Vice President Vance on Thursday is set to kick off this year's Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) with a speech to the conservative crowd in National Harbor, Md. The annual conference, which traditionally has brought together difference factions of the Republican Party, has become increasingly aligned with President Trump's MAGA wing. Other speakers slated to...
The Federal Aviation Administration must be extremely judicious that any additional safety measures implemented do not cause more lives to be lost on the nation’s highways than are saved in the air.
Team Trump's rush to end the war in Ukraine has led to concessions that benefit Russia and threaten the long-term security of Ukraine and Europe, while the U.S. is not participating in the negotiations.
Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) said President Trump was “wrong” to call Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a dictator on Wednesday and for appearing to be “standing on the side” of Russian President Vladimir Putin. “The president needs a do-over day – and start again. He took a bad turn,” Bacon, a moderate Republican, said in an...
President Trump on Wednesday said the federal government should "take over the governance" of Washington, D.C. "I think that we should govern the District of Columbia," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One. "I think that we should run it strong, run it with law and order, make it absolutely flawless." Trump praised the District's...
President Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order intended to identify and eliminate any federal financial benefits going to immigrants who entered the country illegally, something already prohibited existing the law. The order, which was signed on Air Force One, directs federal agencies and departments to identify programs providing any financial benefits to those in...
{beacon} Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Senate GOP dismayed by Trump, Zelensky war of words Public comments from President Trump blaming Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for Russia’s invasion of his country are unnerving Senate Republicans, who have largely sought to avoid...
A federal appeals court Wednesday evening declined the Trump administration’s request to partially revive the president’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship. The Justice Department asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to immediately limit a district judge’s ruling, one of multiple indefinitely blocking Trump’s order nationwide, to only the individual plaintiffs who sued in...
Delta Air Lines is offering passengers who were on the Monday flight that crash-landed in Toronto $30,000 in the aftermath of the incident. The company told passengers that the cash offer has “no strings attached and does not affect rights,” CBS News reported. All 80 of the people aboard the Toronto-bound flight survived when the...
A senior Pentagon official on Wednesday acknowledged the agency was considering major budget cuts to the tune of 8 percent every year for the next five years. In a statement, Acting Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Salesses said the cuts were being conceived to pay for other Trump administration defense priorities, including a desired “Iron...
