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Hegseth instructs Pentagon to defend 2026 elections from ‘foreign actors’

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth instructed the Pentagon last week to prioritize and deploy “advanced intelligence and cyber capabilities” to track down, disrupt and neutralize “foreign actors to protect the 2026 midterm elections" while “maintaining the fundamental freedoms that characterize our country.”  “Commander U.S. Cyber Command and the Directors of the Combat Support Agencies will prioritize...

Shaheen presses Senate to cap insulin costs

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare   The Big Story Shaheen makes last-minute insulin pitch Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) is pressing Senate leadership to hold a floor vote on bipartisan legislation to cap insulin costs in private insurance before lawmakers leave town until after the midterm election. © Greg Nash...

Vance, RFK Jr., Mike Tyson to speak at MAHA Summit in DC

Vice President Vance, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and former boxing heavyweight Mike Tyson are slated to speak Tuesday for the second Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Summit in Washington, D.C. The event will conclude with a "fireside chat" between Vance and Kennedy, the summit's agenda online shows. Organizers told...

NFL to DHS: Take down video featuring Eagles star Brian Dawkins

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is refusing a request from the NFL and former Philadelphia Eagles player Brian Dawkins to take down a video it posted using the Hall of Fame safety to promote President Trump's immigration agenda. The video, which was posted Sunday on a DHS social media account, responded to a headline...

New polls have Democrats thinking big on Senate

Recent polling showing Democrats performing strongly in Senate battlegrounds and more reliably red states is fueling optimism that the party could clinch both chambers in November. An AARP poll released Monday showed Democrat Roy Cooper leading Republican Michael Whatley by 11 percentage points in the North Carolina Senate race, while recent polls have shown...

Thune: Ads promoting Trump political message ‘shouldn’t be paid for by taxpayer dollars’

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told reporters Monday that while he likes President Trump’s new ads pledging to “cast out the communists, Marxists and fascists,” they “shouldn’t be paid for by taxpayer dollars.” Thune warned Trump about using taxpayer money for ads that resemble the political ads he ran online during the 2024 presidential...

Pennsylvania surpasses 900 measles cases

Pennsylvania on Monday surpassed 900 measles cases, after adding more than 100 additional cases in the past week. The Pennsylvania Department of Health updated its measles dashboard Monday, putting the total number of cases in the state at 903, after 115 new infections were recorded in the past week. Pennsylvania is currently reporting the highest...

Trump loosens vehicle mileage standards

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Trump rolls back car fuel efficiency rules The Trump administration has rolled back car fuel efficiency standards requiring automakers to ensure their cars and light trucks were using less fuel. © AP Photo/Rick Bowmer While the Biden-era standards would have been expected to get the...

Debate over AI regulation pushed past midterms

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Debate over AI regulation pushed past midterms The debate over how to regulate artificial intelligence is being pushed past the November midterms, much to the dismay of some lawmakers. © Mariam Zuhaib, Associated Press Our colleague Sudiksha Kochi's latest Insider piece breaks down the flurry of last-minute proposals...

Mick Mulvaney: Trump ad ‘flat out’ wrong

Former White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney on Monday said that a new taxpayer-funded TV advertisement from the White House promoting President Trump is "flat out" wrong. The 30-second ad features Trump saying in a voiceover that the U.S. will "cast out the communists, Marxists and fascists" and "rout the fake news media, and...

Trump CMS faces bipartisan pushback over Medicare proposal tied to Biden-era drug pricing law

Lawmakers say the proposed Medicare policy could make it harder for patients to access newer cancer treatments by discouraging medical innovation.

Dem Senate nominee breaks silence after Susan Collins’ office was vandalized with vulgar message

Republican Sen. Susan Collins vowed she won't be "intimidated" after her Biddeford office was vandalized, while her Dem rival Troy Jackson initially stayed silent.

Dem Senate nominee silent after Susan Collins’ office was vandalized with vulgar message

Republican Sen. Susan Collins vowed she won't be "intimidated" after her Biddeford office was vandalized, while her Dem rival Troy Jackson stayed silent on the act.

‘Insulting’: Ex-Trump official’s ‘dishonest’ campaign ad triggers conservative revolt

GOP Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' reelection ad depicting a white-male welfare recipient named "Brad" drew conservative backlash online.

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