The U.S. military took down approximately 100 suspected cartel drones at the southern border in August using sophisticated laser systems, officials say.
President Donald Trump on Thursday named Adam Telle as the acting Army secretary following the departure of Dan Driscoll amid widespread reports of tensions with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Key takeaways after House passes 'big' Trump bill The 1,000-plus page bill, which Republican leaders changed overnight to appease moderates and hardline conservatives, lays out trillions of dollars in proposed tax cuts and well north of...
The itching, known medically as pruritus, was so bad that affected people described "significant and persistent impact on quality of life and ability to function."
President Trump on Thursday claimed his recent "most favored nation" executive order could cause U.S. drug prices to "drop like a rock" in just a matter of weeks, saying the savings will be "incalculable." In a briefing to discuss the newly released Make America Healthy Again Commission's report on children's health, Trump ended the event...
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) on Thursday criticized the recent House GOP's sprawling package to enact President Trump’s tax priorities and cut spending, while swiping at his colleagues in the lower chamber for setting “the bar way too low” in their goal to generate savings. “They just kept talking about $1.5 trillion. They set the bar...
The House Republicans’ campaign arm is encouraging members to take an aggressive stance in messaging on the “One Big Beautiful Bill” of President Trump’s tax cut and spending priorities and make it a key part of their 2026 midterm messaging. The memo from the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), first shared with The Hill, comes...
The Supreme Court cleared the way Thursday for President Trump to fire two Democratic-appointed independent agency leaders, for now, over the dissents of the court’s three liberal justices. The emergency order lifts a lower decision reinstating the two officials, handing the president a win in his quest to expand control over all aspects of the federal bureaucracy. But...
Retail giant Walmart is slashing about 1,500 corporate jobs after the company announced last week it plans to raise prices due to looming tariffs. “We are reshaping some teams in our Global Tech and Walmart U.S. organizations where we have identified opportunities to remove layers and complexity, speed up decision-making, and help associates innovate rapidly,”...
President Trump said Thursday that autism must not occur naturally, citing figures inflating the spike in autism and suggesting the administration's Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission could provide answers. “When you hear 10,000, it was 1 in 10,000, and now it's 1 in 31 for autism, I think that's just a terrible thing. It...
President Trump is set to host a private dinner Thursday night with the top investors in his meme coin, who spent millions of dollars to secure a spot at the exclusive event, fueling Democratic accusations of corruption. More than 200 investors in $TRUMP will dine with the president at his golf club outside of Washington, D.C.,...
{beacon} WASHINGTON AND THE NATION are on edge after two staffers with the Israeli Embassy were fatally shot in an apparent politically motivated, antisemitic attack at an event outside the Capital Jewish Museum. The staffers, Sarah Milgrim, 26, and Yaron Lischinsky, 30, were a couple and known figures in the Israeli-American political community in...
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Thursday condemned the fatal shooting at the Capital Jewish Museum in a statement on the social platform X after "Fox & Friends" played a clip of her earlier in the day declining to offer a response to the violent event. “I am appalled by the deadly shooting at the Capital...
Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) called for the interviews of five of former President Biden’s aides in what he described as an effort to cover up the leader’s reported cognitive decline. Comer has requested transcribed statements from Biden’s physician Dr. Kevin O’Connor, former Director of the Domestic Policy Council Neera Tanden and former assistants Anthony Bernal,...
