The COVID-19 pandemic has led to widespread questioning of federal public health policies and of the scientific evidence supporting these. This resulted, at least in part, from the lack of data transparency in the federal health journals shaping public policy. It’s past time for these journals to adopt the transparency standards used by top private-sector...
Bill Melugin, whose reporting from the Southern border has become a fixture of programming on Fox News in recent months, says he's not bothered by his work being spun for partisan gain. “I’ve seen our footage spun on both sides of the aisle,” Melugin told the Los Angeles Times as part of a wide-ranging profile...
Job openings increased to 11 million in December from 10.4 million in November for an increase of 5.5 percent as the U.S. labor market continues to show signs of strength even as concerns about a recession loom. The data released Wednesday by the Labor Department brings the number of unemployed persons per job opening down...
Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) on Wednesday said he is giving “very serious consideration” to running for president in 2024 and added that he does not expect former President Trump to become the Republican nominee. Hogan said in an interview on Fox News Channel’s “Your World with Neil Cavuto” that he was willing to...
Former Trump attorney Michael Cohen on Wednesday revealed that he recently turned over his cellphones to Manhattan prosecutors who are investigating hush-money payments paid to adult-film star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 elections. "Most recently, they asked for my cellphones because they want to be able to extract from it the voice recordings that...
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will speak with the press following the conclusion of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting, which is expected to result in a quarter-point rate increase, the smallest hike in almost a year. The expected increase is the eighth in a series begun in March 2022 aimed at curbing high inflation....
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President Biden’s approval rating has held steady following the disclosure that he had classified documents from his time as vice president at a private residence and his old office, according to a new poll. The Monmouth University survey released Wednesday showed Biden’s approval rating rose 1 point, from 42 percent in December to 43 percent last...
More than a dozen Republican senators sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday to urge them to push China on issues of human rights, trade and its aggression in the Indo-Pacific region during their upcoming trips to the country. The 14 senators said in the letter...
An anonymous Republican campaign staffer filed a defamation lawsuit against GOP fundraiser Caroline Wren on Tuesday over tweets she issued attacking his suit against Matt Schlapp. The staffer, who worked on Herschel Walker’s (R) Senate campaign in Georgia, is accusing Schlapp, the chairman of the American Conservative Union, of sexual assault in another anonymous lawsuit...
Crime can often hit close to home, but for Erin Moriarty, it even sent deliveries after the “48 Hours” correspondent offered up her address to a serial killer. She was in hot pursuit of a story on Dennis Rader, known as the BTK Killer. “He’s an artist. And I met with him, and he had...
Wedding bells will soon be ringing for Rep. Steny Hoyer — the Maryland Democrat is engaged. The 83-year-old congressman, who earlier this week was selected to head a new leadership arm for House Democrats, is poised to tie the knot with Elaine Kamarck later this year. The nuptials news was first reported by Politico on Wednesday. ITK...
Federal investigators on Wednesday searched President Biden’s home in Rehoboth, Del., after classified documents were discovered in recent weeks at Biden’s Wilmington home and his old Washington, D.C., office. Multiple outlets reported Wednesday morning that FBI personnel were at Biden's home in Rehoboth Beach. Bob Bauer, an attorney for the president, said the search was...
OpenAI, the company that launched ChatGPT, announced on Tuesday it has created a tool that can tell the difference between text generated by artificial intelligence (AI) and text written by a human. The “classifier” the company created, by its own admission, is not always 100 percent accurate in distinguishing between the text. “While it is...
The College Board on Wednesday released a revised version of an Advanced Placement African American studies course following criticism from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), who refused to allow the program to run in the state's schools. In a new framework for the course reviewed by The Hill, Black writers and scholars associated with critical race...
A white rhinoceros was shot dead less than a day after it arrived at a Florida wildlife park last year, wildlife officials said this week.
The House Judiciary Committee, chaired by Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), is meeting Wednesday morning to review President Biden's border security and immigration policies, as the Republican majority continues a broad review of the president's performance and actions. Biden's management of the U.S.-Mexico border has been the subject of strong criticism from the GOP, who characterize...
President Biden’s physical will be completed on Feb. 16, which is more than two weeks later than when the White House previously said his physical would be done. The results of the physical will be “released publicly in the same manner as last year,” a White House spokesperson told The Hill on Wednesday. The spokesperson...
Michelle Obama is launching her first Audible podcast, a series based on her “The Light We Carry” book tour. Audible announced the debut of “Michelle Obama: The Light Podcast” on Wednesday. The podcast will feature star-studded conversations Obama had last year as part of the promotional tour for her self-help-style memoir. Kicking off in Washington, D.C., and...
Former President Trump on Wednesday officially endorsed Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) in the Indiana Senate primary, another sign that the GOP is coalescing around his candidacy in the race. “Jim Banks is running for the United States Senate from the Great State of Indiana. I know Jim well, have seen him tested at the highest...
Rep. George Santos (R-NY) in an interview on Tuesday said that he has learned his "lesson" after revelations that he fabricated numerous parts of his resume and biography. "I've learned my lesson and I can guarantee you that from now on anything, everything is always going to be aboveboard," Santos said in an interview with...
The implementation of “clean heating” policies has dramatically improved air quality in northern China — likely preventing about 23,000 premature deaths last year alone, a new study has found. Concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) from heating activities dropped by 41.3 percent from 2015 to 2021 in Beijing and 27 other surrounding cities, according to...
Vice President Harris, Breonna Taylor's mother and George Floyd's brother are expected to attend the funeral of Tyre Nichols on Wednesday in Memphis, Tenn. Nichols died earlier this month after being beaten by police officers at a traffic stop. His death has sparked a national outcry among officials and protests calling for police reform. The...
My earliest recollection of my paternal grandmother deals with her memory issues. She took me on a trip to her beloved Florida as a present for my graduation from kindergarten. I don’t remember playing in the pool or the ocean, though I’m certain we did. I do vividly recall going out shopping with...
The exclusion of an African American history course as “woke culture” by the Florida administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis should set off alarm bells within the Black community. That’s because the politics of the educational system has long been a contentious topic for a people still needing to recover from the effects of slavery and...