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Corrections is not only about punishment or security. It is where everything we fail to fix upstream finally shows up. 

President Trump on Thursday morning will welcome the leaders of Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo to Washington for the signing of a peace treaty. Paul Kagame and Félix Tshisekedi will also hold a trilateral meeting with Trump. The president's entry into peace talks between the African nations started earlier this year and culminated in...

For Mamdani, initial store openings will likely be feted as a triumph for his progressive politics and treated as “proof” socialism works. Then again, maybe the trouble will start before the first lease is signed.

Navy Adm. Frank M. “Mitch” Bradley will head to the Capitol on Thursday to brief top lawmakers on the Trump administration’s strikes on boats in the Caribbean allegedly ferrying drugs to the U.S. The questions will likely zero in on details of the Sept. 2 strikes, which have come under scrutiny in recent days after...

Allowing broadcasters to compete on fair terms is just a matter of common sense.

Trump, admirably, has been trying to bring an end to the killing. But it won't work, because Putin won't work with him.

Morning Report is The Hill’s a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today’s issue: ▪ Adm. Bradley to brief Congress on boat strikes  ▪ Trump hosting Rwanda, Congo leaders for peace signing  ▪ Republicans face messaging problem ▪ International students fear holiday travel  The vaccine advisory committee for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is set...

International students are taking a close look at their holiday travel plans amid increased concerns over President Trump’s immigration crackdown, which has threatened the status of thousands since he took office. Foreign visitors are eyeing travel with fear after seeing at least one student deported over Thanksgiving break when visiting family and watching other reports...

California Rep. Eric Swalwell (D) and former Rep. Katie Porter (D) are the two leading Democratic candidates for governor of the Golden State, according to a new poll. The new survey from Emerson College Polling and Inside California Politics found Swalwell, who entered the race only recently, neck and neck with Porter among Democrats in...

The redistricting wars show no signs of waning as several more states move toward rewriting their congressional lines. Florida, Indiana and Virginia are among the states taking steps to redraw their maps ahead of the 2026 midterms, the latest phase in an ongoing redistricting battle across the country. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court is expected to weigh in...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday accused Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth of covering up lethal strikes carried out on alleged drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean and placing the lives of U.S. service members at risk. "You know, when the president chooses a Fox News commentator to run the most important, most complicated, most...

A dozen former leaders of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday slammed the Trump administration over its changes to vaccine policy, calling these changes a threat to public safety. “We are deeply concerned by sweeping new FDA assertions about vaccine safety and proposals that would undermine a regulatory model designed to ensure...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been rocked by recent changes to several leadership roles while it has grappled with how to handle new vaccine guidance. The agency has changed — five times this year — its director for The Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) and has seen another recent leadership...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who is facing heat over a strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean, said in 2016 that he believed in “consequences for abject war crimes.” “I do think there have to be consequences for abject war crimes. If you're doing something that is just completely unlawful and ruthless, then...