America is a beacon of freedom worldwide, yet the biggest threat to that freedom is a crushing national debt that has saddled future generations in the order of tens of trillions of dollars. The Trump administration is doing what it can to cut spending, but Congress is not yet on board. The evidence contained in […]
It’s time to get serious about civics. States must require that it be taught and learned. Teachers must be deeply grounded in it and prepared to teach it. Schools — elementary, middle, and high schools — must make time for it in their schedules. We need top-quality curricula that contain essential knowledge, impart vital skills, and don’t shy away […]
The recent “Saturday Night Live” cold open spoofed a reported clash between tech billionaire Elon Musk and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. In the sketch, James Austin Johnson’s President Trump is in the Oval Office with Marcello Hernández’s Rubio, with the president telling his secretary of State that he “can’t have you fighting with Elon.”...
President Trump on Thursday issued an executive order sanctioning the International Criminal Court (ICC) over its pursuit of war crimes cases against Israel’s leader and its former defense minister. In the order, Trump accused the ICC of engaging in “illegitimate and baseless actions” against Israel and the U.S. “Neither country has ever recognized the ICC's...
Users who search for abortion information on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) website are now directed to try searching for the word adoption. The change comes less than a week after over a dozen federal agency websites — including the CDC — went offline. Some of the CDC’s webpages have since...
The Elon Musk deputy who accessed sensitive Treasury Department payment systems has resigned after social media posts of his came to light that espoused racist beliefs. Twenty-five-year-old Marko Elez, who worked for a number of companies run by Elon Musk and was part of the billionaire’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) task force engaged in...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Panama rejects US claim ships can transit canal for free Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino pushed back after meeting with Secretary of State Marco Rubio earlier this week, casting doubt on U.S. warships getting a free...
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg visited the White House on Thursday to discuss Meta's role in helping the Trump administration with America's international tech leadership, the company confirmed. "Mark Zuckerberg was at the White House today to discuss how Meta can help the administration defend and advance American tech leadership abroad," Meta spokesperson Andy Stone wrote...
The NCAA announced Thursday it would no longer allow transgender athletes to compete in women’s sports and would limit participation to those assigned female at birth. The policy change, approved by the NCAA board of governors, comes one day after President Trump signed an executive order barring transgender athletes from competing in girls’ and women’s...
Questions are swirling about how much access Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has to Americans’ personal data and sensitive federal payment systems. Soon after President Trump took office, Musk deployed members of his cost-cutting panel to the Treasury Department with eyes on the Bureau of Fiscal Service: the agency responsible for...
The Department of Education is investigating two colleges and a state athletic association for allowing transgender athletes to compete on women’s sports teams, probes in accordance with an executive order signed Wednesday by President Trump. The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights announced Thursday that it is launching investigations into San José State University, the...
A California utility company said its equipment may have sparked a Los Angeles wildfire on the same day that two additional blazes ravaged the state and killed at least 29 individuals, according to The Associated Press. The Los Angeles Fire Department is investigating Southern California Edison (SCE) for a utility fire that may have caused...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Thursday he wouldn’t be commenting on the Federal Reserve's interest rate policies and expressed confidence in the central bank Chair Jerome Powell, breaking from earlier criticisms. In an interview with Bloomberg TV, Bessent said he expects Fed Chair Powell “will do the right thing” despite his and President Trump's past...
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) on Thursday knocked President Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk over what he called a new McCarthy Era for government employees. “It really is sort of like the McCarthy Era 2.0 [for a lot of] federal employees and for all of us as well, so, but they're standing up and they're...
Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino said he is scheduled to speak with President Trump on Friday amid his efforts to reclaim the nation’s sought-after canal. “I was told a few minutes ago by a senior official that I will be speaking with President Trump tomorrow at 3:30 p.m.,” Mulino wrote in a Thursday afternoon post...
Despite an unprecedented amount of money spent through ESSER funds, student achievement continues to plummet, leading to a growing momentum behind school choice initiatives that allow parents to choose the best educational option for their children.
