The Hill Articles: December 30, 2023

Revelers set to pack into Times Square for annual New Year’s Eve ball drop Haley appears to mix up CNN anchor and Iowa women’s basketball star Shelling kills 21 in Russian city of Belgorod following Moscow’s aerial attacks across Ukraine New York City prepares for New Years celebration protestors 5 things to know about Tom Wilkinson Maine secretary of state latest victim of swatting spree Ramaswamy slams CNN’s ‘egregious interference’ with Iowa GOP caucus over town halls Special counsel Jack Smith rebuffs Trump’s immunity claim in new filing The recent UAW strike has put another nail in the coffin of US auto producers Student debt fight ends year on disappointing note Trump hits Ohio governor over veto on proposed gender-affirming health care ban Sunday shows preview: Southern border situation; Trump ballot decisions North Dakota lawmaker’s district GOP echoes call on him to resign after slurs to police in DUI stop America’s obligation to Ukraine began with nukes in the early 1990s Colorado secretary of state receives death threats: ‘I will not be intimidated’ Joe Biden and the politics of appeasement Tom Wilkinson, Oscar-nominated actor, dies at 75 McKinsey to pay $78M US opioid settlement with health insurers, company benefit plans Our assisted living system is failing Republicans hit Biden over St. Croix trip during border crisis Let the watchdogs decide if a foreign U.S. Steel sale works for America What fast food restaurants will be open for New Year’s Eve, Day this year? Life lessons from NASA legends Religious freedom, along with everything else, is unraveling in Sudan Ohio Rep. praises governor’s veto on gender-affirming care ban Destroying democracy to save it: Maine shows the danger of zealots in our legal system California law: Officials must use arrestee’s pronouns if sharing mugshots Social Security numbers of some Xfinity customers vulnerable in latest data breach: What to know Police searching for Colorado mom suspected of killing her 2 children, wounding third Court rejects Idaho attempt to dismiss suit seeking expanded medical exceptions to abortion ban The rest of the US needs to follow Florida’s lead and start regulating kratom extracts Axelrod says he thinks it ‘would rip the country apart’ if Trump were prevented from running Kinzinger calls Trump ‘professional victim, professional whiner and bellyacher’ The First Amendment applies to pro-Palestinian viewpoints, too Qatar tells Israel that Hamas ‘agrees in principle’ to resume hostage talks: report 5 things that could tank Biden in 2024 Marjorie Taylor Greene creates multiple headaches for new Speaker