Fresh off their midterm victories, Democrats are already facing a postelection reality check. In the span of two days, Democrats stumbled on two major fights, with some members missing a critical procedural vote on impeaching Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the party failing to call for a recorded vote on a GOP veterans bill they...
Republican senators are warning that President Trump’s aggressive push for GOP leaders to use the budget reconciliation process to ram $350 billion in spending for the Defense Department through Congress could risk a government shutdown next month. Senators in both parties say a deal is coming together behind the scenes to fund the federal government...
President Trump called outgoing Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and told him to fight for his job ahead of his resignation, The New York Times reported on Thursday, citing two people briefed on the conversation. Huang resigned as CEO of one of the world’s most valuable companies after reports emerged of multiple extramarital affairs, including one...
Justice Samuel Alito, speaking to the Federalist Society on Thursday, warned against any potential congressional action to defund the Supreme Court as he defended the importance of an independent judiciary. “Congress can turn off the lights at the Supreme Court and stop everything from happening if they want to defund their activities. And there are...
Democrat Eric Jones will win the race for California’s 4th Congressional District, Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ) projects, ousting incumbent Rep. Mike Thompson (D) in a single-party battle. The race had gone uncalled since Election Day, but Jones was projected the winner on Thursday, leading Thompson by more than 4 percentage points. Thompson is the only...
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) said he would challenge Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) for the role of majority leader on Thursday, setting up a showdown in the upper chamber as Democrats prepare to retake the majority. In a post to the social platform X, Van Hollen called for “new leadership” in the Senate....
Elon Musk’s SpaceX plans to invest more than $74 billion into building two data centers in Texas and Arizona, the company announced Thursday, marketing them as projects that will boost local communities amid backlash surrounding such facilities. “These investments will expand local tax bases, generate substantial new revenue for schools and public services, and create...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Poland says Pentagon has 'greenlit' permanent US base Poland said this week that the Pentagon leadership has "greenlit" a permanent U.S. military presence in the country, but the final decision will be made by the White...
Some Senate Democrats are looking to use a looming government funding deadline to force the Trump administration to end the war in Iran. While party leaders have yet to decide on whether to risk a shutdown, the desire for action from a mix of progressives and moderates could throw a wrench into the end-of-year legislative...
Corporate America is in the midst of its most dramatic scandal in years. Jensen Huang, the CEO and co-founder of Nvidia, resigned Thursday after admitting one extramarital affair, with a woman suspected of being a Chinese agent, and amid new reporting of a second affair, this time with an Nvidia colleague. The vast company is...
Kalshi has ended Donald Trump Jr.’s advisory role with the company after his firm, 1789 Capital, increased its investment in Polymarket earlier this year. “We have mutually agreed to end Don’s advisory role after his firm’s significant investment in a competitor this past summer,” Kalshi spokesperson Dani Lever said in a statement. “We are grateful...
The FBI said Thursday that North Korean hackers have stolen more than $400 million in cryptocurrency over the past 18 months using a social engineering scheme called “FaceStealer.” The scheme uses imposter versions of video conference platforms and secretly recorded web camera videos along with computer intrusions to target people working in the cryptocurrency industry,...
The top Democrats on the House and Senate's trade committees are requesting the Commerce Department preserve its records on President Trump's decision late last year to allow Nvidia to sell its H200 chips to China. The investigation was announced Thursday by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee; and Rep. Richard...
