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Pentagon’s top spies tasked with ‘no-fail’ mission as Hegseth puts foreign midterm meddling in crosshairs

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's September directive mobilizes the entire Defense Intelligence Enterprise for midterm election security overseas.

El-Sayed’s silence over mom’s FBI questioning raises transparency concerns

Abdul El-Sayed's mother was questioned by the FBI after a 2004 raid on the Islamic American Relief Agency, but the Senate candidate says he has no ties.

Mike Rogers dishes on how shock Haley Stevens endorsement unfolded hours before Election Day

GOP Senate candidate Mike Rogers defended Dem Rep Haley Stevens as top Democrats erupted over her decision to cross party lines and endorse him over Abdul El-Sayed just before Election Day.

Vance’s midterm rally blitz draws attention from GOP insiders weighing 2028 predictions

Vice President JD Vance has held 19 rallies since September as GOP strategists say his midterm election blitz offers a preview of a potential 2028 run.

House Dems demand Haley Stevens’ exile as Jeffries reveals deadline on deciding her fate

House Democratic leaders are considering action against Haley Stevens after her surprise endorsement of Mike Rogers in the Michigan Senate race over Abdul El-Sayed.

Canadian diplomats barred interacting with US midterm candidates: Reports

Canada has allegedly barred its diplomats from interacting with U.S. midterm candidates to avoid any allegations of election interference from the Trump administration, according to multiple reports. Written guidance issued earlier this week reportedly ordered Canadian officials based in the U.S. not to meet with candidates — or even be in the same room with...

Supreme Court rules NH can block voters from using student IDs 

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled New Hampshire’s top election official can fully stop voters from using their student IDs when showing up to the polls in the midterms — a request backed by the Republican National Committee (RNC). A lower judge ruled officials had improperly gone further than a new state law placing restrictions on...

Trump on Lewandowski probe reports: ‘I want my people to be honest’

President Trump said Thursday that he has “no idea” why the Justice Department is investigating Corey Lewandowski for misconduct, but that anyone working for him has to be honest. Those that are not honest, Trump went on to say, will face the DOJ. "I want my people to be honest, and if they're not going...

Trump advances two wind projects 

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Trump advances two wind projects The Trump administration is advancing some wind projects after a court order required it to do so. © Joshua A. Bickel, Associated Press file A White House official said Thursday that an initial set of wind projects under Pentagon...

MAHA leader resigns from administration

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare   The Big Story MAHA leader resigns from administration Calley Means, a top adviser to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and a leader in the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement, resigned from the Trump administration Thursday, less than two weeks before the...

Senators urge Hegseth, Rubio to release funding for Baltic Security Initiative

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Senators urge Hegseth, Rubio to release funding for Baltic Security Initiative A bipartisan group of senators are urging Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio to release the remaining congressional-approved funds for the...

Jackson says he’s ‘concerned’ about Georgia rural voter turnout

Georgia gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson (R) is sharing his concerns about rural turnout in his election, as early voting is underway across the Peach State. “I am concerned that rural Georgia still thinks we’re red and therefore they look at somebody like myself and my opponent and just say, ‘Well, there’s no comparison,’” Jackson said...

SpaceX investor: Starlink is ‘not reliable for national security for anybody but Trump’

SpaceX investor Ross Gerber, CEO of Gerber Kawasaki, said he is “disgusted” by the recent events surrounding the slowdown of Starlink services in Ukraine, which impacted the country’s military capabilities. “As a SpaceX shareholder I am disgusted,” Gerber said Wednesday during an appearance on CNN. “I think that these decisions were strategically horrendous and from...

Ramaswamy controversy pits Trump, Vance against Ohio GOP establishment

The controversy over Ohio GOP gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy’s ad featuring his Democratic opponent Amy Acton’s mother is pitting President Trump and Vice President Vance against Ohio’s Republican establishment less than two weeks out from Election Day.  A number of Ohio Republicans, including Gov. Mike DeWine and Sen. Jon Husted, have denounced the ad, which...

House Democrats demand answers from CDC on African hepatitis B study

Top Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee demanded answers Thursday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about the agency’s funding of a controversial hepatitis B clinical trial in Guinea-Bissau.  The CDC awarded $1.6 million last year to Danish researchers to conduct the study in Guinea-Bissau, a small country in West...

Can Vance make Trump’s party his own? He should look to Italy’s Giorgia Meloni.

Trump, like Silvio Berlusconi, will be a hard act to follow.

4 key moments from debates in Michigan, Kansas, Wisconsin, Minnesota

In today’s issue: Candidates in some of the most critical Senate and governor's races took to the stage for a final time Wednesday as voters have already started casting their ballots, with less than two weeks to go before Election Day. While President Trump is not on the ballot, he was at the center of the conversation...

Trump can’t deliver Ukraine to Putin — and he should stop trying to

Putin is losing ground. This is no time to reward him.

Fake polls fooled the political world. Now the midterms face a trust crisis

The political polling industry is under new fire after a second company on Tuesday acknowledged it had falsified data in a series of polls released over the past year. The admission by Wedgewood Polls comes as Republicans question whether this year's midterm polls are wrong and are undercounting GOP support. Wedgewood's polling had been used by...

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