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President Trump’s approval rating has dropped eight points since he started his second presidential term at the beginning of the year, according to a new Emerson College Polling survey. Forty-one percent of voters said they approve of the job Trump is doing as president, down from 49 percent who said the same in January. And 50...

Voters prefer moderate candidates over both progressive and MAGA contenders for the next presidential race, according to a new Emerson College Polling survey. In a hypothetical 2028 matchup against a progressive Democrat, voters sided with a moderate Republican by roughly 12 points. A moderate Democrat, on the other hand, won a showdown against a MAGA...

The deadly attack in Syria that left three Americans dead has complicated the nascent relationship between the United States and Damascus and sparked speculation over how the Trump administration might respond. President Trump has vowed that the Saturday attack — carried out by a lone Islamic State group gunman that reportedly infiltrated local security forces,...

Republican senators who defeated a Democratic bill to extend ObamaCare subsidies for three years without reforms to the program are frustrated that the same proposal appears likely to pass the House after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) was unable to quell a rebellion within his own party. GOP senators want to preserve their working relationship with...

President Trump delivered an address to the nation on Wednesday night intended to mark the close of his first year back in power. Trump appeared before the cameras in the White House’s Diplomatic Reception Room with his poll ratings at a mediocre ebb, and the issue of affordability in particular serving as a drag on...

Most Americans say President Trump’s use of presidential power is going too far, according to a new poll. Quinnipiac University found that 54 percent of voters think Trump is going too far with his presidential authority while 37 percent think he is handling it about right. Seven percent think the president isn't going far enough....

President Trump on Wednesday sought to make the case that his administration has made progress on key issues in a rare primetime address amid slumping poll numbers and persistent questions about affordability. The president addressed the nation from the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House, where he argued for just under 20 minutes that...

The United States military on Wednesday killed four alleged “narco-terrorists” during a boat strike in the Pacific Ocean. The attack follows a series of strikes launched this year, bringing the total death toll to 99.  “On Dec. 17, at the direction of @SecWar Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike...

President Trump said Wednesday his administration would send $1,776 "warrior dividend" checks to members of the military, crediting tariffs and the passage of a massive GOP tax and spending bill earlier this year. Trump said during a primetime address to the nation that 1.4 million soldiers would receive the checks, with the amount chosen to...

While addressing the nation Wednesday, President Trump announced that military service members will be receiving checks for $1,776, a nod to the year of the nation's founding.

President Trump on Wednesday evening is expected to give an address to the nation from the White House. “I look forward to ‘seeing’ you then. It has been a great year for our Country, and THE BEST IS YET TO COME!” the president wrote Tuesday on Truth Social, giving few details. The address comes as...

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story As Pentagon escalates Kelly investigation, Senate GOP grows uneasy Senate Republicans are growing increasingly uneasy with the Pentagon’s investigation into Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced his office is escalating its probe...

Rep. Seth Magaziner (D-R.I.) said that House Democratic leadership will introduce a discharge petition in January to force action on a bill banning stock trading by members of Congress, the president, the vice president and their immediate families. The effort comes after some House Democrats railed against a bipartisan bill by Magaziner and Rep. Chip...

More than five days have passed since a gunman killed two people and injured nine others at Brown University, with authorities still searching for the shooter.  Authorities have released photos and video of a person of interest in Saturday’s shooting in Providence, R.I., and the FBI is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for...