Celebrity chef and founder of nonprofit World Central Kitchen (WCK) José Andrés memorialized his seven employees killed during an aid mission in Gaza at a service at the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday. “They risked everything to feed people they didn’t know and would
The White House punted on Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) demand for President Biden to call in the National Guard to college campuses amid mass protests over the Israel-Hamas war on Thursday. Johnson visited Columbia University on Wednesday, the first of major pro-Palestine
California officials on Thursday celebrated a milestone in their quest to achieve a 100-percent clean grid by 2045: the installation of more than 10,000 megawatts of battery storage. "Battery storage is foundational," Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said at a press conference next to a
Two of former President Trump’s legal cases collided Thursday, as the Supreme Court held a hearing on his broad claims of immunity from criminal prosecution while his trial continued in New York over a hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. The Supreme Court
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said he doesn’t think presidents should be immune from criminal prosecution for their actions in office, as the Supreme Court heard arguments on the issue related to former President Trump. Asked in a Thursday interview on NBC
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story US on track to deliver key aid to Gaza from sea A maritime corridor is expected to be opened by early May, officials said, as construction for a
The Supreme Court seemed poised Thursday to grant former President Trump at least some protections from criminal prosecution after hearing two hours of arguments from his lawyers and prosecutors. Here are six things to know a historic day at the court. Justices were wary of
The U.S. is on track to start delivering critical humanitarian aid into Gaza through a maritime corridor by early May and more details of the plan have been worked out, officials said. A senior military official said in a press call that construction and assembly of the pier in
AUSTIN — The day after 57 people were arrested during protests on the University of Texas at Austin campus, students are divided over the police crackdown. On Thursday, like the previous day, hundreds gathered for a demonstration intended to pressure UT Austin to divest from
University of Texas (UT) at Austin demonstrators arrested during a pro-Palestinian protest Wednesday will not be charged, Travis County Attorney Delia Garza’s office confirmed Thursday. The prosecutor’s office said it has decided not to move forward with the 46 trespassing
Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Biden restricts pollution and carbon from power plants The Biden administration on Thursday cracked down on carbon emissions and other pollution from power
We cannot presume that existing regulatory efforts looking backwards are either sufficient or a substitute for this bigger and more complex endeavor, which necessarily must be forward-looking, for a future that is inherently uncertain.
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Sanders locks onto next drug pricing target: Ozempic After successfully getting manufacturers to lower the prices of insulin and inhalers, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) now has popular
The White House on Thursday blasted former President Trump after he twice minimized the deadly 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., downplaying its severity compared to ongoing campus protests over the war in Gaza. "Minimizing the Antisemitic and white
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Uvalde parent Brett Cross has some words for Texas police, after their brutal crackdown on Texas university students protesting against Israel’s war in Gaza. At the University of Texas at Austin Wednesday, more than 100 troopers from the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS)
Donald Trump’s old friend David Pecker is still dishing the dirt on the stand in the real estate mogul’s New York hush money trial, revealing on Thursday that the decision to catch and kill former Playboy model Karen McDougal’s story about having a lurid affair with Trump was
Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story FCC revives Obama-era net neutrality rules The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted 3-2 along partisan lines to restore net neutrality rules, barring broadband providers from
A quick recap of the day and what to look forward to tomorrow {beacon} Evening Report © AP Trump's legal troubles play out in NYC, SCOTUS Former President Trump's legal woes played out before the Supreme Court in the nation's capital on Thursday, as Trump's federal
A Texas prosecutor on Thursday appealed a recent ruling that tossed Crystal Mason’s illegal voting conviction from 2018, the Tarrant County district attorney’s office said in a statement. “The trial court’s guilty verdict should be affirmed,” the district attorney's office
Pro-Palestinian students at Columbia University filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the school for discrimination against Gaza protesters and students from Palestine. Palestine Legal filed the complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights
The University of Southern California (USC) has canceled its main commencement ceremony amid criticism over its decision to nix its pro-Palestinian valedictorian’s speech. The school announced on Thursday that due to new safety measures, it would not have the main graduation
From "Black Widow" actor Scarlett Johansson — seemingly in town to support husband Colin Jost — to "Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" star Rachel Brosnahan and rapper Jermaine Dupri, a hodgepodge of performers are poised to head to Washington for Saturday's White House Correspondents'
A man has been arrested after he disrupted an interview with San Jose, Calif., Mayor Matt Mahan and picked a fight with his security guard. Mahan was participating in an interview with KRON4 Tuesday evening, when a passerby interrupted the shot. The man was apparently talking
This week, coverage of the campus protests and solidarity encampments at Columbia University reached a fever pitch. They have attracted statements from the White House and from Israeli government officials condemning their existence. This animosity, in turn, has inspired
Microsoft’s cut-throat approach is a national security risk the United States cannot abide.
