The White House defended the pro-President Trump television campaign that aired this week ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, saying that “patriotism isn’t partisan.” “The announcements are a reminder for Americans to love their country and know why it’s worth defending — at home, at the border, and abroad,” the White House wrote in a...
Iran has shared a seven-day plan with the U.S. to end fighting between the two countries, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restart talks for a final peace deal, Tehran’s foreign minister told multiple outlets Thursday in New York City. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told a group of reporters at the United Nations General...
The Supreme Court on Friday blocked a directive for Missouri Republicans to use their favored congressional map, again, making clear to officials they must return to an old design for November after the state’s messy redistricting battle. The decision is a blow for the GOP, which fought to use a more favorable 7-1 House map...
A group of Senate Democrats questioned whether Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. potentially concealed an agreement to collect money from a settlement with a vaccine manufacturer despite pledging to divest from the lawsuit. At the time of his confirmation process last year, Kennedy was still involved in a lawsuit carried out...
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Appeals court sides with Pentagon on Anthropic blacklisting The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit sided with the Trump administration in its blacklisting of the artificial intelligence firm Anthropic, allowing the Pentagon to label the AI firm a supply chain risk. Patrick Sison, Associated Press The...
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the prediction market Kalshi on Friday, determining states can regulate prediction market platforms like gambling in the latest blow to the industry. In a unanimous ruling, the three-judge panel sided with Ohio and Tennessee, finding Kalshi did not show its sports-event contracts are "swaps" that typically...
In today's issue: ▪ Senate battleground map expands ▪ Trump, Xi exchange gifts ▪ Journalists allowed back in White House ▪ Mortgage, bond market concerns The Senate map appears to be widening, with more states in play for both parties just a little more than five weeks out from the midterms. The nonpartisan election handicapper...
A drastically diminished Justice Department workforce is struggling to keep up with its civil side caseloads, according to documents obtained by The Hill and NewsNation, The Hill's sister network. A series of charts, apparently inadvertently shared and then recalled, show how the number of attorneys within the civil division has plummeted under the Trump administration....
Recent research on American attitudes toward China reveal stark generational divides. When asked if China’s growing presence on the world stage is a “critical threat,” 34 percent of Gen Z respondents agreed, compared to 43 percent of Millennials, according to an August survey from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Older generations were much warier,...
Pentagon officials have ramped up their efforts in recent weeks to help Congress carve a path toward President Trump’s record $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget request. But some GOP senators are worried the Defense Department deployed its closed-door offensive too late, undercutting its prospects of building a coalition necessary to move the record-breaking defense budget. Sen....
Lawmakers and analysts alike are perplexed by President Trump’s surprise declaration that his proposed triumphal arch will house “a top grade military complex” in addition to tourist attractions. Trump over the weekend claimed that the structure, to be built between Arlington National Cemetery and the Lincoln Memorial, will “house, store, and have the rapid ability...
Hard numbers on the economy are spelling new trouble for President Trump and the GOP in the midterm elections. They also presage difficulties for millions of Americans. The central issue is one that rarely commands headlines in normal times: bond yields. The bond market is enormous but, usually, sleepy. That has changed recently — including...
