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. Lauren Underwood (D-Ill.) announced on Monday that she would not be vying for retiring Sen. Dick Durbin’s (D-Ill.) seat next year, saying instead she would opt for reelection in the House. “I got to work when I was elected in the 2018 cycle and passed a bill to lower health-care costs for people who...
The Women, Peace and Security Act was conservative at its core, grounded in the undeniable fact that women and girls face disproportionate violence, displacement and exploitation, and that this shapes their perspectives and roles in security and peacebuilding.
House Democratic leadership sharply condemned the criminal charge announced Monday night against Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.), who is facing an assault charge stemming from a skirmish with law enforcement earlier this month at an U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Newark, N.J. In a joint statement, the House Democrats rejected the “assault”...
Shortly after Walmart announced prices would increase on multiple items sold by the chain, President Donald Trump blasted the company on social media, accusing it of blaming tariffs.
A late-night meeting between Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and moderate Republicans fighting for an obscure tax break ended with no deal on Monday, prolonging the fight over an issue that’s emerged as one of the major barriers to a final agreement on President Trump’s domestic agenda. “We had some questions, they have to wait for...
King Charles III wrote to former President Biden after he announced he was diagnosed with an “aggressive form” of prostate cancer, Buckingham Palace confirmed to NewsNation on Monday. Biden's personal office on Sunday announced that the former president "was seen for a new finding of a prostate nodule after experiencing increasing urinary symptoms." “On Friday...
The Senate voted to move forward with consideration of legislation to create a regulatory framework for payment stablecoins Monday night, bringing the key crypto bill one step closer to final passage. Sixteen Democrats joined all but two Republicans in voting to end debate on a motion to proceed on the GENIUS Act. The vote...
Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.), the chair of the House Freedom Caucus, is predicting that the legislative package at the heart of President Trump's domestic agenda doesn't have the support to pass through the House this week. "I think it's pretty obvious that they're going to need more time," Harris told reporters Monday evening outside the...
Former Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.), who challenged former President Biden for the Democratic presidential nomination last year, suggested in a new interview that Biden timed his cancer diagnosis announcement to deflect from renewed scrutiny of his time in the White House. “I don’t think it’s coincidental that this was announced this week,” Phillips told the...
“Shark Tank” investor Kevin O’Leary said in a Monday interview that retailers are not going to “eat the tariffs,” despite pressure from the Trump administration to do so. “This idea that the president says, ‘Listen, retailers, eat the tariffs.’ That's not going to happen,” O’Leary said in an interview on NewsNation’s “The Hill.” O’Leary said...
The Trump administration will allow a major offshore wind project that will deliver power to New York to continue, Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-N.Y.) said Monday. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum halted the project last month, claiming that the Biden administration did not adequately review it. But, Hochul said in a Monday evening post on X that she...
The Senate on Monday confirmed the nomination of Charles Kushner to become the ambassador to France, cementing a family member of President Trump to a key diplomatic post despite his past legal trouble. Senators voted 51-45 to approve Kushner’s nomination. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) voted in favor of confirmation, while Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) voted...
