temperatures are associated with inflation in food prices, both in regions that are already hotter and in countries outside the tropics like the U.S., according to a study published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment. Researchers from the Potsdam

Florida Democrats boot 2 county party chairs

The Florida Democratic Party on Sunday ousted two county party chairs, including the party chair of Miami-Dade County, in a contentious seven-hour meeting that follows a series of recent election defeats. The 120-member party central committee voted to oust Miami-Dade Chair

Trump seethes after New York trial set for April 15

Former President Trump fumed Monday over his legal troubles after a New York judge scheduled an April 15 start date for his hush money trial despite Trump’s efforts to postpone the case. Trump, speaking down the street from the Manhattan courthouse after the judge’s ruling,

Meta, Google, Apple face EU probes over new tech regulations

The European Union launched investigations into Meta, Google and Apple to review if the three U.S.-based tech giants’ recently announced measures comply with the EU’s new tech regulations, the European Commission announced Monday. The investigations will focus on whether the

12:30 Report — Trump’s $464 million bond lowered

{beacon} 12:30 REPORT Happy Monday. My latest social media feeds have been taken over by Swedish candy — and it’s all I can think about. Has anyone else been seeing the viral videos of Americans sampling it? And can anyone tell me if Bubs are actually that good? OK, back to why