“We will fight with every measure of our strength and with every ounce of our energy to lift up the working men and working women of America,” President Donald Trump said when he launched his reelection campaign in 2022. Two years later, at the Republican National Convention, Trump made the same promise: “To all of […]
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Republican nominee for Senate in the Lone Star State, is trailing Democrat James Talarico by two points in new polling of the closely watched race. A survey from the Barbara Jordan Public Policy Research and Survey Center at Texas Southern University found Talarico leading with 47 percent to Paxton’s...
Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens clash in the most expensive Democratic Senate primary in history, with over $80 million spent and AIPAC at the center.
Editor's Note: This story has been updated to reflect how Anthropic accessed different organizations. The artificial intelligence firm Anthropic revealed Thursday its Claude model accessed the systems of three different organizations during cybersecurity testing in recent months. Anthropic said in a blog post Thursday evening it reviewed more than 141,000 evaluations of Claude after one of...
Saudi Arabia is building an international coalition to protect key shipping routes that transport Saudi oil exports from repeated attacks by Yemeni Houthi militias. The Saudi Ministry of Defense met with nearly 50 countries in Riyadh to establish a multinational maritime defense coalition, the Saudi Arabian embassy in the United States wrote in a statement...
President Trump on Thursday evening announced a deal for Hamas to disarm in “carefully structured phases,” which, if carried out, would address one of the main sticking points for a broader peace deal in Gaza. “This agreement is a critical step towards Gaza finally being governed by a new Palestinian government that will work closely...
Activists are protesting the construction pathway for President Trump’s border wall in Arizona because it would require the removal of an ancient cottonwood tree. A demonstrator was arrested on Wednesday for trespassing after protesting plans that would include chopping down a Fremont cottonwood tree, estimated to be 200 to 250 years old. Three similar trees...
A Dane County Circuit judge ruled Wednesday that Wisconsin voters cannot request new ballots for the Democratic primary in the governor’s race following a string of candidates dropping out or reentering the race in the closing weeks. Judge David Conway’s ruling ended a lawsuit by the state’s Democratic Party against the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC)...
The State Department announced Thursday it is expanding access to the new U.S. passport featuring President Trump’s likeness. In a release, the department said it is making an additional 250,000 copies of the commemorative “Patriot Passport” available “in response to overwhelming demand” from the public. Americans had previously only been able to receive the passports...
President Trump’s pick for the next U.S. attorney general is on shaky ground as two Republican lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee demand a written guarantee that a proposed Justice Department "anti-weaponization" fund is dead. A "no" vote in committee from either Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) or Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) could block acting Attorney...
Iowa state Rep. Josh Turek (D) declined to answer whether he would support Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to lead Democrats in the next Congress as midterms come closer. In a Wednesday interview with former White House press secretary Jen Psaki on MS NOW, Turek did not answer whether he would support Schumer’s leadership...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Sanders, Grassley reintroduce bill fining Pentagon for any audit failures Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) reintroduced their bipartisan bill on Thursday that would impose financial fines on the Pentagon if the department fails...
Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator Vic Fangio took a couple of shots at Dr. Anthony Fauci over his repeated use of the Fifth Amendment during a Senate hearing on Wednesday. “I’m gonna be like Fauci and just take the Fifth Amendment on all questions,” Fangio said, when a reporter asked whether Marcus Epps had the inside...
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story White House looks to reopen refineries The Trump administration is looking to reopen closed oil refineries, including an embattled one in the Virgin Islands, amid high gasoline prices caused by the Iran war. AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File A White House official confirmed to The...
Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Wednesday that former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) treated Republicans poorly, recalling that she would sometimes “yell” at GOP lawmakers. Speaking on Fox News’s “Jesse Watters Primetime” while discussing a graphic comparing how conservatives and liberals perceive one another, McCarthy agreed with the sentiment that most liberals view conservatives as...
