The Hill Articles: October 16, 2021

Officials: Up to 17 American missionaries kidnapped in Haiti Hollywood staves off strike with deal between studios, crews Professor cleared of inappropriate relationship with China offered position back at University of Tennessee Almost two-thirds of New York state is fully vaccinated Pressure grows for breakthrough in Biden agenda talks Arizona launches $36M program to help families pay utility bills Bill Clinton expected to be released from hospital on Sunday Russia breaks record with over 1,000 COVID-19 deaths in 24 hours Venezuela government halts talks with opposition after Maduro envoy extradited to US Virginia Democratic Party files complaint with state board of elections against Youngkin campaign Nonprofit raises more than $260K for victims of Alabama plant shooting Dozens of lawsuits seek to force hospitals to treat COVID-19 with ivermectin State school board leaves national association saying they called parents domestic terrorists Regulators must follow Congress to promote fairness in surprise billing dispute resolution  Sunday shows preview: Supply chain crisis threaten holiday sales; uncertainty over whether US can sustain nationwide downward trend in COVID-19 cases Democrats step up pressure on Biden on student loan forgiveness Robert Durst on ventilator battling COVID-19 amid life in prison sentence Building back better requires a firmer fiscal foundation First bitcoin futures ETF in US set to begin trading Future U.S. competitiveness depends on effective carbon pricing now McAuliffe takes tougher stance on Democrats in Washington Climate activists target Manchin GOP lawmaker encourages students to not wear masks in school Democrats troll Trump over Virginia governor’s race Four hurt in Amtrak crash with truck in Oklahoma Congress needs to step up on crypto, or Biden might crush it Biden honors fallen police: Being a cop today ‘harder than it has ever been’ Gulf communities live California’s oil spill every day Tom Glavine, Ric Flair, Doug Flutie to join Trump for Herschel Walker event Florida vendor sells hats with Nazi symbols during motorcycle rally Democrats face growing storm over IRS reporting provision Mike Siegel: Potential McConaughey candidacy a ‘sideshow’ in Texas governor race Republicans would need a promotion to be ‘paper tigers’ Trump pushing ex-Rep. Duffy to run for Wisconsin governor 13th person dies this year in NY jails Texas deputy killed in Houston ambush shooting US rejoining UN Human Rights Council; what it should do first The CDC’s Title 42 order fuels racism and undermines public health Jan. 6 rally supporter gives $150K to GOP AGs Hoyer signals House vote on bill to ‘remove’ debt limit threat Locked and Loaded: Supreme Court is ready for a showdown on the Second Amendment Advocates step up pressure on Biden to end controversial Title 42 Taliban says it will tighten security at Shiite mosques after bombing Failing public health is killing Americans, unequally Apple employee says she was fired for speaking out about workplace conditions Boris Johnson visits church where UK lawmaker was fatally stabbed ​​Islamic State claims credit for deadly mosque bombing in Afghanistan Biden’s Supreme Court commission ends not with a bang but a whimper Pentagon offers to pay families of those killed in Afghan drone strike Assistant House sergeant-at-arms arrested on child pornography charges The lessons of Egypt’s perplexing whiskey tariff 4 shot, 1 critically at high school football game in Alabama Vilifying Republicans is part of the problem, not part of the solution Democratic incumbents bolster fundraising advantage in key Senate races Progressives say go big and make life hard for GOP Biden giving stiff-arm to press interviews