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Foreign surveillance law set to expire as Congress leaves town after rejecting extensions

Congress left Washington this week without renewing a foreign surveillance law that expires Friday, ensuring America's spy network will lose some of its powers used to thwart terrorist plots.

U.S. slaps sanctions against Cuban oil and gas company as tensions rise

The U.S. government on Thursday announced sanctions against Cuba's state-owned oil and gas company in a move some experts say will only deepen the island's crises and hit vulnerable Cubans the hardest.

Markwayne Mullin says he has ‘zero respect’ for Mamdani amid ICE surge threat

HOMELAND SECURITY CHIEF on Mamdani's NYC: "Mamdani is a socialist communist that I have zero respect for. He's running a great city by allowing lawless activity to continue to run rampant on the streets."

Republicans ask EPA to consider abortion drug as contaminant in public water systems

A group of Republican lawmakers from the House and Senate are asking Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin to add a chemical abortion drug to the list of contaminants in public water systems.

Trump: Feds will take over D.C. if Democratic socialist wins mayoral election

President Trump said Thursday the federal government will take over Washington if Democratic socialist Janeese Lewis George is elected mayor.

Political blame game follows as screwworm parasite threatens cattle in Texas

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins watched sterile flies being released to fight the New World screwworm on Thursday and visited the Texas ranch where one of the first cases of the pest was detected. The screwworm could devastate the nation's cattle industry.

Biden ambassador considered White House bid over border frustration

Former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar said in his upcoming memoir that he considered running for president in 2024 out of frustration over the Biden administration's handling of the southern border with Mexico. "I should run for president," he told himself in his forthcoming book "Borderlands: My Fight for an Inclusive America," Politico reported...

Appeals court rules Trump’s 10 percent global tariff can stay, for now 

On Thursday, federal appeals court ruled that President Trump’s 10 percent global tariff is likely legal, deciding it can remain in place until the court delivers its final word.  Trump imposed the new levy after the Supreme Court invalidated his previous emergency tariffs as exceeding his authority.  Last month, a federal trade court found the new tariff unlawful and blocked officials from forcing a group...

Mace says she’ll get ‘revenge’ on Trump by ‘adding to the unemployment number in January’

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) on Thursday quipped that her "revenge" on President Trump will be by including herself in the "unemployment number in" January 2027 when her term concludes. Mace wrote on the social platform X that she has been asked if she will "get revenge on Trump" for "ending" her political career. "The answer...

The Memo: Trump announces ‘great settlement’ on Iran, but the world awaits details

This time it’s different — maybe. President Trump announced a “great settlement of the war with Iran” when he spoke to reporters in the Oval Office Thursday afternoon. It was an abrupt turn, even by his standards, from a morning social media post in which he pledged that the United States was about to hit Iran...

US scales up screwworm response 

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story US scales up screwworm response Federal authorities on Thursday launched a series of actions responding to the first New World screwworm cases detected in the U.S. in a decade. © AP Photo/Eric Gay The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) activated a formal emergency...

Massive ’86 47′ appears on National Mall days before Trump’s birthday UFC match

A massive "86 47" appeared on the grass on the National Mall on Thursday, numbers interpreted by the Trump administration as a threat against the president, days before President Trump's birthday and the upcoming UFC match outside of the White House. The etching in the grass could be seen from the live webcam at the...

Trump says Iranian supreme leader approved deal

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Trump says Iranian Supreme Leader approved deal President Trump said on Thursday that Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has approved the text of a deal to open the Strait of Hormuz and start diplomatic talks over...

Senate defense policy bill excludes IVF provision

The Senate Armed Services Committee rejected a provision in the annual defense policy bill that would have expanded coverage of fertility services for military members and their families, including in vitro fertilization (IVF), according to Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.).  “All my provision seeks to do is provide our troops with the same access to IVF that all Members of Congress already have. After everything...

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