News

President Trump during his trip to Beijing on Thursday formally invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit the White House in September. “Thank you again, President Xi, for this beautiful welcome, and tonight, it is my honor to extend an invitation to you, Madam Peng, to visit us at the White House this September 24...

For a host of candidates running for office up and down the ballot in this year’s midterms, politics is a family business. The race for governor of Maine alone has drawn three candidates with well-known political ties: Angus King III, the son of Sen. Angus King (I-Maine); Hannah Pingree, the daughter of Rep. Chellie Pingree...

That bargain is now fraying — and perhaps breaking.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Wednesday criticized the Chinese government and its allies, as President Trump visits with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a summit in Beijing. “You name the allies of China, they’re all dirtbags,” Graham, a foreign policy hawk, told Fox News host Sean Hannity. “They’re aligned with the worst people in the...

Chinese security blocked a U.S. Secret Service agent from entering Beijing’s Temple of Heaven with their weapon during President Trump’s bilateral meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping on Thursday.  According to the White House press pool, the entry into the event site was delayed nearly an hour and a half due to an “intense discussion”...

Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) is introducing legislation aimed at protecting congressional oversight powers, a year after a scuffle at an immigration detention facility in her home state resulted in criminal charges against her. The measure would “permanently codify the existing right of members of Congress to conduct oversight” of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department...

President Trump signaled in his opening remarks at the bilateral meeting in Beijing on Thursday local time that he wants to do business with China and emphasized his friendship with Xi. He boasted about the size of the delegation he brought, which included prominent executives like Apple’s Tim Cook, Tesla and SpaceX’s Elon Musk, Nvidia’s...

Former President Obama is making the case for diplomacy with Iran amid the ongoing conflict, pointing to the 2015 nuclear deal as evidence that Tehran’s program can be constrained without further military intervention. “We went about trying to negotiate a diplomatic agreement that would get the enriched uranium out of Iran, that would assure they...

President Trump arrived at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing for his meeting with President Xi Jinping on Thursday morning local time. Soldiers holding red and gold flags lined up the street as Trump’s motorcade arrived. Scores of soldiers were lined up uniformly to greet the motorcade. As he got out, the trumpets...

Senate Republicans on Wednesday shot down more than a dozen Democratic-backed measures to undo the Trump administration’s dismantling of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Democrats forced votes on multiple resolutions targeting rules and regulatory changes made during President Trump’s second term, including CFPB’s policy on overdraft fees, credit report privacy and mortgage lending, among...

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Rick Scott tells Trump to deal 'final blow' to Iran Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) called on President Trump on Wednesday to deliver the “final blow” against Iran, writing that the U.S. military “is on the brink of...

A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from enforcing sanctions against Francesa Albanese, a United Nations human rights investigator whose recent work has focused on the Israeli military campaign against Hamas in Gaza. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon found the Trump administration likely violated Albanese’s First Amendment rights when it imposed sanctions...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is gaining traction inside Republican circles amid growing chatter about who could emerge as the leading contender in the 2028 presidential race. A poll out this week showed him outperforming Vice President Vance in a 2028 potential match-up. A week earlier, Rubio delivered a well-received appearance at the White House...

Close to half of Americans are strongly against artificial intelligence (AI) data centers in their area, according to a new poll. In the Gallup poll, 48 percent said they would generally “strongly oppose” building “a data center in your area to support artificial intelligence, or AI, technology in the U.S.” Twenty-three percent said they would...