During his testimony in Donald Trump’s hush-money trial on Thursday, former tabloid magnate David Pecker wasted no time in blaming Trump completely for the whole scheme. Pecker, ex-CEO of American Media Inc. and former publisher of the National Enquirer, is a key witness in the
The Justice Department on Thursday for a second time declined to turn over audio recordings of President Biden’s interview with special counsel Robert Hur, rejecting claims from GOP impeachment investigators that the recordings contain information that would help them with
At least six small tornadoes developed in Missouri and Illinois Thursday evening. One of those went right through a wedding rehearsal dinner.
The World Health Organization is sounding the alarm on the use of alcohol and electronic cigarettes in adolescents, calling the widespread use "alarming" in a new analysis. The WHO, in a report published Thursday, said their findings show a "concerning picture" of substance use
A federal judge rejected former President Trump’s latest attempt for a new trial, upholding the verdict and $83.3 million award in his defamation case against writer E. Jean Carroll. In a written opinion, U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan said Trump’s arguments are “without
Welcome to The Hill's Campaign newsletter {beacon} Campaign Report Campaign Report The Big Story Trump’s mounting legal woes The former president’s historic criminal trial in New York is colliding with presidential immunity arguments before the Supreme Court and a ‘fake
Rather than calling a coup a coup, the administration took a position of avoidance.
Thursday’s oral argument in United States v. Trum p might have been the most surreal session ever held in the Supreme Court’s 235-year history. At issue was whether past, present, and future presidents can commit crimes and get away with them. A majority of the justices
Disgraced Hollywood producer and serial abuser Harvey Weinstein had his 2020 rape conviction overturned by a New York appeals court on Thursday, but not everyone on the bench agreed with the decision. In a scathing dissenting opinion, Judge Madeline Singas wrote that the court
Justices on the Supreme Court voiced skepticism Thursday to assertions from former President Trump’s attorneys that presidential immunity could extend to an attempted coup or the assassination of a political rival, even as they seemed ready to offer some protections from
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said Thursday his state “will not comply” with recently unveiled changes to Title IX by the Biden administration. “Florida rejects [President Biden’s] attempt to rewrite Title IX,” DeSantis said in a video posted to the social platform X. “We will
Electoral math risks pulling the U.S. and China into direct conflict. In a worst case scenario, that could mean the brink of war.
Students and faculty from colleges and universities around the D.C. area launched a combined demonstration at the George Washington University (GWU) campus early Thursday, continuing national protests against the Biden administration’s response to the Israel-Hamas war. Hundreds
President Biden’s reelection campaign trolled former President Trump for golfing on his day off from court Wednesday. “We found out where Trump was. He was golfing. Not campaigning. Golfing,” Biden campaign spokesperson Ammar Moussa said in a statement, citing a CNN report that
Jews are attacked and reviled on campuses, schools are shutting down and young people are supporting extremist organizations. What can be done?
NEW YORK — The onetime editor-in-chief of the National Enquirer discussed potentially being pardoned by former President Trump for “electoral fraud” in 2016, according to text messages read out loud during Trump’s hush money trial Thursday. In the text messages, Editor Dylan