President Trump on Friday reacted to revelations that his ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle, privately solicited cash to pay down her debts ahead of her confirmation hearing, calling the situation “too bad.” The president spoke to reporters outside the White House before departing for a political rally in Alabama. “I just heard about it, too...
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) on Friday urged the Pentagon to reverse its decision to livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan, the convicted Fort Hood shooter. “There is no need to livestream any execution, including this one,” Murkowski said on the social platform X. “I would expect this from terrorists and dictators, but not here in...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Friday added its recommendations to the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) move to schedule synthetic kratom extracts, putting its support behind the push to regulate the substances colloquially called "gas station opioid." In July, the DEA announced plans to temporarily schedule a psychoactive compound derived from kratom...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Fierce, bipartisan pushback over Hegseth's plan for a livestream execution Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s plan to livestream a military firing squad execution next month is causing a fierce outcry of opposition from both sides of the...
French-born San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama expressed support for students in his home country who have taken to the streets in the thousands in recent weeks protesting the conditions of their schools. “These are systemic inequalities — problems so deep-rooted that, in fact, I’m glad that high-school students and young people in general are speaking...
Former professional boxer Mike Tyson popped up at the White House on Friday, briefly speaking to reporters in the West Wing briefing room and pledging support for President Trump. Tyson told reporters he was asked by the White House to travel with Trump to Syracuse, N.Y., for a rally the president is slated to host...
The Justice Department's campaign to get ahold of state voter registration lists, run them through federal databases to identify noncitizens, then prod the states to boot those people from their rolls is illegal, a federal judge ruled Friday.
A day after a sharp, sometimes tense debate with Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers was back on the trail Friday, this time alongside Sen. John Kennedy.
Vice President J.D. Vance said he does not plan to watch the firing-squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan, which is scheduled to be livestreamed.
