President Trump on Thursday said his counterpart, Chinese President Xi Jinping, would have to determine himself if he will use military force against Taiwan. The president told The New York Times regarding a potential operation led by Beijing that Xi considers Taiwan "to be a part of China and that's up to him what he's...
White House officials have weighed possibly giving lump sum payments to Greenlanders in an attempt to sway them into seceding from Denmark, as the Trump administration brings back its calls to have Greenland join the U.S., Reuters reported. Government officials, including White House aides, have discussed different figures, from $10,000 to $100,000 per person, sources...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Senate wins symbolic victory to block Trump from using military in Venezuela Five Senate Republicans voted Thursday to advance a bipartisan resolution on the War Powers Act to block President Trump from using military force against...
Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) on Thursday slammed Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) for not casting a vote to check President Trump’s war powers two months ago after she helped advance a bipartisan resolution Thursday to block Trump from using military force against Venezuela. “Susan Collins had the chance to stand up to Donald Trump and...
Economist Paul Krugman on Wednesday said there's no wealth to be gained after President Trump said that U.S. oil companies would take control of Venezuela's oil production following the ousting of the country's president, Nicolás Maduro. "Donald Trump’s Venezuela venture is a very different story," Krugman wrote on his Substack. "During his triumphalist press conference after the...
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) authorized his state’s National Guard to be “staged and ready” Thursday, amid protests after a federal immigration officer fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis. Citing “potential capacity concerns from local leaders” in response to demonstrations against the shooting and the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the city,...
More than a dozen House Republicans joined Democrats in voting for a three-year extension of just-lapsed ObamaCare tax subsidies Thursday. The 17 GOP members voting in favor marked an uptick in support for the extension compared with the previous day, when nine Republicans supported a procedural vote to advance the bill — a vote seen...
The House on Thursday passed legislation to revive and extend expired ObamaCare tax credits in a bipartisan vote that is boosting hopes of centrist Republicans for a bipartisan deal to revive the tax credits. The tally, 230 to 196, highlighted the tenuous grip Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has over his restive GOP conference. Seventeen centrist Republicans crossed the aisle...
A federal judge on Thursday disqualified the top federal prosecutor in upstate New York and blocked subpoenas his office issued to state Attorney General Letitia James (D). John Sarcone III's service as acting U.S. attorney for the Northern District of New York "was and is unlawful" because the Justice Department maneuvered to keep him in...
A Minnesota hotel accused by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) of refusing service to federal immigration officers will no longer participate in a government program that offers federal employees and military officers discounted room rates, according to the General Services Administration. The agency said it has removed the independently operated hotel, once part of...
Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a warning to Minnesotans protesting the federal immigration crackdown in the state, telling them not to “cross that red line.” "MINNESOTA: Peacefully protesting is a sacred American right protected by the First Amendment," Bondi wrote in a post on the social media platform X. "Obstructing, impeding, or attacking federal law...
