Lawmakers are split on who will foot the bill for running Venezuela, a country flush with eye-popping oil reserves but an economy that's been reduced to a hollowed-out shell.
Congress unveils a nearly $80 billion funding package, but a government shutdown looms as Democrats threaten to block DHS funding over the Minneapolis ICE incident.
More than 100,000 visas have been revoked under the Trump administration in less than a year, as the State Department steps up enforcement tied to crime, overstays and public safety threats.
Marco Rubio emerges as Trump's most influential foreign policy figure, reportedly holding three key roles in the administration's leadership structure.
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story What's in Trump’s new national security strategy? President Trump has released his national security strategy (NSS) with a focus on building up a larger military presence in the Western Hemisphere, balancing global trade, tightening up border...
A key federal vaccine advisory committee voted Friday to do away with the recommendation that all newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine. The vote came after two days of charged, contentious debate among panelists and concerned stakeholders, and it fulfilled a long-held goal of the anti-vaccine movement. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the Centers for Disease Control and...
New York City Council member Chi Ossé has dropped a bid to challenge House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) in a primary after New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani expressed his opposition. “Exploring the possibility of this run was important,” Ossé said in a statement to Politico. “As committed, I will not be launching this...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story ACIP approves most consequential changes to vaccine guidance this year The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday voted to change decades-long guidance on hepatitis B vaccination, following...
Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) said Friday a “very aggressive” Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent pepper-sprayed her during a raid in Tucson, Ariz. According to Grijalva, community members in Tuscon had stopped approximately 40 ICE agents, most of whom were masked, in the middle of a street near Taco Giro, which Grijalva described as a small...
Erika Kirk, the widow of Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk, is slated to co-host Fox News’s “The Five” next week in an effort to promote the release of her late husband’s book "Stop, in the Name of God: Why Honoring the Sabbath Will Transform Your Life." The book was finished a month prior to...
Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) said Friday he will lift his remaining holds on President Trump’s nominees to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after the department approved disaster recovery funds for his state. Budd had holds on Sean Plankey, who was nominated to be director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and Pedro Allende,...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said President Trump’s voters may be an issue for the Republican Party during next year’s midterms because this “big pool” of people may not show up to vote without him on the ballot. “I think Republicans have an issue that Donald Trump has created a big pool of voters, but...
The two survivors of the early September boat attack by the U.S. military did not seem to radio for backup or appear to have other communication devices available after their vessel was struck, the top official overseeing the Caribbean operation told lawmakers during Thursday's classified, closed-door briefings, CNN reported, citing three sources familiar with the...
Amnesty International said Thursday the use of a confined space called the "box" at the migrant detention facility in Florida known as Alligator Alcatraz could amount to torture. The human rights organization said in a 61-page digital report that the box, a 2-by-2-foot cage located in Alligator Alcatraz's yard, keeps people restrained to the ground...
Vanity Fair will part ways with journalist Olivia Nuzzi, the reporter who wrote in a new book about a romantic relationship she says she had with Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr., according to a new report. Nuzzi's contract as a West Coast editor at Vanity Fair is set to expire at...
