Republican leaders traveled to Dallas this week for the GOP’s midterm convention, fueling the party's President Trump-forward midterm strategy, as the party fights to maintain control in both chambers of Congress this November. The two-day event featured keynote speeches from Trump and Vice President Vance, tributes to the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk and warnings...
Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico brushed off President Trump's nickname for him, "Talafreako," in an interview posted online by late-night host Jimmy Kimmel. “I think his nicknames are getting cornier and cornier,” Talarico told Kimmel, who earlier this week said ABC decided against airing the interview over what Kimmel called threats from the Federal Communications...
Comedian Bill Maher called Democratic politicians “cowards” while doubling down on his stance that Sept. 11 hijackers were not – a position that infamously led to ABC canceling his show over two decades ago. In a segment on HBO show “Real Time” on Friday, Maher reaffirmed his opinion that “the terrorists weren’t cowards” which he...
The ongoing conflict between the United States and Iran remains characterized by unverified claims of success and ambiguous thresholds for escalation despite six months of military exchanges and economic volatility.
A top political adviser to President Trump said he is “cautiously optimistic” that Republicans can keep control of Congress in November, despite political headwinds for the party and the president’s sinking approval ratings. "I won’t predict, you know, how many seats are going to be in either chamber come November," James Blair told NBC News's...
The United States faces a projected deficit of approximately 187,000 physicians by the mid-2030s due to a federal residency funding cap established in 1997.
Ales Bialiatski, the Belarusian human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate freed by President Trump, is grateful for the U.S. intervention that saved his life and hundreds of other political prisoners. But he is also urging the administration to demand greater concessions from the country’s dictator Alexander Lukashenko in exchange for U.S. sanctions relief,...
President Trump basked in the approval of the MAGA base during this week’s Republican midterm convention in Dallas. But the bigger question is whether the event made any difference to a political landscape that is seriously challenging for Republicans as Election Day looms less than eight weeks away. The Hill’s data partner Decision Desk HQ...
President Trump's pledge to give $5,000 to every U.S. adult if Republicans keep control of both chambers of Congress in the midterm elections has raised questions over whether the plan could cross legal lines. The president announced the so-called "Trump dividends" on the first night of the Republican National Committee's (RNC) midterm convention in Dallas this...
Sen. Mitch McConnell's (R-Ky.) expected return to the Senate next week is drawing attention again to the health of aging lawmakers. McConnell, 84, was hospitalized over the summer for nearly two months after falling at home and receiving treatment for pneumonia. He has since been recovering at home and engaging in what he described as...
North Korea launched ballistic missiles toward the sea Saturday, a day after the U.S., South Korea and Japan completed a trilateral military drill in response to North Korean nuclear threats. The missiles were launched from the Wonsan area on North Korea’s eastern coast, according to South Korea’s military. Seoul said it was closely monitoring its...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Friday accused the media of launching a smear campaign against the lone holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial, after a report revealed that the juror had a history of alleged domestic violence and an active restraining order. “A man objected to allowing a woman to kill her...
Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) said he is considering a run for president in 2028 as he prepares to leave Congress next year. Bacon, who has previously floated a bid for the White House, said in an interview to be released in full Saturday that he would “love” to run. “I won’t lie. Yes, I would...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story A link between Iran war and 9/11 in Trump administration speeches President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth tied the Iran war to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in remarks at the Pentagon, suggesting the...
