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A group of major book publishers sued the state of Florida over what they called an "unconstitutional” book ban law that allows challenges to books in school libraries. Six publishers, Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins Publishers, Macmillan Publishers, Simon & Schuster, and Sourcebooks, along with Authors Guild and some prominent book authors, filed...

President Biden will travel to Wisconsin and Michigan next week for events to tout his administration's efforts to lower costs -- a sign that he is increasing his presence in battleground states ahead of November's election after ending his candidacy. The White House announced Biden will head to Wisconsin next Thursday to highlight his administration's...

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} View Online Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story United Airlines attendants vote to strike Flight attendants for the United Airlines voted this week to authorize a strike unless “significant improvements” are agreed to in talks in the weeks ahead. © The Associated...

Vice President Harris is leading former President Trump by an average of 2 points across seven battleground states as the White House race remains tight, according to polling released Thursday. A Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll found Harris has a 2-point average edge over Trump when it comes to registered voters in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada,...

Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) said in an interview that he has urged billionaire Peter Thiel, his former Silicon Valley boss, to “get off the sidelines” and support former President Trump’s White House run. The senator, who became Trump's running mate in July, told the Financial Times in an interview that he will keep pushing the...

At least half of Republican voters in Arizona and Nevada say they would vote for ballot initiatives this November that protect abortion access, according to a pair of Fox News polls released Wednesday. Fifty percent of Republicans in Arizona, and 54 percent of Republicans in Nevada say they would vote for their states’ proposed constitutional...

The Russian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday announced a new wave of sanctions against 92 American citizens, including more than two dozen journalists. The nearly 100 people listed “shall be permanently denied” entry into Russia, according to the foreign ministry, which said the sanctions come in “response to the Biden administration’s Russophobic policy with a stated...

Former President Barack Obama commemorated the 10th anniversary of his tan suit controversy with a social media post praising Vice President Harris. He posted side-by-side photos of him wearing his tan suit from 2014 and of Harris wearing her tan suit at the Democratic National Convention last week. This comes 10 years after his decision...

A jury in Nevada found former county official Robert Telles guilty on Wednesday for the 2022 murder of a Las Vegas journalist who wrote articles that were critical of the former politician. Jurors deliberated for nearly 12 hours after hearing evidence in the trial that started Aug. 12 connected to the stabbing death of Las...

Vice President Harris now leads former President Trump in three of the four key Sun Belt states, according to Fox News polls released Wednesday evening. Overall, Harris leads Trump by 1 point (48 percent support to 47 percent) among all the respondents surveyed in Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and North Carolina. She also leads the GOP...

Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Silicon Valley split over California AI bill A California bill seeking to create new safety rules for artificial intelligence (AI) has opened up a divide in Silicon Valley, drawing top lawmakers into the debate in a rare foray by national policymakers into...

Democratic strategist David Axelrod said Republican Larry Hogan is “defying gravity” in the Maryland Senate race against Democrat Angela Alsobrooks. “It's testimony to fmr @GovLarryHogan's popularity in MD that he's in a tie race for the U.S. Senate, according to a new Anzalone and Fabrizio poll, while @KamalaHarris is beating Trump by 32 points. I'd still...

Democratic Rep. Ritchie Torres (N.Y.) on Wednesday criticized three major U.S. airlines for the continued suspension of flights to Israel, stating it is "effectively boycotting" the country. In a letter to the CEOs of American, Delta and United Airlines, Torres said the "prolonged" suspension of the airlines' flights to Israel has made air travel to...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) backed off Wednesday of what he referred to as a “half-baked” plan to place golf courses in state parks, according to multiple outlets. At a press conference, DeSantis referred to “stuff” in the plan as being “half-baked” and “not ready for prime time,” according to the Miami Herald. He also...

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said in an advisory that parents are experiencing a dangerous level of stress.  {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Surgeon General warns of parental stress Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said in an advisory that parents are experiencing a dangerous level of stress. © iStock The U.S. surgeon general...

Michigan and Wisconsin, two key battleground states, declined to remove former Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s name from their general election ballots this November despite his requests and withdrawal from the race. Kennedy announced last Friday that he was suspending his presidential campaign and would endorse former President Trump. He said he would seek...

Nvidia’s highly anticipated quarterly earnings beat expectations Wednesday but failed to impress investors, with its share price sliding in after-hours trading.  The chipmaker raked in $30 billion in revenue in the three-month period ending in late July, up 15 percent from the last quarter and up 122 percent from the same period last year. This topped...

Pennsylvania Senate candidate Dave McCormick (R) was mocked Wednesday after his X account confused Philadelphia, Miss., with Pennsylvania's biggest city. McCormick’s account on social platform X shared a clip from a local Mississippi news station reporting on a shooting that police said was carried out by an alleged gang member from El Salvador. The post...

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story  Funding fight looms as conservatives push voting bill House conservatives are ramping up calls for stricter proof-of-citizenship requirements for voting in a push that could complicate efforts to avert a government shutdown. © Greg Nash/ The...

Former President Trump is leading Vice President Harris among independent voters, a new survey found. The survey, released Wednesday by YouGov, found that 42 percent of independent voters said they plan to vote for Trump in this November’s election, while 37 percent said they would cast their ballot for Harris. Thirteen percent of independent voters...

Former Trump White House attorney Ty Cobb said Tuesday that former President Trump will not perceive his new indictment “seriously until the final gavel comes down.” “He won’t take this seriously until the final gavel comes down … jurors come back and say ‘guilty,’ and he actually gets sentenced,” Cobb said in the interview on...

Disbarred celebrity lawyer Tom Girardi was found guilty on Tuesday of embezzling tens of millions of dollars from his clients following a nearly two-week trial in Los Angeles. Girardi, the 85-year-old estranged husband of "Real Houses of Beverly Hills" star Erika Jayne, was convicted by a jury of four counts of wire fraud for embezzlement...

Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) on Tuesday ripped special counsel Jack Smith for his superseding indictment against former President Trump, accusing it of being "an effort to influence the election." Vance told reporters he had not read the full document, but that "it looks like Jack Smith doing more of what he does,...

Former President Trump is offering parts of the suit he wore during a debate with President Biden to supporters who purchase a new series of digital trading cards. The Republican presidential nominee announced the new trading card collection Tuesday in a video posted on Truth Social. The new card batch, dubbed the "America First Collection,"...