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WATCH: Dem lawmaker makes surprising admission about border as others trash Trump’s SOTU ‘lies’

House and Senate Democrats piled on after Trump's SOTU speech, calling out 'lies' on health care and immigration, but one Democratic senator acknowledged the border security's progress.

California is the fraud capital of America – and we will expose it

The rampant fraud uncovered in the state of Minnesota has shocked America and ended...

Black voters should reject Newsom’s ‘I’m as dumb as you’ shtick

Gavin Newsom was out being offensive again this week, demonstrating his familiarity with the...

California whiffs: Padres lose out on star pitcher

The Padres, along with the state of California, struck out when free-agent pitcher Merrill...

Biden knocks Trump’s State of the Union speech: ‘Is he still talking?’

Former President Biden on Friday knocked President Trump for his record-length State of the Union address, asking if his successor is "still talking." Biden gave a critique about Trump and his record while celebrating six years since the former president won the 2020 South Carolina Democratic primary at a party held by the South Carolina...

Biden knocks Trump’s State of the Union speech: ‘Is he still talking?’

Former President Biden on Friday knocked President Trump for his record-length State of the Union address, asking if his successor is "still talking." Biden gave a critique about Trump and his record while celebrating six years since the former president won the 2020 South Carolina Democratic primary at a party held by the South Carolina...

US designates Iran as ‘state sponsor of wrongful detention’

The U.S. on Friday designated Iran as a "state sponsor of wrongful detention" and demanded that the country release any Americans in its detention. Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued the designation amid escalating tensions between the two countries and as President Trump considers launching strikes on Iran. Rubio cited Iran's consolidation of power following...

President Trump touts oil and gas production in Texas visit

President Donald Trump touched down on Texas soil for the second time since returning to the White House.

Warren accuses Trump, Hegseth of trying ‘extort’ Anthropic into removing AI guardrails

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Friday accused President Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth of attempting to "extort" the company Anthropic into removing guardrails for its AI programs. Warren, the ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, said in a statement that the attempt would remove "common sense guardrails that...

Anthropic calls supply chain risk designation ‘unprecedented,’ ‘legally unsound’

Anthropic called the Pentagon’s decision Friday to designate the AI company as a supply chain risk an “unprecedented action,” arguing it is “legally unsound” and would “set a dangerous precedent.” “Designating Anthropic as a supply chain risk would be an unprecedented action—one historically reserved for US adversaries, never before publicly applied to an American company,”...

Trump administration goes nuclear on AI firm Anthropic

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Trump administration goes nuclear on AI firm Anthropic The Pentagon is designating Anthropic as a supply chain risk after President Trump directed all federal agencies to stop using the company's technology in a bitter feud. ©...

Trump told Patel he wasn’t pleased with FBI director’s Olympic partying: Report

President Trump told FBI Director Kash Patel that he was disappointed by Patel's behavior while partying with the U.S. men’s hockey team during the Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy, NBC News reported Friday. The team had won the gold medal after defeating Canada 2-1 in overtime. Patel, a hockey fan, was seen yelling, banging on a...

More Iranians face executions over protests: UN rights chief

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday warned that more Iranians face the risk of being executed after widespread anti-government protests last month. "I am horrified by reports that at least eight people, including two children, have been sentenced to death in connection with the protests," Türk said in a speech...

FEMA OKs billions in disaster assistance

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story FEMA OKs billions in disaster assistance The Trump administration is releasing billions of dollars in disaster aid that was previously awaiting approval from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. © Valerie Plesch, Bloomberg via Getty Images A source familiar with the situation told The Hill that...

Duffy’s wife knocks Trump’s Venezuela policy: ‘We’re getting a little too cozy’

Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy, who is also the wife of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, criticized President Trump for getting “too cozy” with acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez, calling the leader a “communist.”   “We’re getting a little too cozy with Delcy Rodríguez. This is a hardcore communist. She can never be trusted,” Campos-Duffy said Friday...

Bill Clinton gets bipartisan praise for cooperating in historic deposition on Epstein

Both Republicans and Democrats said former President Clinton was “very cooperative” in a historic deposition with the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Friday that set a new precedent for how congressional investigators treat former presidents. “He did attempt to respond to every single question asked, even when his attorney told him to shut...

RFK Jr. tells Joe Rogan he was not ‘particularly happy’ with Trump’s glyphosate order

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in an interview that aired Friday that President Trump’s order bolstering the controversial herbicide glyphosate was “not something that I was particularly happy with.” Kennedy’s remarks to podcaster Joe Rogan departed somewhat from his previous defense of Trump’s move — though the Health secretary also expressed...

Stephen A. Smith on White House bid: ‘Come up with a way for me to keep my money’

Sports commentator Stephen A. Smith on Thursday addressed rumors that he could launch a bid to run for president in 2028 but said he needs to think up of a way for him to keep his money. "I’m telling you, if there was a way for me to be on that big debate stage and...

Trump says he’s ‘not happy’ to see Bill Clinton deposed over Epstein files

President Trump told reporters on Friday that he was “not happy” to see former President Bill Clinton deposed as the former president was testifying behind closed doors to the House Oversight Committee as apart of the panel's investigation into files linked to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “I don’t like seeing him deposed, but...

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