DORAL, Fla. — President Trump floated running for a third term, commented on a new Chinese artificial intelligence app, and urged House Republicans to unify and quickly advance his legislative priorities in a speech to the lawmakers at their annual policy retreat. House Republicans are gathering for their issues conference at Trump’s Doral, Fla., resort,...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story A wave of executive orders to shake up Pentagon President Trump is expected to sign four executive orders that would shake up the military, impacting transgender people in the ranks and reinstating service members booted for...
Tom Homan, President Trump’s “border czar,” defended the immigration raids this weekend and pledged to continue working toward carrying out the administration’s enforcement goals in a Monday interview. In an interview on Fox News’s “America Reports,” Homan pushed back on criticism that “these are everyday people, these are families that are being attacked and dragged...
The Senate on Monday confirmed billionaire hedge fund manager and investor Scott Bessent as President Trump’s Treasury secretary, making him the highest-ranking LGBTQ official in the nation’s history. The Senate voted 68-29 Monday evening to confirm Bessent, 62, to lead the Department of the Treasury. He is the first openly LGBTQ person to hold the position,...
President Trump is flexing his muscle just a week into his presidency, using tariffs and sanctions as a leverage tool to enact his agenda, even when it involves U.S. allies. Trump caused a stir Sunday when he announced tariffs and visa restrictions on Colombia after the country refused to accept planes of individuals being deported...
President Trump is set to address the House Republicans at their annual policy retreat in Florida, while the Senate votes on the confirmation of his Treasury Department nominee, Scott Bessent.
A trio of Democrats on Monday called on the Trump administration to restore full operations at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) warning that the halt in the agency's grant process could cause "disastrous" consequences domestically and abroad. Democratic Maryland Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks and Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) wrote to acting...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is keeping the door open to conditioning California disaster aid on the state enacting voter identification laws, days after President Trump said he wanted to link the two priorities. The comments from Johnson came during a press conference at Trump National Doral in Miami on Monday, which served as the kickoff...
An Indiana man recently pardoned by President Donald Trump for storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, is dead after being shot by a sheriff's deputy while allegedly resisting arrest.
A group of panelists on Fox News Channel's "Outnumbered" voiced support for the idea of President Trump one day being added to Mount Rushmore. “Hey, if there’s room up there, I think it’d be great,” said Fox contributor and former GOP rep. Jason Chaffetz (Utah). "I think what Donald Trump has done, and is in...
Justice Department officials fired several prosecutors who worked on President Trump's criminal cases, saying they could not “trust” them. The move impacted at least a dozen prosecutors who worked both on Trump’s election interference case as well as another for improperly retaining records at Mar-a-Lago. “Today, Acting Attorney General James McHenry terminated the employment of...
The Supreme Court said Monday it will review whether the FBI should have immunity in a lawsuit brought by a family whose Atlanta home was mistakenly raided by a SWAT team. In 2017, agents executed a search warrant at the wrong address, believing it was the home of an alleged violent gang member. The warrant...
