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Dark days loom for New Yorkers as climate law promises blackouts, cost hikes

Gov. Hochul has spent much of her 4 ¹/₂ years in office facing a time bomb left by her predecessor: drastic, legally binding greenhouse gas reduction targets that the state...

Save the LAX People Mover

LAX has always been a mess. But the Automated People Mover delays have added...

Spread the word, not the virus: Get measles vax

Don’t mess with measles. That should be a PSA to all parents in California...

Democrats threaten to derail Senate business until Republicans hold public hearings on Iran war

At least a half-dozen Senate Democrats are threatening to force repetitive votes on war powers resolutions and use other tools of the minority party to gum up the works in the chamber until Republicans schedule public hearings on the Iran war.

Trump says other nations have Tomahawk missiles after strike hits school, kills more than 160 people

President Trump on Monday said other countries might have been responsible for firing a Tomahawk missile that hit an Iranian school on the first day of U.S.-Israeli strikes on the Islamic republic.

Treasury Department to announce measures to combat rising oil prices amid Iran conflict: Report

The Treasury Department will announce measures to combat rising energy prices amid the U.S.-Israeli strikes against Iran as soon as Thursday, Reuters reported.  As the conflict in the Middle East nears the one-week mark, oil prices have risen and consumers are seeing an impact at the pump. Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz in response...

House GOP tanks effort to limit Trump’s assault on Iran

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story House GOP tanks effort to limit Trump’s assault on Iran House Republicans on Thursday beat back legislation designed to rein in U.S. military operations in Iran, marking a victory for President Trump and a blow for...

Trump praises Delcy Rodríguez after report of US threat to indict her

President Trump praised interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez amid reports that his administration was threatening to indict her if she did not continue to cooperate with the U.S. “Delcy Rodríguez who is the President of Venezuela, is doing a great job, and working with U.S. Representatives very well. The Oil is beginning to flow, and...

Spike in gas prices over Iran strikes puts Trump on defense

A spike in energy prices due to the ongoing U.S. strikes on Iran has put the Trump administration on the defensive. Low oil and gasoline prices have long been part of the White House’s pitch to voters. Now that they’re on the rise, key officials have argued they are doing their best to bring them down,...

DHS funding bill passes the House, with eroding Democratic support

The House passed a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill Thursday, even as most Democrats defied Republican pressure to end the agency shutdown in light of the Iran conflict. The lower chamber voted 221-209 to pass the bill. Four Democrats joined Republicans in favor of the measure — fewer than those who voted for...

Kennedy’s new MAHA partnership with medical schools 

Presented by the Coalition to Strengthen America's Healthcare {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Kennedy’s new MAHA partnership with medical schools Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday announced a partnership with several dozen medical schools to require nutrition education as a condition of graduating. © AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr. “Fifty-three medical schools across...

GOP’s Turner rips Pentagon No. 3 at hearing: ‘Really kind of gross’

Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) on Thursday ripped into Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby over his “gross” and “disingenuous” testimony during a House Armed Services Committee hearing. Turner, who had asked Colby if the Trump administration applies NATO’s Article 5 to all of the alliance’s countries, grew frustrated with his previous response to a similar question, telling...

NATO won’t trigger Article 5 over missile headed toward Turkey: Rutte

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said the alliance is not looking to trigger Article 5 on Thursday after Iran fired a missile that entered Turkey's airspace.  “Nobody’s talking about Article 5,” Rutte told Reuters.  “The most important thing is that our adversaries have seen yesterday ‌that ​NATO is so strong and ⁠so vigilant, and even ⁠more...

Watch live: Noem speaks moments after Trump ousts her from DHS

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is giving previously scheduled remarks in Nashville, Tenn., shortly after President Trump announced he was removing her from Department of Homeland Security leadership. Trump, in a post on Truth Social, said he will replace her at the department with Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.). Noem will be shifting to the role...

US Postal Service takes another wrong turn

Postmaster General David Steiner has failed to turn around the USPS's unsustainable business model, resulting in a $1.3 billion loss in the first quarter of fiscal 2026, and has instead prioritized revenue and customer service over cost-cutting measures.

Noem replaced as DHS secretary with Oklahoma senator

President Trump on Thursday announced he was replacing Kristi Noem as Department of Homeland Security secretary with Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) in the first major shake-up of his Cabinet in his second term. Trump said in a Truth Social post Noem had served her role well and would be shifting to the role of special...

Stephen Miller: ‘America First’ means US will be ‘unmatched power in the world’

White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller on Wednesday defined President Trump's "America First" policy as meaning that the U.S. will be an "unmatched power in the world." "The president has made clear that he believes America's awesome military might should be used to protect and defend America's interests," he told Fox News's Sean...

Azerbaijan vows retaliation after alleged Iran drone attack

Officials in Azerbaijan on Thursday said it would retaliate against Iranian drone strikes on its territory as tensions in the Middle East escalate. Its foreign ministry said Tehran targeted portions of land within the exclave of Nakhchivan, successfully struck the Nakhchivan airport while another drone crashed near a school building in the village of Shekarabad. ...

How expansive is the Constitution’s ‘speech or debate’ clause?

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) appealed to the First Amendment to block the "censure" levied against him by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon agreed, freezing the censure action pending the outcome of an appeal.

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