Shannon Taylor's record as Henrico County prosecutor clashes with her tough-on-crime campaign image as she seeks Virginia's 1st congressional district.
Iran-backed Houthi rebels on Friday launched drone and missile attacks toward Saudi military targets in the eastern city of Marib, Yemen, raising concerns of a widening war in the region. Two people were killed and more than a dozen others wounded during the fresh strikes, according to the country’s state-run news agency. The drones struck...
New clouds darkened the economic landscape on Friday, as the latest employment report showed the nation shedding 23,000 jobs in July. The number came as an unpleasant surprise to most economists. The consensus prediction from experts canvassed by Dow Jones had been that more than 80,000 jobs would be created. Democrats pounced on the number...
President Trump is touting the benefits of AI data centers after Texas moved to more strictly regulate the industry, which has rapidly become a political lightning rod across the political spectrum. Trump waded into the debate during an interview last week, saying it would be a mistake to push back on data centers following Texas...
The Senate adjourned for a five-week recess early Saturday morning after passing a bill to fund the federal government until Dec. 11 and confirming Todd Blanche as attorney general. Senate Republicans also agreed to set aside — for the moment — President Trump’s demand to approve another budget resolution to pave the way for tens...
The Senate early Saturday morning confirmed Todd Blanche as the next attorney general, with the nominee narrowly securing sufficient GOP backing after making a number of promises about how he would handle his tenure as the country’s top law enforcement officer. The vote was 50-49. Though confirmed along a party-line vote when he was nominated...
The Senate voted early Saturday morning to fund the federal government until Dec. 11 with the aim of averting another government shutdown before the midterm election, sending the bill to the House before leaving for a five-week recess. The continuing resolution (CR) passed 90-6 after Republicans spent days haggling over a provision inserted by the White House...
A federal ban on most hemp-derived THC products is set to be delayed for a month after a last-minute effort to keep the original timeline failed. The Senate voted 61-32 to table a bipartisan amendment from Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and about a dozen other senators to strip the delay from a stopgap government funding...
Two U.S. district judges rejected cases defending temporary protections for migrants from South Sudan and Myanmar, leaving some at risk for deportation. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued two alerts on its website confirming that, effective Aug. 7, Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation had been halted for both countries. The notice came after U.S....
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), President Trump and Senate conservatives reached a deal Friday night to set aside a vote on a budget resolution and defer action on much of the SAVE America Act until after the August recess, settling a fight that had divided Senate Republicans for weeks. Conservative Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.),...
Reality TV star and former Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt said in a recent post that he is working with President Trump on a 25 percent federal film tax. In a Friday post on the social platform X, Pratt stated the move was to “bring back Hollywood.” “I’m committed to saving Hollywood, and I’m...
President Trump is asking the Justice Department (DOJ) to reconsider its move to drop criminal charges against those accused of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, continuing to assert vandalism was to blame for its appearance. Trump specifically urged U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro to "re-visit her hastily made decision" in...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Senate confirms Hurst as Pentagon comptroller The Senate confirmed Jules “Jay” Hurst III on Friday in a party-line vote as the Pentagon's comptroller after the department went about a year and a half without a confirmed...
The Pentagon revoked former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall’s eligibility for access to classified information, accusing him of “unauthorized disclosure of classified information regarding Air Force One’s capabilities” to a news outlet, it announced Friday evening. Pentagon chief spokesperson Sean Parnell said the Defense Department (DOD) also yanked Kendall’s “ability to hold any sensitive position,”...
