President Trump on Thursday said he would consider imposing stiff sanctions, taxes and high tariffs on Russia in order to end its nearly three-year war with Ukraine.
Utah lawmakers advanced a bill Thursday that experts say would establish one of the most restrictive labor laws in the country as Republicans seek to curb the political influence of unions serving teachers and other public service professionals.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on artificial intelligence Thursday that will revoke past government policies his order says "act as barriers to American AI innovation."
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott asked Congress on Thursday to give the state $11 billion in taxpayer money to reimburse it for what it's spent in recent years plugging gaps in the border left by the Biden administration.
The Washington Commanders could soon see kickoff take place in the heart of the nation’s capital. The government funding deal unveiled by congressional negotiators on Tuesday paved the way for moving the Commanders' stadium from Maryland, to Washington, D.C., a development that local officials are touting as a big win for the city. The legislation...
Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt (Mo.) on Tuesday blocked a request by Democratic senators to pass legislation to protect federal workers from civil service reforms that President-elect Trump has endorsed to fight what he calls the “deep state” in Washington, D.C. Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine (D) stood on the Senate floor Tuesday afternoon to ask for unanimous...
The two NASA astronauts stuck in space after Boeing’s Starliner experienced issues earlier this year have been hit with a new delay. Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were part of Boeing’s long-delayed mission in early June. The initial launch was delayed several times due to thruster failures and helium leaks. Williams and Wilmore’s trip...
Congressional leaders have struck a bipartisan deal to keep the government funded beyond a looming Dec. 20 shutdown deadline. Legislation rolled out by leadership on Tuesday would kick the Friday funding deadline to March 14 to buy more time for the next Congress and incoming president to hash out how the government should be funded...
{beacon} Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Senate prepares for Kavanaugh 2.0 with Trump pick Hegseth Defense Department nominee Pete Hegseth's plan to release a woman who accused him of sexual assault from a confidentiality agreement sets the stage for a media...
House Intelligence Committee members sought to ease public worries Tuesday about drone sightings following a briefing, echoing law enforcement statements that there is nothing nefarious behind the activity even as some called for legislation to address the matter. Lawmakers on the panel met for more than two hours with 28 briefers from a slew of...
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The buzz around the mysterious flurry of drones above New Jersey and other nearby states has prompted some officials, including President-elect Trump, to call for the U.S. military to shoot down the mystery objects. But such measures come with major risks, experts say. The objects could be a legitimate aircraft, helicopter or other innocuous object,...
President-elect Trump’s attorney unsuccessfully asked a federal judge to move forward with his lawsuit against journalist Bob Woodward over published audio tapes of interviews the famed Watergate reporter conducted with Trump for a 2020 book. U.S. District Judge Paul Gardephe, an appointee of former President George W. Bush who oversees the case, denied the request...
A new motion filed Monday in a lawsuit spanning back two years accuses elite colleges of secretly favoring the wealthy in the admissions process and demanding $685 million in damages. The new filing says the schools — including the University of Pennsylvania, Georgetown University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cornell University and others —...
