House Oversight Committee Democrats are fuming over Republicans’ shift away from holding formal hearings, accusing the majority of trying to dodge any further action on subpoenas in the Epstein investigation and questioning whether the order came from the White House. Instead of hearings, where witnesses are sworn in and members can make motions, the panel……
New York City Council member Chi Ossé (D) was arrested on Wednesday during a protest to stop a city resident from being evicted from her home. Ossé was later released, telling reporters outside the New York City Police Department’s 79th Precinct that three men “manhandled” him, The Gothamist reported. “It takes a lot to lift……
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) on Wednesday said she had a “positive discussion” with President Trump at the White House about Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) assistance for areas of the city still recovering from last year’s devastating Palisades and Eaton wildfires. Bass shared a photo on the social platform X of her and……
Senate Republicans on Wednesday voted against an amendment sponsored by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) to create a point of order against any future budget reconciliation bill that doesn’t lower out-of-pocket health care costs for Americans. Schumer offered a motion to waive the Budget Act with respect to his amendment in order to put……
A new Gallup poll released Wednesday showed that support for wind and solar energy has slipped, with a majority still favoring those energy alternatives. The poll found that 66 percent of Americans prefer the U.S. to put more emphasis on solar energy and 55 percent prefer the same with wind energy. Both dropped from Gallup’s……
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Weather Service faces reorganization The Trump administration is reorganizing the National Weather Service (NWS) and making changes to forecasting, while a key union representative warns the reorganization could involve potential staff cuts. © AP Federal employees at the NWS’s Weather Forecast Offices, which provide……
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} View Online Health Care Health Care The Big Story Kennedy faces tough questions from GOP doctors Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was grilled on vaccines and other issues Wednesday by two top GOP senators who are also physicians. Greg Nash Kennedy has long sought……
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Wednesday that South Carolina should think about redistricting after Virginia voters backed a plan to do so in their own state Tuesday. “After the Virginia Democrats’ efforts to redistrict in order to increase Democrat seats in the House of Representatives, South Carolina should consider fighting fire with fire,” Graham wrote……
The Senate is expected to hold a vote-a-rama Wednesday night on the budget resolution that will serve as a blueprint for the GOP-only bill they aim to use to fund immigration enforcement. That GOP-only bill, which Republicans hope to pass through the budget reconciliation process that bypasses the Democratic filibuster, is part of a two-step……
“Very cross… very sad,” is how David sums up his feelings. For him, the club (where monthly fees for a full seven day membership were around £130), was “very much a community-based” place, and its closure has left many locals having “lost a friendship group”. A former county planner in Oxfordshire, he argues: “Planning and…