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Confirming Todd Blanche as US attorney general should be a no-brainer for Republicans AND Dems

Blanche is the most regular-Republican nominee anyone could expect Trump to tap, with an excellent mainstream pedigree.

Retired Army Gen. Jack Keane on the military buildup in the Middle East

“Today we’re facing the most significant security challenge since World War II," retired Gen....

Mayor Mamdani: Tear down this sprawl!

Mayor Mamdani’s latest budget includes, for instance, a $1.9 billion “emergency” hotel shelter contract.

Global prosecutor’s downfall clears Netanyahu — but damns the International Criminal Court

The misbegotten International Criminal Court is in big trouble, and not just because Secretary...

Trump will speak on elections in primetime address after pushing debunked conspiracies

President Donald Trump will deliver a primetime address this week that he says will include a focus on elections, suggesting he could revisit long-debunked conspiracy theories about his 2020 defeat to Democrat Joe Biden. The speech comes as he's escalated calls for Republicans to pass tighter federal voting rules for November's midterm elections.

Apple sues OpenAI

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Apple takes OpenAI to court Apple is suing OpenAI, accusing the major AI firm and industry partner of attempting to access and steal confidential information about their tools, processes and unreleased products through job interviews with their employees. © AP The lawsuit, filed Friday in a California federal...

Democratic ad hits Collins on abortion

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare   Your feedback matters to us. Take our brief newsletter survey to help us improve the newsletters you read every day. The Big Story Democratic ad hits Collins on abortion A new ad from an organization closely linked to a Senate Democratic super PAC launched...

Conservative coalition urges Congress to protect internet freedoms in Iran

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   Your feedback matters to us. Take our brief newsletter survey to help us improve the newsletters you read every day. The Big Story Conservative coalition urges Congress to protect internet freedoms in Iran The group sent a letter to...

Fears erupt over Iran’s desire to kill Trump

A reported new threat by Iran to assassinate President Trump served as a reminder this week of the risk that the hard-line Tehran regime poses to him, especially as a tenuous ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran breaks down and hostilities have resumed. Reports surfaced this week that Israel shared intelligence with the U.S. indicating...

Trump weakens key endangered species protection

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Trump rescinds habitat protection under ESA The Trump administration announced Friday that it rolled back a key protection for endangered species. © Alex Brandon, Associated Press Specifically, it said it was repealing a previous definition of prohibited “harm” to endangered animals and plants under...

UK, Norway embassies get cheeky in social media post over Haaland, Kane World Cup rivalry

The British and Norwegian embassies in Washington, D.C. shared some light-hearted banter on social media ahead of the England versus Norway match on Saturday in the quarterfinals of the FIFA World Cup. The post centered on the friendly rivalry between Norwegian soccer star Erling Haaland and English player Harry Kane. Haaland is also a striker...

Platner officially withdraws from Maine Senate race

Democrat Graham Platner has formally withdrawn from the Maine Senate race, allowing members of the party to choose their new nominee this month. "I write to formally withdraw my candidacy for United States Senate," the progressive oyster farmer wrote in a letter posted to social media Friday, later adding that "my name may have been...

Apple sues OpenAI over alleged theft of trade secrets

Apple is suing OpenAI, accusing the major AI firm and industry partner of attempting to access and steal confidential information about their tools, processes and unreleased products through job interviews with their employees. The lawsuit, filed Friday in a California federal court, accuses OpenAI and two former employees of stealing Apple’s confidential information and handing...

Trump ‘left instructions’ to bomb Iran ‘at levels that they’ve never seen’ if he’s assassinated

President Trump on Friday claimed he has left instructions to bomb Iran “at levels that they’ve never seen before” should Tehran assassinate him. “I’ve been on their list for a long time. That’s what we’re dealing with,” he told the New York Post. “The only thing is, I’ve left instructions — if anything happens, to...

Trump administration rolls back key endangered species protection

The Trump administration on Friday announced it rolled back a key protection for endangered species.  Specifically, it said it was repealing a previous definition of prohibited “harm” to endangered animals and plants under the Endangered Species Act. Under prior regulations, expressly prohibited “harm” includes significantly changing a species’s habitat to the point that it “actually...

DOJ sues Maryland over immigration sanctuary law

The Department of Justice (DOJ) sued the state of Maryland on Thursday over a new law the department alleges interferes with the Trump administration’s efforts to enforce immigration law. The lawsuit, filed in federal court against the state and Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown (D), seeks to block the enforcement of the Community Trust Act,...

McCarthy to Johnson: ‘Stop recessing’

Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Thursday criticized his successor’s decision to send the lower chamber home early last month amid internal divisions among Republican lawmakers.  McCarthy called on Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to “stop recessing” in an interview on Fox News’s “Hannity," warning of possible negative consequences in the November elections if Republicans...

Watch live: Houston officials, Sylvia Garcia speak on ICE shooting

Houston Mayor John Whitmire (D), Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D-Texas) and Houston Police Department officials will give remarks Thursday afternoon about the recent fatal shooting of a Mexican national in the city. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, an immigrant who had been living in the U.S. as a homebuilder for more than 35 years, had no criminal record....

Bipartisan senators welcome deal with Trump on stalled Russia sanctions bill  

A bipartisan group of senators announced Friday they reached an agreement with the White House on language for a Russia sanctions bill stalled in Congress for more than a year.  “We are proud to announce that we have reached an agreement with the Trump Administration to move our updated Russia sanctions legislation forward," Sens. Lindsey...

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