Foreign service officers face new hiring criteria as State Department removes DEI requirements and adds "fidelity" as a core precept, part of efforts to restructure the department.
The U.S. halts Patriot missile shipments to Ukraine during global review of military aid priorities, sparking debate over defense resource allocation while balancing worldwide commitments.
A federal judge has ruled that the White House budget office didn't have the power to order agencies to take down web pages that included information about transgender issues.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi criticized a new app that allows users to track the movement of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, asserting the app would put agents in danger.
As part of the budget legislation being debated on Capitol Hill, the Senate this week rejected an amendment that would have prohibited states from regulating artificial intelligence. Backers of the amendment feared, with some merit, that a patchwork of rules would slow down technological development. But the amendment went too far. The answer to this problem […]
An updated draft of the Senate’s megabill text slashes tax incentives for wind and solar energy – and adds a new tax on future wind and solar projects. The initial draft released by Senate Republicans earlier this month cut the credit for any wind and solar projects that did not “begin construction” by certain dates, while the latest...
Former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley offered her first praise for President Trump in several months in a Monday op-ed in Israel Hayom, an Israeli right-wing newspaper. She congratulated his decision to strike three Iranian nuclear sites but warned of further retaliation from Iran. “Those in America that worry about why these...
A majority of Americans say they support sanctions on Russia and its allies over the ongoing war with Ukraine, according to a poll released Friday by YouGov. The survey found that 44 percent of U.S. citizens said the country should increase sanctions on Moscow, compared to 19 percent who say the set sanctions should remain....
Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), two key holdouts, said Saturday that they will vote to advance the Senate’s version of President Trump’s "big, beautiful bill," citing changes made to the text unveiled by GOP leaders on Friday. Collins said she will vote for the motion to proceed to the legislation out of...
Donald Trump's recent decision to order strikes against Iran has seen him adopting the neoconservative vision of reshaping the Middle East through military power, and he must now see this vision through to achieve meaningful change in the region.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) on Friday slammed Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) for “endangering her own constituents’ lives, health, and jobs” by supporting President Trump’s megabill. The social media squabble comes just a day after The Hill reported that Stefanik is preparing to officially launch her campaign for governor. Hochul claimed the GOP “One,...
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) reportedly requested the Trump administration to unfreeze Biden-era climate funding in support of a car manufacturing plant in her southeastern district, which covers much of the Palmetto State's lowcountry region. In a Tuesday letter obtained by The Washington Post, Mace asked the Department of Energy (DOE) to release the funds for...
Rules on everything from firearm bump stocks to environmental permitting are being invalidated or reopened, but Congress has taken no meaningful steps to review or update those laws and is now actively undermining its ability to do so in the future.
The Senate on Saturday is expected to take up a procedural vote to advance President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” after internal squabbles and parliamentarian rulings continue to cast doubt on its passage ahead of the self-imposed July 4 deadline. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on Friday still noted that the schedule could be subject...
Senate Republicans have revised language in President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” to eliminate the $200 tax stamp for firearm silencers — also known as suppressors — and scrap a similar tax stamp for short-barrel rifles. It’s a win for Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, who pushed for the...
Senate Republicans’ latest version of President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” includes notable tweaks to the party’s proposals to reduce federal spending for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in the coming years — after recent pushback from Alaska Republicans. The bill would still require some states to cover a share of the cost of SNAP benefits,...
A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from implementing an executive order targeting Susman Godfrey, the law firm that represented Dominion Voting Systems in its lawsuit with Fox News over the network's coverage of President Trump's 2020 election fraud claims. U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan said the effort violated the Constitution and threatens...
