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.
The Supreme Court ruled a Maine Republican state lawmaker censured for a post about a transgender athlete must be allowed to vote as she mounts a legal challenge. Tuesday’s emergency order blocks Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecteau (D) and the clerk from preventing State Rep. Laurel Libby (R) from voting or speaking on the floor as she presses claims...
Chasten Buttigieg says he's not "ready to think about" husband Pete Buttigieg potentially launching a 2028 White House bid. "I'm not naive to the reality that people talk about it — that he's very good at what he does," Chasten Buttigieg said Tuesday in an interview with Dana Bash on CNN's "Inside Politics," when asked about his...
Above-normal temperatures combined with paltry precipitation levels have led to rapid snowmelts across the U.S. West — reducing water supplies for the spring and summer, federal meteorologists are warning. Nearly all Western basins are now experiencing a late season "snow drought," or a period of unusually minimal snow accumulation for a given point in the...
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 the tallest to surmount. Tax writers on the House Ways and Means Committee have offered to raise the cap to $30,000 for joint filers making up to $400,000...
Republicans' proposed work requirement for Medicaid recipients between the ages of 19 and 64 is expected to save the government $300 billion over seven years, while helping individuals regain their dignity and self-respect by requiring them to work for their benefits.
Qatar's Prime Minister has denied allegations that his country is trying to curry favor with President Trump by gifting a $400 million luxury jet to the US to replace Air Force One, stressing that the arrangement was done in full transparency and legality.
President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are set to make an announcement from the Oval Office Tuesday afternoon. Defense Department officials told The Hill and NewsNation that the comments will focus on national security. The remarks come after Trump's trip to the Middle East last week, when he visited Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the...
Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) tussled with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at a committee hearing Tuesday over habeas corpus, which the administration is considering suspending as it increasingly comes into focus in the legal fights over President Trump’s immigration agenda. “What is habeas corpus?” Hassan asked during the hearing before the Senate Committee on Homeland...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio testified Tuesday before the Senate Appropriations Committee on the State Department's fiscal 2026 budget. Rubio's remarks came as he has been a major force behind President Trump's efforts to broker a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine as well as a ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas. Under the...
A maintenance worker at the New Orleans jail where 10 inmates escaped last week has been arrested for helping them break out, and a manhunt continues for the six men still at large.
Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) announced on Tuesday he is running for reelection in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, opting out of a statewide campaign. “While I have considered many options for how best to continue serving the people of Maine, I have decided to run for re-election because the surest way to restore balance in Washington...
Former Obama-era White House ethics lawyer Norm Eisen called the criminal charge against Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) “absurd” and predicted it would “not stand” up in court. “We’ve all seen that video, and it’s absurd to charge a member of Congress, Representative McIver, with doing anything other than doing her job,” Eisen, a frequent critic...
House Republicans can't come to agreement on various elements of the reconciliation bill that would fund President Trump's domestic agenda, so the president himself will head to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to speak with them personally. He's kept the negotiations at arm's length until now. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) wants the bill through the House...
