Scouting America will alter several policies at the request of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, including a requirement that members use "biological sex at birth and not gender identity."
Senate Democrats led by Sens. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) and Jeff Merkley (Ore.) have unveiled a bill to rein in private equity ownership of housing at a time when the country is facing an estimated shortage of more than 7 million affordable homes. The bill, called the American Homeownership Act, would end major federal tax deductions...
President Trump is set to deliver the first State of the Union address of his second term to Congress on Tuesday night, after rolling out an ambitious agenda with a mixed record of wins and losses. He's already said it will be a "long speech" "President Trump will proudly tout his Administration's many record-breaking accomplishments,...
The Trump administration on Tuesday imposed a 10 percent tariff on all goods not covered by current exemptions, returning to the global rate first announced by President Trump after the Supreme Court struck a blow to the bulk of his emergency import taxes. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released a notice on Monday night...
For the Republican officials and operatives who have been turned into outcasts as they balk at President Trump and his MAGA takeover of the party, there’s a question about what to do next: Join the Democrats? Try to influence specific issues? Or try to retake control of the Republican Party? Those in Our Republican Legacy (ORL) are attempting the...
The State Department said it received hundreds of calls from U.S. citizens in Mexico to its 24/7 crisis hotline after the government killed a cartel leader known as “El Mencho,” CNN reported Monday. Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, was killed on Sunday by Mexican authorities. Violent clashes erupted in...
Health and wellness expert Jillian Michaels on Monday rebuked President Trump’s executive order approving the use of a controversial pesticide, describing the move as "devastating." "This is actually devastating; it is not a conspiracy theory that glyphosate is linked to cancer. There are hundreds of studies that have illustrated now it increases risk significantly for...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Trump swats down reports that top general warned of Iran strike risks President Trump is pushing back at reports that his top military officer advised that strikes on Iran could pose substantial risks and leave the...
The U.S. Coast Guard launched an internal investigation after a swastika was found on a bathroom wall at a primary recruit training center in New Jersey. The swastika— widely recognized as a symbol of the German Nazi Party and linked to the killing of millions of Jews — was found in the bathroom of the...
Comedian Bill Maher on Friday responded to a post from President Trump criticizing him after their dinner in the Oval Office last year. Trump diagnosed Maher with "Trump Derangement Syndrome" and described the comedian as someone who was “extremely nervous" and "had ZERO confidence” in himself in a Truth Social post. The president added that...
