Presented by the Working Forests Initiative — {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment PRESENTED BY The Big Story NDAA leaves out radiation compensation amendment The House-Senate compromise version of a major defense bill leaves out an amendment that
Party officials fall in line behind former congressman.
President Biden announced an additional $4.8 billion in student loan forgiveness Wednesday, with the relief targeted at federal borrowers working in public service fields. The debt relief will assist about 80,000 borrowers, approximately half of whom should have already
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Pipelines are not clean, safe or climate-friendly, no matter what the industry says. They are inherently dangerous and prone to leaks, ruptures and explosions with devastating consequences. And they’re being pushed to worsen the climate crisis, not to confront it.
Roughly half-a-million people may be eligible for settlement payments tied to credit card offers from Credit Karma, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said in a news release this week.
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Vivek Ramaswamy emerged from the fourth GOP debate in Alabama facing backlash from Republicans over his aggressive performance. The 38-year-old GOP millennial called former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley “fascist” and compared her campaign launch video to “a woke Dylan Mulvaney
Second gentleman Doug Emhoff on Thursday marked the beginning of Hanukkah in part by chastising a group of prominent university presidents for what he called an "unacceptable" lack of moral clarity after they declined to say if a call for the genocide of Jewish people would be
House Democrats on Thursday called on Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk to push back on the "rapid spread of abortion misinformation and disinformation," with the lawmakers saying people are being discouraged from receiving abortion services due to "bad medical advice." The
Presented by Wells Fargo — {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy PRESENTED BY The Big Story Senate GOP wants bank regulator to step down Senate Banking Committee members are calling on Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Chairman Martin Gruenberg to
The head of the White House cancer moonshot initiative said artificial intelligence can be used to help combat health misinformation. In a conversation with The Hill’s Bob Cusack on Thursday, cancer moonshot coordinator Danielle Carnival said patients and caregivers need
The University of Pennsylvania (Penn) lost a major $100 million donation on Thursday amid the fallout from Penn President Liz Magill's comments at a recent House hearing on campus antisemitism. In a letter to Penn Senior Vice President Wendy White, lawyers for Ross Stevens, the
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) won the fourth Republican primary debate, according to a poll of debate watchers. The 538-Washington Post-Ipsos debate poll found that 30 percent of respondents who watched the Wednesday debate said that the Sunshine State governor won. Former Gov.
Sen. Kevin Cramer's (R-N.D.) son was charged with manslaughter on Thursday after he killed a North Dakota sheriff’s deputy in a car wreck Wednesday evening, according to local police. Police said Ian Cramer, 42, crashed his family's SUV that was reported stolen into a police
Disney announced that it will partner with WNBA star Brittney Griner on producing a slew of future multimedia projects based on her yearlong detainment in Russia. In a news release on Thursday, Disney said that its partnership with the nine-time WNBA All-Star will eventually
New York Democrats on Thursday picked former Rep. Tom Suozzi (N.Y.) as their party’s nominee for the special election to replace Republican ex-Rep. George Santos (N.Y.), who was expelled from the House last week. “I will work day and night with both parties to deliver for the
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton threatened doctors who perform abortions with felony charges, even if a court says they can conduct the procedure. A Travis County district judge issued a temporary restraining order Thursday against Texas’s strict abortion laws to allow a
Wyoming state officials voted on Thursday to table a disputed proposal that would have auctioned off state-owned public trust land within Grand Teton National Park. The State Board of Land Commissioners unanimously agreed to hold additional public discussions and revisit the
More than 4 million people watched the fourth Republican presidential primary debate Wednesday evening on NewsNation and The CW. A total of 1.6 million viewers watched the debate on NewsNation, marking the cable news channel's largest audience in its history, including
Mike Johnson compared himself to Moses and said that becoming House speaker was part of God’s plan. Johnson was the keynote speaker at Tuesday evening’s National Association of Christian Lawmakers’ annual gala. The NACL is a Christian nationalist organization that says its goal
Former President Trump will visit Reno, Nev., later this month where he's expected to host a rally in the key battleground state, his campaign announced Thursday. Trump will delivery remarks to a Team Trump Nevada Commit to Caucus event Dec. 17 at the Reno Sparks Convention
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Tech billionaire Elon Musk said Thursday morning that he believes Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley’s campaign is dead. Musk wrote on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, that "her campaign is dead" in response to a post from conservative activist Christopher
U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Linda Fagan is pushing for reforms across the service after a blistering accountability and transparency report found it is plagued by a toxic workplace environment and sexual harassment. Fagan said the report makes clear there is a "disconnect"
Five Republican senators on the Senate Banking Committee called on Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Chair Martin Gruenberg to step down over allegations that he fostered a culture that was hostile and damaging toward women. In a Thursday letter, Sens. Tim Scott
Tech billionaire Elon Musk filed a Supreme Court appeal Thursday to a Securities and Exchange Commission order that he limit public communications about his businesses, claiming that the 2018 agreement is a “muzzle” on his free speech rights. The case stems from allegations
Second gentleman Doug Emhoff is slated to deliver remarks Thursday afternoon at the lighting of the National Menorah on the Ellipse near the White House. Thursday is the first night of Hanukkah. The event is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. EST. Watch the live video above.
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) slammed Vivek Ramaswamy over his claims during the fourth GOP presidential debate that the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol was an “inside job.” “If what he means by ‘inside job’ is it was a sitting president of the United States who launched
Seven state attorneys general announced they filed a lawsuit Thursday against the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) challenging the association’s limits on college athletes' transfers. In the lawsuit, the coalition claims that the association’s Transfer
The open structure of soft targets makes airport security–style screening impractical and inappropriate.
Representative Kevin McCarthy announced on Wednesday that he would step down at the end of the year, roughly two months after he was removed from his position as speaker. His nine-month tenure as speaker was the culmination of his nearly two-decades-long career in Congress, a
The University of Pennsylvania’s (Penn) board of trustees held an informal virtual gathering Thursday following Penn President Liz Magill receiving bipartisan condemnation for her comments at a House hearing on campus antisemitism. The trustees had a virtual call that began
Hispanic Democrats are trumpeting their opposition to any funding bill that includes Republican demands to permanently change border management laws in exchange for aid to Ukraine. Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) members are making their case through a quote chain on X
Three House Democrats joined Republicans in voting to censure Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) on Thursday, bucking party leadership to back a reprimand of their liberal colleague. Reps. Jahana Hayes (D-Conn.), Chris Pappas (D-N.H.) and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-Wash.) all
Having more than a third of this revenue go to states instead — a proportion that will total hundreds of millions of dollars within 10 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office — would be a welcome development.
Republicans in the Georgia House approved a new congressional map Thursday, which is set to keep the GOP’s 9-5 majority in state representation, one Democrats claim doesn’t follow the court order which forced lawmakers to make new maps in the first place. The new maps split
Americans seem to have no interest in the Republican primary debates, even with two more of the mud-slinging spectacles freshly lined up by CNN for January. Over the last several months, viewership of the debates has tanked. The first crowded debate in August hit a high of 14.2
House Education Committee Chair Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) announced Thursday an investigation into three top colleges following major backlash to their presidents’ testimony at a hearing about antisemitism on campuses this week. "The testimony we received earlier this week from
More than a dozen Democratic Senators are working to enact conditions on military assistance to Israel as part of President Biden’s nearly $111 billion national security supplemental request. The move is an effort by, largely, progressive Democrats in the Senate to address
CNN analyst Van Jones said he was “shaking” watching GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy on the debate stage Wednesday night, warning that the country is witnessing “the rise of an American demagogue.” In a panel discussion on CNN after the fourth GOP primary debate,