President Donald Trump's housing affordability promise faces a new threat as diesel prices spike to $5.65 a gallon, driving up home construction costs.
Two Phoenix, Ariz. suburbs became the latest municipalities Wednesday to terminate their contracts with Flock Safety, cancelling their use of the company’s automated license plate readers (ALPRs) that have drawn widespread privacy concerns. The city of Tempe, which had an $80,000 contract with the company, said it would turn off all of its Flock cameras...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Do Iran's latest threats to Europe have teeth? Iran’s recent saber-rattling against Bulgaria has renewed questions over how much it’s willing to directly attack Europe in an effort to deter U.S. allies from aiding war efforts....
Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) on Wednesday expressed her frustration with media coverage surrounding left-wing streamer Hasan Piker and the upcoming Senate race in Michigan. “But I want to tell you: this is just the opportunity to say something to you, I'm done. This election is about what's going to happen when we elect Abdul [El-Sayed]...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday upgraded the valor awards of three Marines who guarded the Abbey Gate at the Hamid Karzai International Airport when a bomb went off as U.S. service members were evacuating from Afghanistan five years ago. The Marines — Gunnery Sgt. Jonathan Eby, Cpl. Michael Gretzon, Lance Cpl. Jordan Houston —were...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is considering his chief spokesperson, Sean Parnell, to succeed Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, who is eyeing an exit from the Pentagon in the coming months, two sources familiar with the matter told The Hill. The Hill previously reported that Parnell, who is also one of Hegseth’s senior advisers, has privately expressed...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare The Big Story Kennedy feuds with Shapiro over vaccines An online row between Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) erupted on Wednesday after Pennsylvania authorities said two unvaccinated people died from measles-associated causes. ...
An early government projection on the exposure to toxic chemicals following the 2023 East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment indicated that the incident could have put thousands of Americans at risk, according to documents obtained by a watchdog group. The incident, which became a political flashpoint, spilled chemicals including vinyl chloride, which is used to make plastic, into...
A federal judge in Texas on Wednesday rejected a push from Minnesota officials to force the extradition of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer accused of shooting a Venezuelan migrant in the leg during the height of "Operation Metro Surge" earlier this year. Christian Castro, 52, has been jailed in Brownsville, Texas since late...
Democrat David Crowley and Republican Tom Tiffany are tied in a new poll of the Wisconsin gubernatorial race, suggesting a tight race in the presidential swing state. In the Marquette Law School Poll, 44 percent of registered voter respondents said they would back Tiffany and 44 percent said they would back Crowley if the election...
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates argued Tuesday that AI will either be the “greatest equalizer ever invented” or the “worst source of injustice,” calling for society to act quickly to prepare for the technology’s impacts. In an essay published on his website Gates Notes, the tech billionaire suggested that leaders are not adequately confronting the challenges...
Bobby Charles, the Republican gubernatorial nominee in Maine, recently said he wants the Trump administration to deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers and U.S. Marshals to polling sites in the state. In audio obtained by the Bangor Daily News, Charles said he would ask White House border czar Tom Homan to fulfill the request. ...
Former Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) — a former Democrat known for his staunch centrism — is continuing his push to bring more independents into Congress, now arguing that breaking away from the two-party system helped him better collaborate with fellow senators. In a New York Times interview published Wednesday, Manchin was asked about why he...
