President Trump has demonstrated his willingness to use economic power as a national security tool. Now he must expand that approach to help Mexico dismantle CJNG.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a Monday lawsuit against New Jersey and its Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D), over a recent executive order that bans Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from state property without a judicial warrant. The government wrote that Sherrill is aiming to “intentionally obstruct” federal law enforcement and thwart federal immigration law....
The Pentagon has threatened to cancel Anthropic’s contract by Friday if the company does not agree to the department’s terms for the use of its AI model, a source familiar confirmed to The Hill on Tuesday. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Tuesday at the Pentagon amid a dispute over...
The Mexican Embassy in the U.S. said Tuesday the security situation in Mexico has “stabilized,” two days after a prominent cartel leader was killed by the Mexican army. “The security situation has now stabilized following targeted operations in Jalisco,” the embassy wrote on social platform X, referencing the killing of Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, or...
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) joined several of his House Republican colleagues in calling for Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) to resign over allegations that Gonzales had an affair with one of his congressional staffers, who died after setting herself on fire. “I’m joining Nancy Mace, Lauren Boebert, and Anna Paulina Luna in calling for Representative Tony...
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) on Thursday said he would attend President Trump’s State of the Union address while other members of his party are skipping it, saying he felt an obligation to do so. Kelly has been embattled with the Trump administration over a video he participated in calling on troops to not carry out...
U.S. military forces boarded a third sanctioned oil tanker in the Indo-Pacific Command (IndoPaCom) region on Tuesday — which was tracked from the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean. The Pentagon said that U.S. forces boarded “Bertha,” without “incident." The vessel, which was sanctioned by the U.S. government in December 2024 over its role in transporting...
Members of the U.S. men's hockey team will attend President Trump's State of the Union Address Tuesday at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., fresh off their Olympic victory in Italy. “Yeah, we’re excited to go. I mean, it’s something you don’t get to do ... I don’t know what day it is ... every Tuesday....
Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.) will be the Democrats' designated survivor for President Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday night. Thompson said in a Monday release that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) chose him for the role. The California Democrat will watch the speech from a secure, undisclosed location off campus from Capitol Hill....
Democratic Rep. Ami Bera (Calif.) blamed President Trump's "total disregard" for the legislative branch in explaining the decision by some Democrats to skip Tuesday's speech. “The person occupying that office doesn't show that deference to Congress any longer either. He totally disregards Congress,” Bera said during an appearance on NewsNation’s “On Balance” on Monday night....
A new poll released Tuesday shows that most Americans say they believe President Trump is becoming more erratic as he ages. Reuters/Ipsos found that 61 percent of respondents described Trump as having "become erratic with age," with 32 percent disagreeing. Pollsters found that 89 percent of Democrats, 64 percent of independents and 30 percent of...
