Rep. Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.), the ranking member of the House Administration Committee, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) have discussed a proposal to further boost security for lawmakers with their Republican counterparts, a senior Democratic committee aide told The Hill Monday evening. The aide said that Morelle and Jeffries “have regularly discussed innovative solutions...
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said that she recommended a “full travel ban” to President Trump during a Monday meeting. “I just met with the President. I am recommending a full travel ban on every damn country that's been flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies,” Noem said Monday on the social platform...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Hegseth in hot water amid fallout from boat strike Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing growing pressure over a Washington Post report that he ordered the military to “kill everybody” in a boat strike in the...
Former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre sat for an interview with The New Yorker's Isaac Chotiner that turned contentious as the journalist peppered her with questions about former President Biden's mental health and what she knew about his condition. "You feel like you had to leave the Democratic Party because of the way it...
Amazon said Tuesday that it is cutting about 14,000 corporate roles as the e-commerce giant expands its investment in AI. Beth Galetti, Amazon’s senior vice president of people experience and technology, said in a blog post that the layoffs are part of an effort to continue “reducing bureaucracy, removing layers, and shifting resources to ensure we’re...
A viral email about a work-from-home “5 minute rule” lit up social feeds recently, complete with a demand that employees “notify the team” before even taking a bathroom break. That kind of policy mistakes motion for progress and fear for leadership.
House Democrats on Tuesday are ramping up their fight for an extension of "cost saving" health care subsidies by gathering at the Capitol as the government shutdown stretches nears its 4-week mark. The hearing will focus on "the urgent need to strengthen America’s care economy and extend cost-saving health care tax credits that help millions...
U.S. troops with facial hair were barred from attending an upcoming event with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in South Korea this week, according to reports. An email purportedly from the 51st Fighter Wing at Osan Air Base in South Korea — posted to an unofficial Air Force amn/nco/snco Facebook page — advised troops that “members...
Japan will gift 250 cherry trees to the United States in honor of celebrations to mark 250 years since America’s founding, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Tuesday. “To have a magnificent celebration, we will extend a gift of 250 cherry trees to Washington, D.C.,” Takaichi said during a meeting with President Trump at the Akasaka Palace...
Comedian Jon Stewart on Monday took aim at House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) for repeatedly saying he does not follow news about President Trump when asked by reporters. In his Monday night broadcast, Stewart flippantly advised Trump critics to “just pretend like you don’t see it, like Speaker Mike Johnson,” before playing footage of Johnson...
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters in Japan on Tuesday that the country’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will nominate President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. It was unclear if Takaichi's nomination would be tied to any specific achievement. The Hill has reached out to the Japanese Embassy in Washington for comment. ...
President Trump met with Japan's new prime minister Tuesday, just days after Sanae Takaichi took office. Lavishing praise, he told her, “Anything I can do to help Japan, we will be there. We are an ally at the strongest level.” Later, he rallied U.S. troops aboard the USS George Washington, docked outside Tokyo, praising Defense...
Ontario Premier Doug Ford ran an ad highlighting President Ronald Reagan's support for free trade, which resulted in retaliation from President Trump, who imposed a 10 percent tariff on Canadian goods and canceled all trade negotiations with Canada.
Is there a point at which Republicans and the broader conservative movement take President Trump’s third-term push seriously and start trying to make it happen? His former adviser Steve Bannon told The Economist that there is “a plan” to make Trump president again despite the limitations of the 22nd Amendment. “There’s many different alternatives,” he said, declining to reveal any of...
House Republicans are calling on the Justice Department to launch an investigation into the Biden administration’s use of an autopen, an effort they hope will unwind various actions taken by former President Biden. The 100-page report released Tuesday by the House Oversight Committee caps an investigation brought by the panel following questions about Biden’s mental...
President Trump met Monday with families of Japanese citizens who had been abducted by North Korea amid speculation about whether he would meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi posed for photos and spoke with the families, some of whom held up pictures of their loved ones....
