Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Qatar, US discuss deterrence amid Netanyahu's threats In an exclusive interview with The Hill, Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed al-Ansari raged against Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu and said Qatar is only looking to grow its security...
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In all the shock, grief and anger on the right over the killing of conservative powerhouse Charlie Kirk, there is a sense that this is — to borrow the moniker of the influential organization he founded — a turning point for the conservative movement. Political violence, targeting both the left and the right, has been increasingly...
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A federal appeals court Thursday cleared the way for the Trump administration to enforce a provision of the new tax cut and spending law that will cut off Medicaid funding from some Planned Parenthood clinics. The Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals put on hold a preliminary nationwide injunction issued in July by a...
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) tangled with NBC reporter Ryan Nobles when he pressed the lawmaker Wednesday after she sought to blame Democrats for the shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. "Democrats owned what happened today," Mace told reporters outside the Capitol shortly after the news of the shooting broke. "Just because you speak your mind doesn't mean...
President Trump on Thursday brushed off Russian drones that flew into Poland's airspace earlier this week as a possible mistake, while European leaders have described it as an intentional provocation by Moscow. “Could have been a mistake. Could have been a mistake," Trump told reporters as he left the White House for New York City....
President Trump said that "big progress" had been made as of Thursday evening in finding the assassin who killed conservative activist Charlie Kirk but he held back on providing too many details on where the manhunt currently stands. “I hear they’re making big progress and we’ll see what happens,” he told reporters, when asked if...
Senate Republicans on Thursday invoked the so-called “nuclear option” and changed the chamber’s rules to more easily confirm dozens of President Trump's stalled sub-Cabinet nominees. The 53-43 party-line vote came after negotiations intensified earlier Wednesday on a bipartisan deal to speed the nominations, but it failed to get enough Democratic support and Republicans moved forward...
New Jersey is the latest state to rebuff efforts from the federal government to limit access to updated COVID-19 vaccines. The New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) issued an executive order Thursday allowing anyone six months old and older to receive a COVID-19 vaccine for the upcoming respiratory illness season. The department is...
Federal customs revenues hit another new record in August, driven by sweeping tariffs on imports, one of the Trump administration’s signature economic policies. Customs duties — which are mostly tariff revenues — hit $30 billion in August, up almost 300 percent since last year, the Treasury Department reported Thursday. The August numbers are up from...
