Rep. Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.), the ranking member of the House Administration Committee, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) have discussed a proposal to further boost security for lawmakers with their Republican counterparts, a senior Democratic committee aide told The Hill Monday evening. The aide said that Morelle and Jeffries “have regularly discussed innovative solutions...
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said that she recommended a “full travel ban” to President Trump during a Monday meeting. “I just met with the President. I am recommending a full travel ban on every damn country that's been flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies,” Noem said Monday on the social platform...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Hegseth in hot water amid fallout from boat strike Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing growing pressure over a Washington Post report that he ordered the military to “kill everybody” in a boat strike in the...
The government shutdown will end soon. How do I know? Because whatever political advantage Democrats had a few weeks ago by “standing strong!” and “confronting Trump!” is quickly evaporating.
Every few weeks, another video circulates from the Caribbean: a plume of smoke over turquoise water, a small boat breaking apart under U.S. fire. Washington now bombs narco-vessels — eight of them, as of this writing — claiming decisive victories in a televised war on drugs. Yet every detonation hides a deeper failure. The cocaine...
Alaska Airlines issued a temporary ground stoppage Thursday evening amid an IT outage. The airline announced the stoppage at 7:34 p.m. EDT on the social platform X, instructing travelers to check their flight status before heading to the airport. At 10 p.m., the airline said on X that it is “actively restoring our operations” following...
President Trump said Thursday he was cutting off trade negotiations with Canada, citing an ad campaign that used former President Ronald Reagan’s warnings about the long-term risks of tariffs amid the trade dispute between the U.S. and Canada. Trump in a post on Truth Social accused Canada of using the ad to “interfere” with a pending Supreme...
President Trump on Thursday dismissed the need to ask Congress for a declaration of war as the U.S. military continuously launches strikes on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean. “I don’t think we’re going to necessarily ask for a declaration of war,” Trump told reporters. “I think we're just going to kill people...
The Trump administration’s plan to boost beef imports from Argentina has caused uncertainty for domestic farmers and ranchers. The president, citing rising meat prices, told reporters on Air Force One Sunday that the country may increase Argentine beef imports. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average per pound price of ground beef slightly...
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) said the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) denied his state’s appeal for federal disaster relief for flooding in May. Moore, in a Thursday release, called the move “deeply frustrating” and said it “leaves Marylanders on their own.” “FEMA has a responsibility to weigh the merits of each emergency request objectively,”...
White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller called out Robert De Niro on Wednesday and derided the award-winning actor during a Fox News interview. Miller, who appeared on "Hannity," referred to "The Godfather Part II" actor as "a sad, bitter, broken old man who is mostly enraged because he has not made a movie...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security The Big Story Funds lacking for next troop paycheck as deadline looms Senate Democrats on Thursday sank a vote on a bill to pay active-duty military personnel and others during the shutdown, meaning U.S. forces may not receive their Oct. 31 paycheck....
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Idaho a precursor in continuing ACA debacle While the battle over the Affordable Care Act’s enhanced premium tax credits is stalemated in Congress, Idahoans are the canary in the coalmine for the rest of the country for how...
A new survey from the Pew Research Center found that a clear majority of respondents believe political violence in the U.S. is increasing. The poll, released Thursday, found that 85 percent of respondents believe that politically motivated violence is on the rise, including 86 percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning respondents and 85 percent of Democrats...
