The Hill Articles: May 12, 2024

French government questions Noem’s account of a canceled meeting with Macron: report Rick Scott doubles down on attacks against Judge Merchan’s daughter ‘My life is in danger,’ says Marine vet who tried to help North Korean diplomats defect Gen Z is struggling financially more than Millennials did at their age: Study Biden to meet with Brown v. Board plaintiffs during week of engagement with Black community Ocasio-Cortez: State of US health care is ‘barbarism’  Nearly half of master’s degrees have a negative ROI Kari Lake says she’s not ‘all that confident’ the 2024 election will be fair Ex-Republican congressman calls RFK Jr. a ‘MAGA crazy Republican’ who will take votes away from GOP, Trump Clinton adviser says Biden campaign ‘doing it all wrong’ ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ movie rules box office with $56.5 million Johnson’s ‘intuition’ clashes with data on illegal voting To aid the green energy transition, we need to modernize our grid infrastructure Putin replaces defense minister Van Hollen hits Clinton over ‘dismissive’ remarks about student protesters UN aid agency estimates about 300,000 people have fled Rafah Apple employees in Maryland vote to authorize strike Dozens walk out of Jerry Seinfeld speech at Duke commencement in protest of his support for Israel The exhausted Scottish National Party clings to power, for now Northern lights: What causes the colors that we see — and don’t see? Cotton: ‘Joe Biden’s position is de facto for Hamas victory at this point’ Blinken: US doesn’t have ‘double standards’ on holding Israel accountable Biden enlists Obama, George Clooney, Julia Roberts for star-studded mega fundraiser The Antisemitism Awareness Act is bad for American Jews — here’s why  Sullivan: Pause in military aid doesn’t mean Biden will ‘abandon Israel’ Greene: Johnson is ‘owned by the Democrats’ Why are economists MIA on today’s biggest fiscal catastrophes?  Sanders says Americans don’t ‘want to be complicit’ in ‘starvation’ in Gaza Bruising Maryland Senate primary comes down to the wire for Democrats Senate Democrat defends criticism of US report on Israel war conduct Graham, Welker clash on Biden response in Israel Government’s addiction to contractors is creating a data crisis Murphy: ‘We have no obligation to write a blank check of military support to any of our allies’ House Republican says Biden’s weapon halt threat is for ‘political reasons’ Trump is riding an imaginary crime wave Blinken says US has not seen Israeli plans to protect civilians, post-war plans for Gaza McCaul says Rafah invasion is ‘last step’ for Israeli military ‘objective’ JD Vance defends Trump from question about antisemitism Vance says he was ‘wrong’ in past remarks on Trump Will your last COVID vaccine work against new ‘FLiRT’ variants? Coons defends US handling of Israel: Biden has ‘taken forceful action’ Is China ahead of the US in the new race for the moon? Here’s what minimum wage would be if it kept up with inflation Blinken says more civilians in Gaza have been killed than terrorists Map: Will you see the northern lights again on Sunday? Georgia is on the verge of turning back to Russia   Trump heightens attacks against NY prosecutor, Biden at Jersey Shore rally  This Mother’s Day, Congress can honor moms by passing legislation that protects kids online  Biden just quietly took a key step to ‘decriminalize’ traffic safety policy Deadline to claim $1 billion in tax refunds nears – do you qualify? ‘SNL’ cold open features cast members alongside their moms in honor of Mother’s Day Bolton slams Biden for ‘unprecedented’ ‘break between the US and Israel’ Republicans in West Virginia governor’s race run to the right on transgender issues TikTok faces toughest challenge yet with lawsuit against divest-or-ban bill Michael Cohen stands to make or break Trump hush money case Where the US spends the most on foreign aid