House to vote on sweeping government funding bills next week
The House will vote next week on more than half a trillion dollars in proposed spending to keep the government running as leaders work to pass their annual funding bills before lawmakers are set for recess next month. The lower chamber is scheduled to take up six of its dozen annual spending bills next week to fund a list of agencies for fiscal 2023, including the departments of Housing and Urban Development, Transportation, Agriculture, Energy and Veterans Affairs as well as the Food and Drug Administration. A source familiar with the process told The Hill the measures
Read MoreFinnish envoy pushes for quick addition to NATO amid 'illegal' Ukraine war
Finnish Ambassador to the U.S. Mikko Hautala says that quick ratification of Finland’s ascension to NATO will send a strong message that the defensive alliance is holding strong on pushing back against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine. Hautala is urging the international community to maintain “steel in its spine” over its support for Ukraine, warning that the Russian leader is a “rational” actor who has shown no signs of abandoning his goal of subsuming the former Soviet state. The call comes as solidarity among the U.S., European and global partners is
Read MoreThe Kremlin's data-driven propaganda machine is just getting started
The war in Ukraine is in full swing, but silence reigns on the streets of Russian cities; there are almost no anti-war rallies. The majority of Russians support the war in Ukraine and have rallied around the ruling regime. According to the independent polling company the Levada Center — recognized in Russia as a foreign agent — 75 percent of Russians supported the actions of the Russian armed forces in Ukraine as of June 2022. Vladimir Putin's appro
Read MoreWhite House expects 'elevated' but 'out of date' inflation numbers for June
The White House is bracing for “highly elevated” inflation numbers when the Labor Department on Wednesday releases its consumer price index (CPI), a key gauge of inflation for the month of June. But the administration argued the data will not reflect recent progress that has brought down down gas prices. “We expect the headline number, which includes gas and food, to be highly elevated mainly because gas prices were so elevated in June,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters. “Gas and food prices continue to be heavily impacted by the war in Ukraine and th
Read MoreWhite House says hospitals, doctors must give abortions in emergencies
The Biden administration on Monday said doctors and hospitals need to follow federal law and provide abortions if there is a medical emergency and the health or life of the patient is at risk, regardless of state law. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reaffirmed that the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) protects providers when offering legally-mandated, life- or health-saving abortion services in emergency situations. Administration officials said the federal government can penalize doctors or hospitals that fail to provide care in tho
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