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Anti-Israel politicans are obsessed with AIPAC — and ignore the real foreign threats to US politics

Seedy foreign cash is shaping our culture and our politics. But it's not coming from where the propagandists say it is.

Properties Aren’t Property in New York City

The government has reduced landlords from owners to administrators of ‘public’ resources.

Why Missouri Declined to Abolish Its Income Tax

Uncertainty caused voters to stick with the devil they know.

Iran rejects Trump’s ‘delusions’ on making Strait of Hormuz a US territory

Iran on Saturday rejected President Trump’s assertion that he could declare the Strait of Hormuz a “territory of the United States,” saying the opening and closure of the key waterway will remain up to Iran’s control. In a post on the social platform X, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said the U.S. has no...

Katie Miller’s podcast serves as safe space for MAGA world

Katie Miller’s podcast is emerging as a go-to platform for leading figures in President Trump’s administration as she targets an audience of Republican women, scoring news-making interviews with top cabinet officials and key members of the president's inner circle. Miller, the wife of top White House aide Stephen Miller and a Trump-supporting political operative who...

Ocasio-Cortez’s decision riles some on right, while also winning admiration

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-N.Y.) decision to freeze her eggs and publicly document the process is stirring up mixed reviews from her conservative critics while receiving praise from many women for demystifying the procedure. Many conservatives have criticized Ocasio-Cortez for creating what they call the illusion that women can have it all, while promoting an expensive...

Is the US already in World War IV — and losing?

What if our enemies bypass weapons and tactics imagined for World War III, and instead just hit us the crippling cyberattacks of World War IV?

BBC lawsuit: Channel plans to subpoena Trump family members

The BBC is seeking to subpoena three members of President Trump’s family as it builds its defense to his $10 billion defamation lawsuit.   In a Friday court filing, attorneys for the BBC argued that Trump’s children, Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump, as well as his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, “have personal knowledge and likely have...

DOJ refers to Air Force One threat as ‘assassination attempt’ in ballroom appeal

The Justice Department described the Iranian missile threat incident that led President Trump to secretly switch planes last month as an “assassination attempt” in a new court filing on Friday.  U.S. Solicitor General John Sauer mentioned the incident in an emergency appeal to Supreme Court asking it to overturn a lower court’s block on the...

Rove: Trump must stop ‘gaslighting’ Americans over economy 

Republican strategist Karl Rove on Friday criticized President Trump’s insistence that the U.S. economy is thriving despite rising prices amid the Iran war. Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews on Friday that the “economy was doing unbelievably from the standpoint of Wall Street." Rove told Fox News's Gillian Turner that the president should “start...

Senate launches investigation into Roblox due to safety concerns

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Senate probes kids’ safety issues in Roblox A bipartisan pair of senators launched an investigation this week into the gaming platform Roblox, citing concerns around explicit content on the platform and its alleged "connection to real world child abuse." © Photo Illustration by Thiago Prudêncio/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty...

Senate investigates kids safety issues in online game Roblox 

A bipartisan pair of senators launched an investigation this week into the gaming platform Roblox, citing concerns about explicit content and its alleged "connection to real world child abuse." Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) sent a letter Wednesday informing Roblox CEO David Baszucki that the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism...

Gov. DeSantis latest to not support Rep. Mills ahead of Florida primary

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday became the latest elected Republican to declare he would not support Rep. Cory Mills's (R) reelection bid in Florida's 7th Congressional District. “I have not endorsed Cory Mills, and I do not support Cory Mills,” the Florida governor said when asked during a Friday press conference, captured by C-SPAN...

Trump admin escalates fight against transgender care

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare   The Big Story  Trump admin escalates fight against transgender care The Trump administration this week scaled up its fight against transgender health care, cutting Medicaid coverage and referring hospitals and clinics for potential prosecution.   © Photo credit The moves this week add to...

USS Abraham Lincoln returning home

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Amid reports of low morale, USS Abraham Lincoln returning home, Navy says Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao announced on Friday that the USS Abraham Lincoln is returning to the U.S. as the aircraft carrier’s long deployment...

USS Abraham Lincoln controversy likely to loom over Pentagon

Reports of low morale and poor conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln has prompted new scrutiny from Congress and the families of those serving during the Iran War, scrutiny unlikely to end even as the administration said the aircraft carrier was returning home on Friday. The return caps a grueling, more than 265-day deployment aboard...

Judge lifts order on Somalia TPS, clearing way for deportations

A Massachusetts-based federal judge on Friday lifted her stay in a case brought by Somali holders of temporary protected status (TPS), clearing the way for the Trump administration to begin deporting them. The ruling from U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs lifts an administrative stay she issued after the Supreme Court decided in a related case...

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