Новости за 06.03.2024

President Biden won Colorado's Democratic primary, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ. Biden easily won over his long-shot challengers Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) and Marianne Williamson, who recently unsuspended her 2024 bid, on the Centennial State’s Democratic ballot, extending his dominance as the front-runner for the party nomination. The incumbent is running for another...

President Biden won Texas’s Democratic primary Tuesday, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ. Biden just last week visited the southern border in ruby-red Texas on the same day as former President Trump, his likely GOP rival in November. Biden has tried to take some of the blame off of himself for the influx...

Former President Trump was projected to win Colorado's Republican primary, according to Decision Desk HQ, scoring a win in a state that had moved to kick him off the ballot.  Trump easily beat rival Nikki Haley with the backing of the state GOP, adding to his early state victories — though Haley notched a primary win Washington,...

President Biden won Minnesota’s Democratic primary Tuesday, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ, giving the president another boost amid pushback on his handling of the war in the Middle East. Minnesota has a large Muslim population, and activists in the state have encouraged voters who are disgruntled by Biden’s pro-Israel stance to withhold...

President Biden won the Democratic primary in Arkansas, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ. His victory in the Natural State was widely expected, given his only significant primary challenger, Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.), has trailed by wide margins. Biden is not likely to win Arkansas in November, however, given its deep-red hue. In...

Former President Trump won the Arkansas GOP primary on Tuesday, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ. Trump was widely expected to win the Natural State, given its deep-red hue. He was endorsed last year by Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R), a top ally who had served as White House press secretary during...

Former President Trump was projected to win the GOP primary in Tennessee, according to Decision Desk HQ. It's another win for Trump in a state with 58 delegates up for grabs on the Republican side as he tries to notch the 1,215 he needs to win the party nod. Trump won out over rival Nikki...

Donald Trump is projected to win the GOP primary in Oklahoma, according to Decision Desk HQ. Trump faced off against former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley for the GOP nomination, though Haley has been unable to win a GOP nominating contest besides one in Washington, D.C., when she appeared on the same ballot as Trump. Forty-three...

Former President Trump won Maine’s GOP primary Tuesday, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ, boosting his Super Tuesday dominance. Trump appeared on the ballot in Maine after an effort from Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows (D) to prevent him from participating in the primary. Trump appealed the decision to a state court,...

Former President Trump was projected to win the Alabama GOP primary, according to Decision Desk HQ, delivering him an expected win in a ruby-red state. Trump was leading his main primary rival, Nikki Haley, 77-18 percent, according to polling averages from The Hill and Decision Desk HQ. The former president is expected to glide to...

Researchers are warning that Arctic Ocean sea ice is melting at an even faster pace than previously thought — and the region could experience its first ice-free conditions sometime before the 2030s. According to a study published in Nature Reviews Earth and Environment, the Arctic sea ice cover and the ice’s thickness have “declined conspicuously”...

President Biden will win the North Carolina Democratic primary after running in the state unopposed, Decision Desk HQ projects. Biden will likely take at least most of the state’s 116 delegates available, with 76 distributed based on results in the state’s congressional districts and 40 distributed based on the statewide result.  Although his two main...

More than a dozen states are voting in the Republican and Democratic presidential primaries on Super Tuesday, likely getting former President Trump and President Biden closer to clinching their respective parties’ nominations.  Trump and Biden are favored to win in each of the states voting, though former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley is seeking to...

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) praised retiring Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) as one of the most effective first-term senators he’s seen during his long career and predicted “history will remember” her decision to oppose Democrats’ effort to whittle away the chamber's filibuster rule. “The institution of the Senate is only as strong as the...

President Biden is projected to win the Democratic presidential primary in Vermont, according to Decision Desk HQ. Sixteen delegates are up for grabs in Vermont on the Democratic side. Some Democrats have been pushing members of their party to cast a ballot for “uncommitted” in some of the primaries as a form of a...

President Biden is projected to win the Democratic presidential primary in Virginia, according to Decision Desk HQ. Biden was not expected to receive a serious challenge in the Democratic primary. Ninety-nine delegates are up for grabs in Virginia in the Democratic side.    Some Democrats have been pushing members of their party to cast...

A Michigan state senator introduced a bill that would require health insurance companies in the state to cover cutting-edge cancer treatments, even if they are not categorized as a “cancer drug.” State Sen. Jeff Irwin (D-Mich.) announced his new bill in a video on X, formerly Twitter, on Tuesday. The legislation would build on an...

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) renewed his push to make daylight saving time permanent ahead of this week’s time change. Rubio’s bill initially passed with unanimous consent in the Senate in March 2022 before later hitting a brick wall in the House. It was reintroduced last year by Rubio as the Sunshine Protection Act of 2023....

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Biden announces price-gouging ‘strike force’ President Biden announced a new “strike force” Tuesday that aims to crack down on price-gouging practices. © Greg Nash The announcement comes just days before the State of the Union address on Thursday,...

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story State of the Union guests put spotlight on reproductive health Democrats are inviting to Thursday's State of the Union fertility doctors, IVF patients and women from red states who were denied life-saving abortions, as lawmakers continue to highlight...

President Biden is expected to easily clinch the Democratic nomination in Tennessee's primary, one of 16 happening across the country as part of Super Tuesday. Follow Decision Desk HQ's live results here:

The U.S. is looking into setting up a maritime corridor to get aid into Gaza via sea amid a deepening humanitarian crisis, the Pentagon's top spokesperson said Tuesday. "In coordination with the U.S. interagency and international partners, we are actively reviewing options for a maritime corridor for humanitarian assistance into Gaza, including potential commercial and...

President Biden won Iowa’s Democratic caucuses on Tuesday, according to a Decision Desk HQ projection. After negotiations with the Democratic National Committee (DNC) over a shakeup to the party’s nominating calendar, Iowa Democrats sent out mail-in presidential preference cards and held in-person precinct caucus meetings back in January — but made plans to announce the...

Iowa Democrats are set to release the results of their presidential caucus on the evening of Super Tuesday, the first time the results will ever be mailed in. Iowa is one of 16 states and territories that will hold presidential contests on Super Tuesday. President Biden, Rep. Dean Phillips (Minn.) and author Marianne Williamson are...

Colorado's GOP primary comes just after the Supreme Court's unanimous ruling that the state cannot disqualify former President Trump from the ballot under the 14th Amendment’s insurrection ban. The historic decision preserves Trump’s ability to seek a second presidential term against the Democratic nominee, if he keeps his edge on GOP primary challenger, former U.N....