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Trump claims executive privilege over Kennedy Center records

The White House has invoked executive privilege to shield certain records of President Trump's communications from being shared with Rep. Joyce Beatty as part of her legal challenge against plans to close the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for two years.

Article III Project aims ads at midterms, warns of communist-Islamist threat

The Article III Project, run by Trump ally Mike Davis, has plans to release a digital ad a day until the Nov. 3 election warning voters of a "red-green alliance" between communist and Islamic sympathizers taking over the Democratic Party.

HHS proposes letting pharmacies make peptides

The Department of Health and Human Services is aiming to let pharmacies compound certain peptides, according to a filing posted Thursday.

DHS records best year ever at southern border; zero catch-and-release cases

The Department of Homeland Security closed out fiscal year 2026 with its best numbers ever at the southwestern border, with only a trickle of illegal immigrants detected -- and not a single one given a catch-and-release.

Katie Zacharia addresses criticism of calling herself a ‘lawyer’

Katie Zacharia, the new White House press secretary, is clarifying that while she has called herself a lawyer, she never passed the bar exam.

Trump, GOP face disarray. For Democrats, the hard part is coming

Democrats may come out of the midterm elections with control of the House, a small majority in the Senate and a feeling of elation they’ve been missing for years. But what comes after that may be the harder part. Even a decisive win in November would not erase the problems that have plagued the party...

GOP frustrates MAHA allies, risking midterm support from key voting bloc

Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) activists are growing frustrated with Republican leaders following a series of what many see are serious betrayals of the movement. The growing divide between the two comes just ahead of the midterm elections, where the GOP is already facing headwinds. The latest setback is the farm bill, supported by Republicans...

Melat Kiros won over Gen Z. Other campaigns may want to follow her playbook

Generation Z is notoriously hard to reach. But Melat Kiros, the 29-year-old democratic socialist candidate who shocked Colorado earlier this year by defeating 15-term incumbent Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) in a primary, was able to get them. Kiros credits her success at winning over members of Gen Z in her district to raising issues that...

OpenAI users in Russia, Iran used models to push political agenda online, in media

OpenAI banned several accounts associated with two propaganda operations based in Iran and Russia, respectively, it confirmed Thursday. The latter of which the tech company said had the greatest reach it has recorded since it began reporting on and disrupting such schemes. The influence operations used OpenAI models alongside “more traditional techniques and technologies to...

Live updates: El-Sayed, Rogers clash on Trump tariffs, ICE at Michigan Senate debate

Michigan Senate hopefuls Abdul El-Sayed (D) and Mike Rogers (R) have taken the debate stage together for the first time Thursday night. The forum, hosted by Nexstar’s WOOD-TV, kicked off at 7 p.m. EDT. Here are five things to watch as the battleground candidates duke it out. Georgia and Maine are also holding Senate debates...

Trump exempts NPRA oil exploration from NEPA

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Trump fast-tracks NPR-A oil exploration The Trump administration on Thursday announced it would exempt some Arctic oil and gas exploration activities from environmental reviews. © David W. Houseknecht, U.S. Geological Survey via Associated Press The Interior Department issued a notice exempting wintertime oil and...

What to know about the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said Thursday the firing squad execution of convicted Fort Hood shooter former Army Maj. Nidal Hasan will be open to the public, a new revelation to the first U.S. military execution in more than six decades. Hasan, a former Army psychiatrist who opened fire at Fort Hood in Texas in...

Pentagon awards $6.3 billion contract to Raytheon for missile interceptors 

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Pentagon awards $6.3 billion contract to Raytheon for missile interceptors The Pentagon awarded Raytheon a $6.3 billion multi-year procurement contract on Thursday to produce Standard Missile–3 Block IB (SM-3 Blk IB) interceptors. © Carolyn Kaster, Associated...

Trump exempts oil exploration in Arctic petroleum reserve from environmental reviews

The Trump administration Thursday announced it would exempt some Arctic oil and gas exploration activities from environmental reviews. The Interior Department issued a notice exempting wintertime oil and gas exploration in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska from the reviews. The exemption will apply to seismic surveys to assess where oil is located, construction of...

NFL urges Supreme Court to look at prediction markets

Presented by PolitiSizeIT {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy PRESENTED BY The Big Story NFL asks Supreme Court to rule on prediction markets The NFL urged the Supreme Court on Thursday to take up a case over who has the authority to regulate prediction markets, arguing that wagers on the platforms should fall under...

Lawmakers concerned over Google’s plan to acquire AI models from Spirit Airlines data

A bipartisan group of dozens of lawmakers led by Rep. Steven Horsford (D-Nev.) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is concerned over Google’s plan to acquire Spirit Airlines data to train its AI models. A letter from the group, sent to Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Spirit CEO Dave Davis, took issue with a proposed $10...

Minnesota demands answers in Medicaid fraud fight with Trump

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare   The Big Story Minnesota demands answers in Medicaid fraud fight with Trump The Trump administration is escalating its Medicaid fraud fight against Minnesota, and state officials are bracing for hundreds of millions of dollars to be cancelled in the coming weeks. © AP...

Johnson floats return to Louisiana if GOP loses majority in midterms 

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) floated the idea of returning home to Louisiana if Republicans lose control of the House next year. “Heaven forbid, if we lose this majority or whatever, I don't know what my next chapter of life is,” Johnson told Fox News in an exclusive interview. “If God moves on our hearts and...

Is AI a threat? Yes — it is already emptying Americans’ bank accounts.

The Consumer Federation of America puts 2025 losses to online scams and crimes at $148 billion — up nearly 26 percent in a year.

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