Trump grants Saudi Arabia major non-NATO ally status as crown prince pledges nearly $1 trillion in U.S. investments, creating new defense partnerships.
Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said on Sunday that her security has ramped up since President Trump accused her and fellow Democratic lawmakers of committing “sedition” for encouraging servicemembers to defy unlawful orders. In an interview on ABC's “This Week,” Slotkin was asked to respond to Trump’s latest social media posts doubling down on his attacks...
U.S. Congressmember Elise Stefanik and Senate Republican Conference Chair Tom Cotton have called for the U.S. Department of the Treasury to investigate the Council on American-Islamic Relations for possible sanctions violations or financial links to Hamas, while CAIR has responded by accusing Stefanik of attempting to trigger a "McCarthy-era witch hunt" and defending its mission to protect civil rights, enhance understanding of Islam, promote justice, and empower American Muslims.
With his key ally Iran neutered and Syria's pro-Russian regime overthrown, Putin finds himself on the outside looking in when it comes to the Middle East.
A typical academic year for Mark Bray, an assistant teaching professor of history at Rutgers University, turned into a nightmare after President Trump signed an executive order to designate antifa as a terrorist group. Soon after the order, conservative activists targeted Bray, who wrote "Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook," and he began to receive death threats....
Surging electricity prices have risen to the forefront of the New Jersey governor's race — and could be a key issue in the 2026 midterms. Nationwide, power prices have risen 6.2 percent over the last year, more than doubling the 2.9 percent inflation rate overall. In New Jersey, household electricity rates were about 22 percent higher in July than...
A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted a man accused of starting the deadly Palisades Fire in Los Angeles earlier this year. Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, is alleged to have started the Lachman Fire just after midnight local time on Jan. 1. According to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of...
Brown University has rejected the Trump administration’s proposed compact, which would have required the university to make changes to its campus policies in exchange for an advantage in receiving federal funds. In a Wednesday letter to Education Secretary Linda McMahon and White House aides May Mailman and Vincent Haley, Brown President Christina Paxson said she...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story The Pentagon reporters have left the building Pentagon beat reporters left the building en masse Wednesday after they turned in access badges rather than agree to new restrictions on how they gather and report the news...
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) has criticized Democrats over the government shutdown, adding that discussions on health care subsidies can take place when the government is funded. “I follow country, then party,” Fetterman said at the Kennedy Center on Wednesday night during NewsNation's live town hall. Fetterman said some of his constituents are angry with him...
President Trump on Wednesday hosted a dinner for donors helping to fund the cost of a planned White House ballroom, including leaders of major businesses. Trump held an event in the East Room that featured representatives from Microsoft, Google, Palantir and other companies, as well as wealthy individuals like Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman and Cameron...
