Kamala Harris impersonated Donald Trump as a mob boss while criticizing his foreign policy at a National Action Network event, sparking online backlash.
Rep. Eric Swalwell's calls on lawmakers to hear out women raising allegations against Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh are clashing with cease-and-desist letters.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche made his pitch to President Trump just hours after Pam Bondi was dismissed on why he should be the next AG, sources told Fox News Digital.
The U.S. military struck and set on fire an Iranian drone carrier ship Thursday as forces continue to degrade the Islamic Republic’s navy and continue pummeling the nation with missiles and bombs. Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of U.S. Central Command (Centcom), said during a Thursday press conference that the vessel was roughly the size of...
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) on Thursday slammed Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-Texas) for entering the GOP Senate primary in the Lone Star State. “Wesley Hunt should have never gotten in this race,” Patrick said on “The Mark Davis Show.” Hunt came in a distant third in Tuesday’s primary, garnering 13.5 percent of the vote....
Kristi Noem’s assertion at a Senate hearing Tuesday that President Trump had given his blessing to a $220 million Department of Homeland Security (DHS) advertising campaign promoting Noem’s leadership was the final straw that cost the DHS secretary her job on Thursday, according to Republican senators and other sources familiar with the events. Trump considered...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday said there will “come a moment” when President Trump or the Iranian people decide to rise up against the country's government, though he stressed they should not protest during the ongoing U.S.-Israeli military campaign against the regime. “No one's done more than President Trump to reopen the opportunity for...
Four Democrats defied party leaders on Thursday to oppose a resolution curbing President Trump’s war powers in Iran. Some defections had been expected headed into the vote, given the thorny nature of the conflict and its relationship to Israel, which has divided Democrats on and off of Capitol Hill for years. Before Trump struck Iran...
The Treasury Department will announce measures to combat rising energy prices amid the U.S.-Israeli strikes against Iran as soon as Thursday, Reuters reported. As the conflict in the Middle East nears the one-week mark, oil prices have risen and consumers are seeing an impact at the pump. Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz in response...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story House GOP tanks effort to limit Trump’s assault on Iran House Republicans on Thursday beat back legislation designed to rein in U.S. military operations in Iran, marking a victory for President Trump and a blow for...
President Trump praised interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez amid reports that his administration was threatening to indict her if she did not continue to cooperate with the U.S. “Delcy Rodríguez who is the President of Venezuela, is doing a great job, and working with U.S. Representatives very well. The Oil is beginning to flow, and...
A spike in energy prices due to the ongoing U.S. strikes on Iran has put the Trump administration on the defensive. Low oil and gasoline prices have long been part of the White House’s pitch to voters. Now that they’re on the rise, key officials have argued they are doing their best to bring them down,...
The House passed a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill Thursday, even as most Democrats defied Republican pressure to end the agency shutdown in light of the Iran conflict. The lower chamber voted 221-209 to pass the bill. Four Democrats joined Republicans in favor of the measure — fewer than those who voted for...
Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) on Thursday ripped into Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby over his “gross” and “disingenuous” testimony during a House Armed Services Committee hearing. Turner, who had asked Colby if the Trump administration applies NATO’s Article 5 to all of the alliance’s countries, grew frustrated with his previous response to a similar question, telling...
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said the alliance is not looking to trigger Article 5 on Thursday after Iran fired a missile that entered Turkey's airspace. “Nobody’s talking about Article 5,” Rutte told Reuters. “The most important thing is that our adversaries have seen yesterday that NATO is so strong and so vigilant, and even more...
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is giving previously scheduled remarks in Nashville, Tenn., shortly after President Trump announced he was removing her from Department of Homeland Security leadership. Trump, in a post on Truth Social, said he will replace her at the department with Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.). Noem will be shifting to the role...
