~thehill-video | Bookmarks (1035)

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Trump ties himself in knots on abortion Former President Trump has been all over the map on reproductive issues in recent weeks, drawing confused or disappointed reactions from his base. © AP Last week, Trump confirmed after weeks...

Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), a vocal critic of former President Trump, announced Wednesday she is voting for Vice President Harris. Cheney, who sat on the House select committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, announced her decision during an appearance at Duke University, according to multiple attendees who posted...

The Harris and Trump campaigns' battle over patriotism and military service is heating up, the latest controversial line of attack in the election cycle. Democrats are hammering former President Trump over a reported confrontation at Arlington National Cemetery between campaign staffers and a cemetery official last week, while Republicans are continuing to raise questions about...

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Harris breaks from Biden on capital gains tax increase Vice President Harris on Wednesday called for a lower tax increase on capital gains than what President Biden had proposed earlier this year. © AP Photo/Steven Senne...

Vice President Harris’s lead over former President Trump among Americans under the age of 45 has expanded to the widest margin since she became the Democratic Party’s nominee, according to a new poll. The new Economist/YouGov poll, released Wednesday, found that Harris has a 22 percentage point lead, 56 to 34 percent, over Trump among...

The CEO of Steward Health Care told a Senate panel he won’t testify at a hearing next week as part of an investigation into the company’s bankruptcy, in defiance of a subpoena. In a letter to the Senate Health Committee sent Wednesday, attorneys for Ralph de la Torre said it would be inappropriate for...

Click in for the latest from The Hill {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Biden administration partially restores air pollution standards The Biden administration has tightened standards for polluters that were rolled back under the Trump administration — but did not fully return them to their pre-Trump strength. © iStock The policy in...

Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story US seizes Russian sites in crackdown on election plot The Biden administration on Wednesday condemned Russian efforts to influence the 2024 U.S. election as the Justice Department announced it seized 32 web domains the country has used for its covert campaigns. ©...

A Venezuelan judge on Monday reportedly ordered the arrest of the opposition’s former presidential candidate Edmundo González amid ongoing controversy over the country’s election this summer. The arrest warrant comes as part of a criminal investigation, The Associated Press reports, into Venezuela’s election, which the United States has said González won. But although the U.S....

The parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, an Israeli American who was held hostage by the militant group Hamas, laid their son to rest on Monday after the deaths of six hostages sparked mass protests in Israel. “We failed you. We all failed you,” said Hersh’s father, Jon Polin, at the funeral. “For 330 days, mama and...

The United States has captured an ISIS leader who helped members of the terror group after they escaped from a detention facility in Syria, according to U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM). CENTCOM forces, working with Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), captured Khaled Ahmed al-Dandal on Sunday, according to a release, just days after five ISIS foreign terrorist...

Hunter Biden is set to stand trial for a second time this year beginning this week, now on criminal charges he failed to pay more than a million dollars in federal taxes. The president’s embattled son is accused of withholding at least $1.4 million between 2016 to 2019, in the throes of his addiction...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) boasted on Monday that he’s “the pocket” of unions, as he and Vice President Harris court support from the critical voting bloc in several "blue wall" states to mark Labor Day. “Republicans came up to me in one of my campaigns and they said, ‘Tim is in the pocket of...

Vice President Harris and President Biden rallied with union workers on Labor Day in Pennsylvania, a critical battleground state, as they look to shore up her campaign's blue-collar support ahead of the November election. “I will continue to count on the strength, the determination, and the hard work of the leaders in this room to...

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived Monday in Mongolia, a member of the international court that has issued an arrest warrant against him. It’s Putin’s first visit to a member country of the International Criminal Court (ICC) since it issued an arrest warrant in March 2023. Ukraine is calling on Mongolia to arrest Putin and hand...

The United Kingdom is suspending the sale of some arms to Israel, citing a risk the weapons pose in violating international humanitarian law. U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy said Monday that around 30 of the total 350 licenses would be immediately halted, following a review commissioned after the July election. The licenses include equipment that...

Protests roiled Israel for a second day and a general strike caused disruptions across the country after the military recovered the bodies of six hostages over the weekend. Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets on Sunday night to pressure Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach a cease-fire and hostage release deal with...

Vice President Harris and President Biden will appear together in Pennsylvania at a Labor Day campaign event Monday as the vice president seeks to shore up support from union workers ahead of the November election. The event in Pittsburgh will mark Biden and Harris's first joint appearance on the campaign trail since she replaced him...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought forgiveness from the families of the six hostages recently killed in Gaza as he faces mounting criticism over not reaching an agreement with Hamas to secure the release of the remaining hostages. “I told the families, and I repeat and say this evening: I am asking for your forgiveness...

Cars accompanying Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s motorcade crashed Monday as the Democratic vice presidential nominee was en route to a campaign event in Milwaukee. A staff member in a van carrying members of the press appeared to have a broken arm, according to a pool reporter traveling with the governor, after the vehicle was “violently...

The U.S. government has seized a plane used by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro after officials determined its purchase violated sanctions and export control laws, the Justice Department (DOJ) announced Monday. The Dassault Falcon 900EX was seized Monday morning in the Dominican Republican and transferred to federal officials in Florida, the DOJ said in a statement. “This...

Vice President Harris addressed a crowd of union members in Detroit on Labor Day, criticizing former President Trump for blocking overtime benefits and cutting taxes for the wealthy. Tyrese West, a member of Laborers’ International Union of North America, introduced Harris on Monday. She was joined on stage by several union leaders, including United Auto...

The Biden administration is encouraging foreign governments to impose additional taxes on U.S. corporations, which would be passed along to workers and consumers, while the UN is considering a majority vote to tax American companies, potentially violating trade agreements.

CNN said its recent interview with Vice President Harris and her running mate, Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.), was not edited despite allegations that it was spliced and shortened. A theory online among former President Trump’s supporters began to spread late this week that the 27-minute interview that aired was originally 41 minutes long, meaning a...