Oz declines to say whether he'll back McConnell for Senate majority leader
Mehmet Oz, the Republican Senate nominee in Pennsylvania, declined to say Tuesday night whether he would support Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) as the next GOP leader in the upper chamber if he wins in November and the party gains the majority. During an appearance on Fox News’ “Special Report with Bret Baier," the host asked Oz if he will support McConnell as the next majority leader if Oz were to win in the Keystone State. "I look forward to being in the United States Senate and [am] happy to make that decision for the next leader of the United States Senate...It will be
Read MoreBiden calls British PM Truss, reaffirms ‘special relationship’
President Biden called new United Kingdom Prime Minister Liz Truss on Tuesday to congratulate her on her win and to reaffirm the strong ties between the U.S. and the U.K. “The leaders reaffirmed the special relationship between our countries and expressed their readiness to further deepen those ties,” according to the White House. Truss, the former foreign minister, took office on Tuesday and replaced former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who resigned following a series of scandals. Biden and Truss on the call discussed cooperation on global issues, includ
Read MoreOn The Money — Long COVID hits the labor market
We’ll dig into how long COVID intersects with the worker shortage. We’ll also look at President Biden’s semiconductor plan, school teacher strikes and the Labor Day air travel rebound. But first, see why
Read MoreEnergy & Environment — Water crisis raises environmental racism concerns
Advocates are linking the water crisis in Jackson, Miss., to environmental racism. Meanwhile, California is facing electric grid issues amid extreme heat, and a judge sided with the Biden administration over a challenge to oil lease sale postponements in Wyoming. This is Overnight Energy & Environment, your source for the latest news focused on energy, the environment and beyond. For The Hill, we’re Rachel Frazin and
Read MoreComing together to rebuild America’s unity
Neither of us knew it at the time, but we were standing nearly shoulder-to-shoulder when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in August 1963. One of us had traveled up from North Carolina as a state youth coordinator for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. The other was spending the summer as a Senate intern. And on that day, both of us, an African-American and a Jewish-American, ended up on the western edge of the Reflecting Pool in a very diverse and unified crowd of 25,000 people as Dr. King made one of the most
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