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.
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) showed a blurry screenshot of her “naked silhouette” that she said was recorded without her consent during a House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee hearing she chaired on surveillance in private spaces on Tuesday. The hearing was the latest instance of Mace using the position of her office in a highly...
Presented by The Coalition to Strengthen America's Healthcare — The Trump administration on Tuesday said it plans to limit the approval of updated COVID-19 vaccines to adults over 65 and people who are high risk for severe infections. {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story FDA to narrow who can get annual COVID-19...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story SALT cheat sheet: Key hurdle to Trump's tax plan Republicans’ tax-and-spending cut package faces a number of hurdles in its path to President Trump’s desk, but the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap could be...
Senate Democrats are showing no signs of slowing down in their push to combat President Trump’s potential acceptance of a Qatari jet to serve as the next Air Force One as they look to pressure the president and the GOP and scuttle any potential deal with the Gulf nation. Members admit the tools available to...
{beacon} PRESIDENT TRUMP on Tuesday talked in blunt and harsh terms to the GOP holdouts refusing to back his agenda bill, but the dissenters remained unmoved after another tense day of negotiations on Capitol Hill. Trump made the rare trip from one end of Pennsylvania Avenue to the other, where he demanded House Republicans...
The gas prices for Memorial Day weekend are expected to be the cheapest, when adjusted for inflation, in recent years. The new analysis by GasBuddy, which was released on Tuesday, found that the national average price of gas will be $3.08 per gallon on Memorial Day, May 26, the cheapest rate at the gas station...
Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) is placing a hold on the Trump administration’s picks for key roles at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over Republican efforts to ax a California state rule that phases out new gas-powered cars in the state. The hold may not ultimately block the four pending EPA nominees from being confirmed, but...
The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill that would eliminate federal taxes on tips, advancing with the help of Democrats a top campaign promise of President Trump. Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) brought the bill to the floor with the expectation that it would be blocked, but Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) declined to. It passed via...
Democrats see pending federal charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) over a scuffle with immigration agents as a politically motivated prosecution by the Trump administration designed to chill opposition from lawmakers. Alina Habba, the interim U.S. attorney for New Jersey, announced Monday she would pursue charges against McIver for assaulting a law enforcement officer, accusing...
Tech billionaire Elon Musk saw the reputations of two of his companies, Tesla Motors and SpaceX, plummet, in a new survey conducted by Axios and Harris Poll. The 2025 poll, released Tuesday, seeks to gauge brand reputations of the 100 “most visible” companies in America, giving each brand an overall score, based on performance in...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended the Trump administration’s efforts to deport alleged gang members to El Salvador in a fiery exchange with Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) on Tuesday. In testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Rubio knocked his former colleague for traveling to El Salvador to check on the well-being of a...
