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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will hold a press briefing about the military operation in Iran on Friday morning, the second this week. It comes after a KC-135 refueling aircraft crashed in Iraq on Thursday, killing four of the six service members onboard. Central Command said rescue efforts were continuing for the remaining two service members...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. Dan Caine will brief reporters on Friday morning as the Iran war nears the two-week mark. The U.S. and Israeli militaries have decimated Iran's air defenses and munitions manufacturing centers, striking thousands of targets across the country. However, Iran's ruling regime remains largely intact, showing no...
Four of the six service members onboard a refueling aircraft died when the plane crashed in western Iraq on Thursday afternoon, the U.S. Central Command (Centcom) confirmed on Friday. Rescue efforts were continuing for the remaining two service members as of 5:30 a.m. EST. “The circumstances of the incident are under investigation. However, the loss...
Morning Report is The Hill's a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today's issue: ▪ Pressure rises to end Iran conflict ▪ US eases Russia oil sanctions ▪ American aircraft crashes in Iraq ▪ Updates on Michigan, Virginia violence The shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will officially reach the one-month mark tonight at midnight, with...
The U.S. is temporarily removing sanctions on Russian oil currently stranded at sea, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced late Thursday — the latest move by the Trump administration attempting to stymie soaring energy prices amid the war with Iran. Bessent wrote in a post on the social platform X that the "narrowly tailored" measure "will...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has identified the suspect accused of attacking a synagogue in Michigan on Thursday as Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, a Lebanese citizen. DHS confirmed Ghazali's identity in a statement to The Hill. "He was born in Lebanon on January 4, 1985," a DHS spokesperson said. "He entered the United States on...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday night announced the formation of a new task force that would conduct a review of U.S. war colleges to ensure they are "effective" and focused on core national security issues. Hegseth said the task force, which will be established by the undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, Anthony...
Texas Senate candidate James Talarico (D) on Thursday slammed the U.S. military operation in Iran, saying the airstrike that hit a girls' school the first day of the offensive makes him "sick to my stomach." Talarico won the Texas Democratic Senate primary last week against Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas). He will face off against either...
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers are set to miss their first full paycheck on Friday as efforts to negotiate a bipartisan compromise to reopen the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have largely stalled in Congress. Nearly four weeks into the partial government shutdown — the third to affect DHS employees in recent months — both...
U.S. intelligence agencies have indicated that the Iranian government is not at risk of collapse amid the U.S. and Israeli offensive against the Middle Eastern country, Reuters reported Thursday. One source told the outlet that a "multitude" of intelligence reports show "consistent analysis that the regime is not in danger" of collapse, retaining "control of...
Outdated intelligence data may have led to a U.S. airstrike hitting a girls' school in southern Iran following the start of the military operation against the Middle Eastern country, killing around 175 people, according to multiple outlets. It remains unclear why the Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school was hit. The New York Times reported that it...
President Trump on Thursday nominated a State Department official to lead the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), which oversees Voice of America (VOA), after a judge ruled Kari Lake was unlawfully running the agency as its acting CEO. The president tapped Sarah B. Rogers, undersecretary of State for public diplomacy, as USAGM's Senate-approved CEO....
The Trump administration is considering loosening shipping rules in an effort to lower fuel prices, which have surged as a result of the war in Iran. In particular, the administration is considering issuing a temporary waiver of the Jones Act, a 100-year-old law that requires shipping between U.S. ports to be done by U.S.-flagged ships. “In...
