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A Uighur woman who lives in the Netherlands has reportedly said she leaked documents on China’s “re-education” camps for Uighur Muslims.  Asiye Abdulaheb told Dutch newspaper de Volksrant that she received the government documents over the summer, and then tried to share them, according to NBC News. The documents were reported on by a series of […]

Lawmakers on Sunday touted a bipartisan deal on protecting patients from surprise medical bills, but the effort still faces some tough questions before it can reach President TrumpDonald John TrumpLawmakers release defense bill with parental leave-for-Space-Force deal House Democrats expected to unveil articles of impeachment Tuesday Houston police chief excoriates McConnell, Cornyn and Cruz on […]

Five tourists died Monday when a volcano erupted in New Zealand, the BBC reported, citing police. Tourists were reportedly seen hiking inside the crater of New Zealand’s White Island, the country’s most active volcano, before it erupted. Twenty-three people have been rescued but others remain unaccounted for, according to the BBC. Police reportedly said that fewer […]

The U.S. government deficit rose by 12 percent in the first two months of the 2020 fiscal year, hitting $342 billion, according to new estimates from the Congressional Budget Office. The deficit is on track to surpass $1 trillion in the 2020 fiscal year, which began on October 1. CBO has called the deficit path […]

Finland’s transportation minister, Sanna Marin, will become the world’s youngest sitting prime minister when she’s sworn in this week.  Marin, 34, was chosen by her Social Democratic Party after its leader, Antii Rinne, quit as prime minister, the BBC reported.  Finland’s coalition government is made up of five parties, all led by women. Four of them […]

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has opened an investigation into Google’s labor practices in the wake of the tech giant’s decision to fire four longtime employees involved in worker activism last month, an agency official confirmed to The Hill on Monday. The watchdog initiated the investigation in response to a charge brought by the Communication Workers of America […]

Two documentary groups this week challenged the Trump administration’s practice of vetting immigrants’ social media accounts when they apply for visas. Doc Society and the International Documentary Association, the two nonprofits, teamed up to file a lawsuit against Secretary of State Mike PompeoMichael (Mike) Richard PompeoForeign Relations Democrat calls on Iran to release other American […]

A Republican witnesses from the House impeachment inquiry will join the Senate Republican lunch on Tuesday.    Jonathan Turley, who testified during a House Judiciary Committee hearing last week, will take part in the closed-door caucus lunch, a source familiar confirmed to The Hill.    The lunch comes as senators are ramping up their efforts to prepare […]

House Republicans on Monday unveiled a measure aimed at lowering drug prices, casting it as a bipartisan alternative to the sweeping bill that Democrats plan to vote on this week.  Republicans said they designed their measure to include only policies that both parties can agree to, saying Congress could pass their bipartisan bill rather than the […]

A federal appeals court on Monday delivered another partial legal win to the Trump administration as it seeks to enforce its “public charge” rule, which links immigrants’ legal status to whether they obtain federal benefits. In a 2-1 ruling, a three-judge panel of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals lifted a lower court injunction against […]