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Hegseth cuts Ivy League ties in military education shake-up, taps Hillsdale

Pete Hegseth steers military education away from elite universities as Hillsdale College embraces a role in training senior U.S. military officers.

Meet the Fairfax killers: Top violent illegal alien criminals wreaking havoc on major American suburb

Democratic leaders in Virginia’s most populous county are taking heat over an ongoing “epidemic" of violence by illegal immigrants that has left 13 dead in a major American suburb.

Hegseth ties Iran rescue to Easter story and Jesus Christ: ‘A pilot reborn’

Pete Hegseth compares the rescue of an Air Force officer shot down over Iran on Good Friday and saved on Easter Sunday to Jesus' resurrection.

Glad Dogs and Englishmen

Have you missed the pairing of a mellifluous British accent with that of a...

Virginians Are Not Impressed with the Start of the Spanberger Era

‘The approval mark for Abigail Spanberger is 13 percentage points lower than the average...

In Latin America, China’s Silk Road Ark is sunk 

For these countries, playing along with China's war games is not an attractive option.  

Live updates: Supreme Court hears birthright citizenship challenge with Trump in courtroom

The Supreme Court on Wednesday will weigh President Trump's executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship. The president is scheduled to be in the courtroom, making him the first sitting president to attend oral arguments. At least twice this week he has ripped into the 14th Amendment's citizenship guarantee. At 9 p.m. EDT, Trump will...

Trump rips NATO, says US membership ‘beyond reconsideration’

President Trump said that U.S. membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is “beyond reconsideration,” marking one of his strongest rebukes of the alliance to date. “I would say [it’s] beyond reconsideration. I was never swayed by NATO. I always knew they were a paper tiger, and Putin knows that too, by the way,”...

5 things to watch as Supreme Court weighs birthright citizenship

Keep reading for our interview with an American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) attorney who is the challengers' counsel of record. President Trump is headed to Supreme Court this morning to see up close when his bid to end birthright citizenship falls into the justices' hands. The face-to-face moment will make Trump the first known sitting...

Birthright citizenship is meant to be universal

The Birthright Clause did not invent a new idea: it constitutionalized an old one.

Rubio: ‘Value of NATO’ will have to be reexamined after Iran war

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said late Tuesday that the U.S. will reexamine its relationship with NATO after the conflict with Iran ends, echoing criticism from President Trump toward European allies who have been reluctant to join the military operation in the Middle East. “Ultimately, that’s a decision for the President to make, and he’ll...

Establishment-backed GOP candidate wins Arkansas Secretary of State primary runoff

Arkansas Sen. Kim Hammer (R), who received support from a handful of top Republican officials in the state, is projected to win the GOP primary runoff for Arkansas secretary of state, according to Decision Desk HQ.  Hammer defeated Republican Bryan Norris — a retired Army first sergeant and businessman who enjoyed the backing of backing of MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell...

Trump to attend Supreme Court oral arguments for birthright citizenship case

President Trump is set to attend Wednesday's Supreme Court hearing on birthright citizenship, according to his public schedule, making him the first sitting president to attend oral arguments at the nation's highest court. Before his schedule was released, the president told reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday that he planned to attend. "I'm going," Trump...

Mamdani says Iran war ‘should be opposed on every single ground’

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) expressed deep disapproval of the U.S.-Israeli conflict against Iran in an interview released Wednesday. “It's a war that should be opposed on every single ground, not just procedural, but also moral, but also political, and also a war that should be opposed on the grounds of the fact...

Hegseth ends suspension for Army pilots who flew by Kid Rock’s estate

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Hegseth ends suspension for Army pilots who flew by Kid Rock's estate Hegseth ended the suspension and the investigation into Army pilots who flew two helicopters near Kid Rock's house in Tennessee. © Adobe Stock Defense...

Chemicals in plastics linked to newborn deaths, premature births: Research

Two chemicals commonly used to make plastics more flexible are connected to newborn deaths and premature births, according to a study released Monday. According to the study, published in the journal eClinicalMedicine, two chemicals, di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and diisononyl phthalate (DINP), were notably linked to newborn deaths and premature births. The study looked at data...

Hegseth lifts suspension for Army pilots who did fly-by at Kid Rock’s estate

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday announced that the Army crew that flew two AH‑64 Apache helicopters near singer Kid Rock’s Nashville, Tenn., estate over the weekend will not face disciplinary measures or an investigation. The military personnel had been suspended for their actions, a spokesperson confirmed to The Hill on Tuesday, but that suspension...

Leavitt: Trump to address the nation with Iran update 

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday that President Trump will address the nation on the ongoing conflict with Iran on Thursday night. “TUNE IN: Tomorrow night at 9PM ET, President Trump will give an Address to the Nation to provide an important update on Iran,” Leavitt said in a Wednesday evening post on...

How Trump’s complex operation to extract Iran’s enriched uranium could unfold

President Trump is mulling a deployment of U.S. troops on the ground in Iran to remove the country’s highly enriched uranium, a complex and dangerous operation that could take days to complete.  The mission, which would likely involve elite special operations teams to extract radioactive material, would place U.S. personnel deep inside Iran, exposing them to the...

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