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Supreme Court preview: the major decisions still to come
thehill.com > regulation > court-battles...The fate of President Biden"s student debt relief plan rests with the justices, who are weighing two separate challenges: one from six Republican-led... ...The Supreme Court's decision season is in full swing.... ...The Supreme Court is considering challenges to the admissions policies of both Harvard University"s and the University of North Carolina at Chapel... ...Conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett during oral argument joined the court's three liberals in fiercely questioning the challengers on whether...

Lukashenko: ‘Nuclear weapons for everyone’ willing to join Russia and Belarus
thehill.com > policy > international...The comments come after the Belarusian leader and Russian President Vladimir Putin last week went ahead with a deal to deploy Moscow"s tactical nuclear... ...Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said he"ll give nuclear weapons to states willing to join with Russia and Belarus, according to reports... ...Belarus and Russia formed their “Union State” partnership in 1999.... ...Everything will be alright here,” Lukashenko said to Russian state news agency Belta, as reported by CNN....

Feinstein expressed confusion over Kamala Harris presiding over Senate: report
thehill.com > homenews > senate...Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) reportedly expressed confusion last year when Vice President Kamala Harris was presiding over the Senate to cast a tie-breaking... ...The new report from The New York Times outlines the many functions Feinstein"s staff play and the struggles the longtime senator faces as she returns... ...votes the vice president has had to cast.... ...According to the new report, Feinstein expressed confusion to her colleagues, when she saw Harris presiding over the chamber, in one of many tiebreaking...

Meet the ultra-longshot Republicans vying against Trump in 2024
thehill.com > homenews > campaign...Nikki Haley (R) and former Arkansas Gov.... ...While many of the more famous names in the GOP primary field are already considered relative longshots, including former South Carolina Gov.... ...Former Montana Secretary of State Corey Stapleton officially announced his campaign for president last November, shortly before Trump entered the... ...Stapleton spent eight years in the Montana Senate, prior to serving as secretary of state from 2017 to 2021....

Rising: May 29, 2023 – The Hill
thehill.com > hilltv > rising...MSM smears Joe Rogan, Elon Musk as "apocalyptic", "conspiracy theorists": Rising reacts Briahna Joy Gray and Robby Soave discuss a new Daily Beast... ...Shock Report: FBI"s Digital Surveillance Tool spied on American citizens who attended J6, BLM Briahna Joy Gray and Robby Soave react to new reporting... ...Matt Taibbi on Rising discusses his shock IRS case; Elon Musk-Ron DeSantis Twitter announcement Twitter files author Matt Taibbi weighs in on the... ...Rising reacts Briahna Joy Gray and Robby Soave discuss news that Amanda Gorman"s inaugural poem has been limited in a Florida elementary school....

Texas lawmakers send school safety bill to Gov. Abbott’s desk a year after Uvalde shooting
thehill.com > homenews > state-watch...at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.... ...The Texas House passed the bill in a 93-49 vote on Sunday and cleared the Senate shortly after.... ...The Texas House has been recently beleaguered after the state's Attorney General Ken Paxton called for the state House Speaker to resign -- and then... ...The Texas Tribune first reported on the bill"s passage....

DeSantis blasts debt ceiling deal: US is still ‘careening toward bankruptcy’
thehill.com > homenews > campaign...Florida Gov.... ...Ron DeSantis (R), who"s running in the 2024 presidential race, blasted the bipartisan debt ceiling deal struck in principle over the weekend, arguing... ...The nation is just days away from the June 5 deadline, after which point Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has warned the U.S. will run out of money... ...After months of tensions and negotiations, President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Saturday said they"d reached a deal in principle...

WSJ: DeSantis would benefit from a little humor
thehill.com > homenews > campaign...The Wall Street Journal"s editorial board, which is rooting for someone other than former President Trump to win the Republican Party"s nomination... ...The Wall Street Journal editorial board observed in a recent essay that DeSantis is “no backslapper.” ... ...Disney is the second-biggest employer in all of Florida,” the source said. “Ron DeSantis is socially awkward and he's not a nice guy.... ...A Republican strategist for a rival campaign said DeSantis has “personality” issues. ...

Microsoft president compares AI to invention of printing press
thehill.com > policy > technology...Microsoft President Brad Smith said Sunday that the development of artificial intelligence (AI) is “almost like” the invention of the printing press... ...“Well, in a sense, it's almost like the invention of the printing press that takes you all the way back to the 1400s,” he told CBS"s Margaret Brennan... ...Tesla CEO Elon Musk and a group of experts earlier this year called for a six-month pause in advanced AI development, warning that the technology... ...Smith on Sunday also warned that AI needs to be kept under “human control” to “keep it safe.”...

Pros and cons of online apps for prescription meds
thehill.com > opinion...As a dermatologist and researcher on telemedicine for over a decade, I am both excited by and concerned about this recent trend of direct-to-consumer... ...Can you trust a telehealth pharmacy to get you access to the new weight loss sensation, Ozempic?... ...What if your primary doctor doesn't know that you"re starting a new medicine, or if the DTC doctor doesn't know about your medical history or allergies... ...You can schedule a visit with a doctor and get the medication you need more easily, which is attractive for both straightforward problems (e.g. birth...