ALVIN BRAGG AND THE TRUMP TRIAL THAT NEVER HAPPENED. There was a curious moment in New York City politics a few nights ago, but you might have missed it because of all the attention being paid to the mayor’s race. It happened during a debate in the contest for district attorney of Manhattan. The only reason most […]
Kathryn Bigelow, the filmmaker who recently debuted “A House of Dynamite,” responded to criticism from the Pentagon after portions of the movie alleged that the country’s nuclear weapon detection systems can only stop a threat 50 percent of the time. In response to the film, the Pentagon distributed an internal memo slamming its veracity. Defense...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Congress divided on Trump's tit-for-tat nuclear tests with Russia, China President Trump’s decision to restart nuclear weapons testing as a warning to Moscow has divided Congress - Republicans cheering while Democrats see it as a dangerous...
A third suspect accused of killing Eric Tarpinian-Jachym was arrested on Wednesday in Washington, D.C. Naqwan Antonio Lucas was apprehended by Metropolitan Police, who believe he was involved in Tarpinian-Jachym’s death and the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Zoey Kelley. Tarpinian-Jachym was 21 years old when he died in July. He was a student at the...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care THE HILL INTERVIEW Former CDC official on new mpox cases and current federal resources Demetre Daskalakis, former executive and principal at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Human Rights Campaign’s Senior Public Policy Advocate Matthew Rose spoke...
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on Thursday warned that the now-former Prince Andrew, whom King Charles III stripped of his remaining royal titles, would face justice. Andrew, the king's younger brother who will be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, lost his titles over his ties to convicted sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein. "Thanks to the...
More than 100 Illinois officials on Thursday condemned the federal indictment of a progressive congressional candidate in the state and five others tied to protests outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in a suburb near Chicago. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D), Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) and six U.S. representatives for the state...
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump hosted trick-or-treaters on Thursday in a Halloween celebration that has become a fun White House tradition. Guests, including press secretary Karoline Leavitt and deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, along with their children, collected White House-branded candy in front of the lavishly decorated South Portico. The president was...
President Trump returned from his trip to Asia to a frightening scene at the White House on Thursday: There were dinosaurs, ghosts, a ghostbuster and the sisters from "The Shining," surrounded by dozens of pumpkins along the building’s South Portico. The president and first lady Melania Trump hosted the children of staff and other guests...
Federal prosecutors unsealed criminal charges against a Maryland state lawmaker Thursday, accusing her of blackmailing a political critic by secretly recording them in bed with a married man. State Sen. Dalya Attar (D), her brother and a Baltimore police officer who assisted with her campaign each face eight counts, including extortion and conspiracy charges. The victim is...
President Trump revived his viral 2019 Halloween moment by placing a candy bar on a child’s head again during the White House trick-or-treat celebration Thursday.
The Trump administration says Democrat-led states misused over $1 billion in federal Medicaid dollars on illegal immigrants, including convicted felons, and is vowing to claw it back.
Maryland Democrat Dalya Attar is accused of secretly filming two critics in bed and threatening to release the footage to silence them and protect her political career.
