Новости за 03.01.2024

Attorney Alan Dershowitz demanded Tuesday that all the names associated with his former client Jeffrey Epstein be released, arguing that he has “done nothing wrong.” “The reason I wanted everything put out and I don't think the judge put everything out, I think she was selective in what she put out and that's unfair. I...

Four legal crossings along the southern border will reopen Thursday after being shut down due to an increase in migrant encounters, authorities announced Tuesday. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced legal border crossings in Texas, Arizona and California would be reopened starting at various times Thursday morning. This comes just a month after the agency shut down a...

Rep. John Curtis (R-Utah) is running for the Senate seat vacated by retiring Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), he first told Salt Lake City’s KSL-TV on Tuesday. The lawmaker joins what is expected to be a packed primary for the seat, which also includes Brent Hatch, a son of the late Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), who...

Former Iowa Rep. Steve King endorsed GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy on Tuesday. King lost his House seat in the 2020 primary after he was stripped of his committee assignments after questioning why the terms "white supremacist" and "white nationalist" had become offensive. King, a believer in the white supremacist "Great Replacement" conspiracy theory, was...

Fox News host Sean Hannity announced Tuesday he moved from New York to Florida, a state he says has elected officials who “share his values.” “I've been threatening now to do this for quite a while, but we are now beginning our first broadcast from my new home and that is in the free state...

CNN anchor Boris Sanchez asked the chair of Maine’s Republican Party seven times why it was wrong for the state to kick former President Trump off the ballot, as he repeatedly appeared to dodge the question. Sanchez on Tuesday interviewed Maine GOP Chairman Joel Stetkis on CNN’s “News Central,” where he repeatedly pressed the Republican...

A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the Biden administration cannot enforce federal guidance instructing doctors to provide abortion care in medical emergencies, no matter state law. The suit, brought by the state of Texas in 2022, argues that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) cannot cite the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active...

“The View” host Sara Haines said Tuesday that banning former President Trump from states' 2024 primary ballots gives the appearance of “a rigged election.” Haines argued on Tuesday’s episode of “The View” that the recent decisions in Colorado and Maine to remove the former president from the ballot will only push more people to believe...

Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) was accused in a second superseding indictment on Tuesday of accepting gifts from the Qatari government and for helping a New Jersey real estate developer obtain millions in investment funds from the Gulf country, adding to the former Senate Foreign Relations Chairman's legal woes. The allegations add to the four criminal...

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story New year, same funding fights Members of Congress face a mountain of government funding work and not much time to get it done before the shutdown deadline. © The Hill, Courtney Jones, Greg Nash and Adobe Stock...

Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story EV tax credit changes take effect for 2024 Some electric vehicle (EV) models will lose eligibility for consumer tax credits, but drivers will now be able to access the credit upfront. © Illustration / Courtney Jones;...

The former Kentucky clerk who refused to grant a gay couple a marriage license must pay an additional $260,104 to the couple, a federal judge ruled last week. David Ermold and David Moore sued former Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis in 2015 after she declined to issue the couple a marriage license because doing so...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted Louisiana the right to approve projects that store carbon dioxide underground. These projects take carbon dioxide emitted by energy production or industrial processes and inject it into rock formations underground to prevent it from going into the atmosphere and worsening climate change. The EPA said last week that...

X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, is bringing back news headlines in user posts, reversing a change made by owner Elon Musk. In October, Musk announced that the social media platform would change how links to news posts would appear in users’ feeds. It removed headlines and text that were previously displayed...

Here's a quick hack: a Michigan university says it's time to stop using these iconic, yet cringe-worthy, words before they lose their impact.

Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Fidelity cuts X valuation amid Musk turmoil Fidelity has marked down the value of its shares in X Holdings Corp., the parent company of the platform formerly known as Twitter, by 71.5 percent since Elon Musk's purchase of the company. © Pavlo...

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Industry insulin price cap goes into effect More Americans are now eligible to purchase insulin for $35, after leading manufacturers instituted new pricing Jan. 1. © AP The three major insulin manufacturers announced moves to slash insulin prices...

Former Attorney General Bill Barr called efforts to push former President Trump from primary ballots “doomed to legal failure” in an op-ed for The Free Press on Tuesday. “The actions of Colorado and Maine, and other states that follow suit, are not only doomed to legal failure, they also embolden and empower the former president,”...

Del Bigtree, a leading anti-vaccine activist, has joined Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign as communications director. In a letter to supporters, Bigtree called for donations and said Kennedy is healing the divide among Americans “who censor vs. those who disagree.” Kennedy, who switched his bid from Democrat to independent in October, has been a...

Former President Trump on Tuesday appealed a decision kicking him off Maine’s primary ballot to state court, beginning the next phase of the consequential 14th Amendment case. Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows (D) disqualified Trump last week, making Maine the second state to rule Trump is ineligible under the 14th Amendment’s insurrection ban. Trump’s...

A quick recap of the day and what to look forward to tomorrow {beacon}   Evening Report     © AP Photo/Evan Vucci/Mark Pynes/The Patriot-News via AP/Charles Krupa GOP rivals storm Iowa ahead of caucuses Republican presidential candidates are kicking off the new year with a series of events in Iowa ahead of the state's...

The U.S. State Department has rejected recent comments made by two Israeli ministers, calling them “irresponsible” and “inflammatory” for advocating for the resettlement of Palestinians outside of Gaza. “The United States rejects recent statements from Israeli Ministers Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben Gvir advocating for the resettlement of Palestinians outside of Gaza,” State Department spokesperson...

House Republicans’ already-slim majority will dwindle even further later this month when Rep. Bill Johnson (R-Ohio) resigns earlier than expected. Johnson’s office on Tuesday confirmed the congressman’s new official resignation date of Jan. 21, after he was expected to resign to take a job as president of Youngstown State University before mid-March. The resignation will leave...

Former President Trump’s lead in the first presidential contest state of Iowa is growing, less than two weeks before the caucuses. The Hill/Decision Desk HQ polling average shows Trump leading the field in Iowa with 51.6 percent support, while Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley trail at 18 percent and...

Former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.), who was recently expelled from Congress, made a pitch on Tuesday to serve as former President Trump’s director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) if Trump wins his bid to return to the White House in 2024. “My new year resolution is that President Trump returns to the white...