America’s war against Iran has been at a standstill for months. The Trump administration’s new plan to use America’s considerable economic leverage could break the deadlock. But success will only be possible if Washington stops wavering. On Sunday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. is “entering the endgame” in its war against the Islamic […]
Republicans in both chambers are staring down a September sprint after returning from August recess, with a jam-packed legislative agenda and little time to clear their biggest remaining priorities before the midterm election crunch. At the top of the House’s list is passing a short-term stopgap spending measure — also known as a continuing resolution...
A federal judge in Virginia blocked an auction of more than 100 century-old artifacts that were salvaged from the shipwrecked RMS Titanic vessel, calling their selling “an apparent threat” to the collection's integrity and preservation. U.S. District Judge Rebecca Beach Smith ordered RMS Titanic — the company with exclusive salvage rights to the wreckage —...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Hegseth, Loeffler announce commission to surge aid to small defense contractors Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Kelly Loeffler announced on Tuesday the establishment of a Smaller War Plants Commission that would...
President Trump’s pick to replace Republican Rep. Andy Barr (Ky.) in the House has completely scrubbed the president from his campaign website. Former state Sen. Ralph Alvarado's (R) campaign website no longer features an image of the candidate next to Trump with them both giving a thumbs-up and shifted from branding himself as a national...
Democrats are ahead 7 points on the economy over Republicans, according to a new poll. In The Economist/YouGov poll, 39 percent of respondents said they believe Democrats do “a better job handling” the economy, while 32 said the same of Republicans. Fifteen percent said both parties handle the economy “about the same” and another 15...
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Paramount's Warner Bros. bid barrels toward antitrust trial Paramount’s bid to acquire fellow entertainment giant Warner Brothers Discovery (WBD) has been mired in controversy and drew a lawsuit from critics who argue the deal is bad for the movie-making and media business. Jae C. Hong, Associated Press As...
Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday (R) announced a lawsuit Tuesday, accusing Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, of failing to protect children from compulsively using its platform. The complaint, filed this week, alleges Snapchat knowingly lies about the frequency of adult-themed material like drug use or sexual content to maintain a 13+ app rating in...
Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed is taking steps to distance his Senate campaign from far-left Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, who’s facing blowback for suggesting that American Jews’ support for Israel could make antisemitism worse. El-Sayed, who faces Republican former Rep. Mike Rogers (Mich.) this fall in a must-win Senate race, had raised the hackles of some fellow Democrats...
Election law attorney Ben Ginsberg on Monday said President Trump’s executive order imposing restrictions on mail-in voting will largely impact Republican voters. “One thing is, I think you're going to see some blowback from Republicans in the coming weeks, because after all, Republicans are the older party and older folks like to vote by mail....
East Palestine residents participating in a class-action settlement say lawyers suppressed their expert’s environmental report to convince them to take the money.
Sen. Darline Graham is squaring off against Rep. Ralph Norman for the GOP nod in the South Carolina Senate race. The pair advanced to the runoff earlier this month after neither candidate garnered more than half the vote in the crowded primary field. Graham, who notched President Trump's support, led Norman by 8 percentage points...
President Trump's pick to succeed term-limited Gov. Kevin Stitt in Oklahoma is duking it out in a Tuesday GOP runoff for the party's nod. Mike Mazzei, a former state senator and state budget secretary, is facing off against state Attorney General Gentner Drummond. Trump has called Drummond a "fake Republican," ripping the candidate for not...
