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A quick recap of the day and what to look forward to tomorrow {beacon} Evening Report   © Getty Celestial phenomenon 'eclipses' all other news. Here's what to know: Did you see her? The total solar eclipse crossed through parts of the United States this afternoon — with a 87.4 percent total solar eclipse...

More than 200 couples got married at a Monday event in Russellville, Ark., just before the solar eclipse reached totality. At an event titled, “Elope at the Eclipse,” hundreds of people gathered to tie the knot in the moments before totality, according to CNN and local reports. Totality there lasted 4 minutes. The ceremony was...

Pandemic-era inflation has placed a financial burden on many Americans, but it seems Republicans are more likely than Democrats to say their financial situation has gotten worse over the last three years. A new Bankrate survey published Monday shows 69 percent of Americans think their cost of living has gone up since 2020. The 2,000-person...

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, the governing body for primarily small colleges, approved a policy on Monday that will ban transgender athletes from competing in women's sports. The NAIA’s Council of Presidents approved the policy in a 20-0 vote on Monday, the organization confirmed to The Hill. The decision stands in contrast to how the...

University of South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley on Saturday said transgender women and girls should be allowed to compete on female sports teams, giving a lift to transgender rights ahead of her team’s NCAA championship victory. “If you’re a woman you should play,” Staley said during a press conference on Saturday, responding to...

Nearly one-third of Americans said that Israel’s military action in its war against militant group Hamas has gone too far in Gaza, a new poll found. The new Chicago Council on Global Affairs-Ipsos survey released last week found that 32 percent of respondents said Israel has gone too far in Gaza and its military actions...

President Biden announced his new plan to provide student debt relief to millions of Americans in Wisconsin, a battleground state that is pivotal to his reelection bid. The White House on Monday announced the plan to give relief to 25 million borrowers who owe more money than they did at the start of repayment because...

Maybe it's unconstitutional and if so, then so be it. But I get why it exists and I don't think people should be freaking out about it

President Biden announced a new student loan plan on Monday that would help millions of Americans have their debt forgiven in his latest attempt to provide relief to borrowers. Biden announced a plan focused in large part on borrowers with so-called “runaway interest” who owe more money than they did at the start of repayment....

The U.S., Britain and Australia are considering a possible expansion of their alliance, known as AUKUS, which has been hailed as a landmark coalition designed to counter Chinese influence in the Indo-Pacific region. AUKUS defense leaders said in a Monday statement that the alliance can benefit from including other "like-minded partners," such as Japan, in...

Whether an ex-president ought to be criminally prosecuted by a subsequent administration is practically the definition of a “political question” that the judicial branch is powerless to answer.

Leaders of the congressional minority caucuses are demanding the restoration of the House Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI).  “Congress works best when its workforce truly reflects the diversity of our nation,” the chairs of the Congressional Tri-Caucus – composed of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, the Congressional Black Caucus and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus...

More than half of 2023’s most challenged library books have LGBTQ themes or characters, the American Library Association (ALA) said Monday. Maia Kobabe’s “Gender Queer,” a 2019 graphic novel recounting Kobabe’s exploration of gender identity and sexuality, topped the organization’s list of the 10 most challenged titles for the third year in a row. The...

A full solar eclipse, like the one sweeping across North America on Monday, will prevent solar power generation for facilities in the path of totality. This could particularly affect the parts of Texas in that path, as the Lone Star State has ramped up solar installation since 2017, the year of the previous eclipse on the continent. In the...

Presented by The U.S Tourism Economy Alliance — Do you have your safety glasses? {beacon} 12:30 REPORT Happy eclipse day! I’ll start with the news you can use. If you don’t have any safety glasses, here’s a list of alternatives. And here’s a list of the eclipse’s peak timing by city. If you’re not able...

Former President Trump invoked the highly anticipated solar eclipse in a new campaign video posted late Sunday night. The video posted on Truth Social opens with footage of the sun before cutting to crowds of people wearing protective eclipse glasses and looking up at the sky. The screen reads, “The most important moment in human history...

The Vatican labeled gender-affirming surgeries as a grave threat to human dignity Monday, on par with abortion, war, human trafficking and violence against women. The highly anticipated document, called the “Infinite Dignity,” embraced a more conservative approach to the hot-button issue, after a series of declarations by Pope Francis embraced more liberal positions. The document...

President Biden is issuing a sunny safety reminder — and seemingly throwing some shade at former President Trump — ahead of the solar eclipse. "An eclipse is worth marveling at," the White House wrote Monday on X, formerly known as Twitter. "But don't be silly, folks – play it safe and wear protective eyewear," Biden...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is urging motorists to be careful if they have to drive during Monday's eclipse. "Other drivers may be clogging the roads," the agency said in a post Sunday on X, formerly Twitter. "Drive slower to keep safe and stay alert." NHTSA also recommended that drivers pull over to...

Former President Trump on Monday released a video on Truth Social outlining his position on abortion, a divisive issue that is expected to play a major role in November's election. Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, has offered shifting statements in the nearly two years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Read...

President Biden slammed former President Trump on Monday for saying he thinks abortion policies are best left to the states, and for the presumptive GOP presidential nominee's role in overturning Roe v. Wade. “Donald Trump made it clear once again today that he is – more than anyone in America – the person responsible for...

House Republicans are so busy attacking flexible and remote work in government that they are missing its tremendous success in small businesses.

The White House on Monday bashed the impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas that are expected to be presented to the Senate this week. In a memo first exclusively shared with The Hill, the White House doubled down on criticism that the impeachment effort is “baseless” and a “stunt.” “This effort is a...

I have seldom seen a case weaker than this one, and I have discouraged lawyers from filing recusal motions in more compelling circumstances.

We’re watching him being hounded by some of the most mean-spirited, bigoted attacks imaginable by people who are weaponizing Islamophobia against him.