Tiah Shepherd

Washington, D.C., United States

Audience Engagement Producer at The Hill

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LGBTQ organizations rally behind Harris's bid for White House

Jul 29, 2024 | thehill.com | Brooke Migdon |Tiah Shepherd

Major LGBTQ organizations and leaders are rallying around Vice President Harris’s historic bid for the White House, highlighting her positive record on LGBTQ rights over a decades-long political career and what a Harris presidency could mean for the community. “Kamala Harris was a supporter of LGBTQ+ people when that was not an easy thing to do politically,” said Brandon Wolf, press secretary for the Human Rights Campaign, a national LGBTQ advocacy group that has endorsed Harris.
LGBTQ+ Americans are coming out earlier in life: Gallup

Jul 26, 2024 | thehill.com | Tiah Shepherd

LGBTQ people are coming out at younger ages, according to a new Gallup survey, with many citing greater societal acceptance of the queer community over the last decade. Among the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender adults and other non-heterosexual or cisgender respondents, over two thirds — 71 percent — said they had shared their identity with others before the age of 30. More than over half — 57 percent — said they did so before the age of 22.
Protesters burn US flags, Netanyahu effigy blocks from Capitol

Jul 24, 2024 | thehill.com | Yash Roy |Eden Teshome |Tiah Shepherd

Protesters calling for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s arrest lowered and then burned U.S. flags blocks from the U.S. Capitol, raising smaller Palestinian flags in their place, after the divisive leader’s fiery address to Congress on Wednesday.
Joy Reid: People of color will look ‘real crazy’ if they don’t support Harris

Jul 24, 2024 | thehill.com | Tiah Shepherd

MSNBC’s Joy Reid said Black people who vote for former President Trump over Vice President Harris, the likely Democratic nominee, are “going to look real crazy.” “Given just the stratospheric entrance of Vice President Kamala Harris into the presidential campaign, and she has now secured enough delegates to become the nominee, you’re going to look real crazy being on the other side of that line, particularly as a person of color, but really as anyone who claims to have any connection to the...
GOP Rep. Burchett calls Kamala Harris a 'DEI hire'

Jul 22, 2024 | thehill.com | Tiah Shepherd

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) on Monday doubled down on previous claims that Vice President Kamala Harris is a diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) hire, blasting her a day after becoming the frontrunner to replace President Biden as the Democratic nominee following his historic exit from the race. “The incompetency level is at an all-time high in Washington.
Kari Lake fumes at British reporter: ‘You need your head examined’

Jul 18, 2024 | thehill.com | Tiah Shepherd

Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake (R) told a British journalist she thinks the reporter needs her “head examined,” after the journalist pressed Lake on her claims the 2020 presidential election was stolen. Reporter Emily Maitlis, one of three hosts of British podcast “The News Agents,” grilled the Arizona Republican on her claims of election fraud during the interview.
Trump's JD Vance pick riles UK politicians after 'Islamophobic' remarks

Jul 17, 2024 | thehill.com | Tiah Shepherd

Former President Trump’s newly appointed running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio.), ruffled the feathers of some of Britain’s most senior politicians after suggesting that the United Kingdom could become the “first truly Islamist country” to possess nuclear weapons following the Labour Party’s landslide win in the general election.
Majority of voters view Biden and Trump as ‘embarrassing’: Poll

Jul 11, 2024 | thehill.com | Tiah Shepherd

More than two-thirds of voters see President Biden and former President Trump as “embarrassing,” according to a new Pew Research Center poll released Thursday. Among those surveyed, 63 percent described both presidential candidates as embarrassing; a substantial share of respondents — 37 percent of Biden supporters and 33 percent of Trump supporters — also said they were embarrassed by their party’s nominee.
Keir Starmer becomes Britain's new PM in historic UK election

Jul 5, 2024 | thehill.com | Tiah Shepherd

Following a historic landslide win for the Labour Party in the United Kingdom’s general election, Sir Keir Starmer officially became Britain’s new prime minister on Friday, ending 14 years of Conservative government. “Now our country has voted decisively for change, for national renewal and a return of politics to public service,” Starmer said during his first speech as prime minister outside No. 10 Downing Street in London.
House panel blocks lawmakers from getting pay raises

Jun 13, 2024 | thehill.com | Aris Folley |Tiah Shepherd

Legislation that could have ended a years-long freeze on pay raises for lawmakers was changed to uphold the pause as it passed out of committee on Thursday. The House Appropriations Committee sent the annual spending bill to fund the legislative branch to the floor for consideration with a 33-24 vote. The House is expected to take up the bill in July, as leaders press on with an aggressive schedule to pass all 12 funding bills before August recess.