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Health Care — WHO to decide if monkeypox is a health emergency

For those who crave pizza-related news, Little Caesars is now the official pizza sponsor for the NFL, replacing Pizza Hut, which has held the position for four years. (Someone actually out-pizza’d The Hut.) The World Health Organization is set to meet to decide if monkeypox is a global health emergency. Welcome to Overnight Health Care,…

Park officials warn Yellowstone flooding could be ‘thousand-year event’

Extreme flooding in Yellowstone National Park could constitute a “thousand-year event,” National Park Service officials said on a press call Tuesday evening. “This isn’t my words, but I’ve heard this is a thousand-year event,” Yellowstone Superintendent Cam Sholly said. “From what I understand, one of the highest cubic feet per second ratings for the Yellowstone…

The Hill’s Defense & National Security — House Dems unveil defense spending proposals

The House Appropriation committee released the text of two bills that would set appropriations levels for defense spending and military construction programs. We’ll break down the bill, plus talk about why the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol postponed its Wednesday hearing. This is Defense & National Security, your nightly…

The Promising Pathway Act: Giving terminally ill patients a chance to live

Imagine hearing your mother has been diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)—more commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Between 2011 and 2014, almost 25,000 people in the United States died from it. While the disease has been diagnosed for decades, there is no known cure. With that in mind, imagine that after the doctors provide…

Hillicon Valley — Data privacy bill challenged

The House Energy and Commerce Committee debated a data privacy proposal intended to set national standards for how companies obtain and manage data, but it is facing an uphill battle as business groups and privacy hawks express disagreements with the bill. In other news, Meta announced on Tuesday that it will add new parental control…

NotedDC — Inside the Jan. 6 hearing room

Welcome to NotedDC: Your guide to politics, policy and people of consequence in D.C. Sign up here: thehill.com/noted. For today’s issue we chatted with The Hill’s Rebecca Beitsch about the Jan. 6 select committee, how its probe is going and what to expect at its next hearing. What was the mood in the room on Monday? Monday was a…

McConnell boost adds to momentum of Senate gun legislation

A bipartisan framework to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous individuals and boost funding for mental health treatment has strong momentum after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) endorsed it Tuesday. McConnell says he is planning to vote for legislation based on the framework, which would make him the 11th Republican in the…

Lawmakers must act on early childhood investments on behalf of families and businesses

For nearly a century, conventional wisdom held that two defining spheres of American life—work and family—are, and should be, separate and unrelated. Living through the COVID-19 pandemic, however, this understanding has proven painfully misinformed. Most Americans now understand the needs of families and businesses are intrinsically linked and interdependent. Today, creating a ready, qualified and…