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Trump inaugurates new White House helipad, but networks skip coverage during First Amendment fight

President Donald Trump showed off his new White House helicopter landing pad on Monday, attempting to brush aside a First Amendment firestorm even as major television networks kept their cameras away in protest of CNN being banned from the grounds.

Trump’s war with news media threatens network blackout of U.N. speech, Xi visit

President Trump's decision to eject three major news outlets from the White House escalated Monday into a full-on battle with the media and could significantly hamper coverage of one of the most important weeks of his second term.

Man shot by ICE officer is detained in Texas with a bullet still in his back, attorney says

A Venezuelan man shot by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer was in custody Monday at an ICE detention center in Texas after he was released from a hospital with a bullet still lodged in his back, the man's attorney said.

Republican Rep. Chris Smith urges Trump to confront Xi about Americans jailed in China

With as many as 300 Americans reported to be languishing in Chinese prisons, some subjected to sexual abuse, racial discrimination, and torture, Rep. Chris Smith is demanding that President Trump make their release a centerpiece of his upcoming summit with China's President Xi Jinping.

Northern Virginia congressman says his constituents shouldn’t be ‘guinea pigs’ for FAA’s new AI tool

A Democratic congressman representing northern Virginia slammed the Federal Aviation Administration for using his constituents "as guinea pigs for an unproven AI air traffic control system" that it rolled out on Monday.

GOP nominees call for end to Iran war while on campaign trail

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story GOP nominees call for end to Iran war while on campaign trail The Republican Senate candidates in Iowa and Michigan on Monday both called for an end to the U.S. war in Iran, citing the rising...

Trump admin reportedly considers NIH grant approval takeover

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare   The Big Story Trump reportedly looking to take over NIH grantmaking Dissatisfied with how grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) are being awarded, the Trump administration reportedly began discussions over the weekend to add more political influence over how the funds...

The Memo: Trump’s latest war on the media met with lawsuit, TV boycott

An all-out confrontation between President Trump and the media escalated Monday, as three banned outlets launched a legal fight, Trump compared some reporting to “cancer,” and five major TV networks came together to announce a de facto boycott of White House pool coverage. It’s a remarkable sequence of events that began with Trump’s Friday announcement...

Former WHCA president on Trump’s press ban: ‘An attack on one outlet is an attack on everyone’

Former White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) president Weijia Jiang on Sunday said President Trump's ban on CNN, Politico and MS NOW reporters from covering the White House was an "attack" on all other news outlets. "This is not a tantrum by three media outlets who are upset because they can't get into the White House...

Hegseth to chair Pentagon’s new homeland defense panel

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will now oversee a new Pentagon advisory committee focused on homeland security and defense — the first such department panel to do so. The Homeland Defense Board (HDB), announced in the Federal Register on Sept. 11 and first reported by Defense News, is meant to fill what the Pentagon sees as...

Appeals court reinstates GOP House map in Missouri for November election

A federal appeals court reinstated the Missouri GOP's 7-1 House map to be used in time for the November elections, delivering a boost for several Republican candidates who wanted a more favorable map for the party to be used in the midterm elections. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Monday that using...

Trump says Mamdani has ‘great potential’ after Gracie Mansion visit

NEW YORK — President Trump offered rare praise of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) Monday, saying he has “great potential.” The two leaders chatted inside Gracie Mansion before holding a press conference ahead of Tuesday's United Nations General Assembly in the city. “No, I certainly hope he will be a great mayor,” Trump...

CIA director meets with Zelensky at airport in Ireland

CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at an airport in Ireland on Monday as the two waited for their planes to be refueled en route to the U.S., a person familiar with the meeting told The Hill. Ratcliffe and Zelensky briefly met at Shannon Airport, said the source, who declined to...

Trump expecting district court loss over lawsuit from CNN, MS NOW, Politico

President Trump railed against the judge who has been assigned to a case seeking to challenge his ban on three media outlets from covering the White House and telegraphed he might be forced to let the journalists working for the trio back in the building. "They have drawn a great Judge, for them," Trump said...

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