Rep. Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.), the ranking member of the House Administration Committee, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) have discussed a proposal to further boost security for lawmakers with their Republican counterparts, a senior Democratic committee aide told The Hill Monday evening. The aide said that Morelle and Jeffries “have regularly discussed innovative solutions...
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said that she recommended a “full travel ban” to President Trump during a Monday meeting. “I just met with the President. I am recommending a full travel ban on every damn country that's been flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies,” Noem said Monday on the social platform...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Hegseth in hot water amid fallout from boat strike Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing growing pressure over a Washington Post report that he ordered the military to “kill everybody” in a boat strike in the...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky underscored his appreciation to the country’s allies for their help in working toward a resolution to end the war with Russia, hours after President Trump rebuked the leader of the war-torn country for having “zero gratitude” for the U.S. efforts. In a post on the social platform X, Zelensky pledged Ukraine...
President Trump suggested on Monday that progress could be imminent in his stalled effort to end Russia's war in Ukraine. “Is it really possible that big progress is being made in Peace Talks between Russia and Ukraine???” Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social platform early Monday. “Don’t believe it until you see...
For reasons that psychologists have yet to explain, there are still people in the world who refuse to accept that global warming is a clear and present danger.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is warning that President Trump calling Democratic lawmakers “traitors” is “reckless, inappropriate, irresponsible” Paul on Sunday offered one of the strongest denunciations of Trump’s attacks on Democratic colleagues, including Sens. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), something the president doubled down on over the weekend. “You know, everybody knows that...
Former Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is warning President Trump and his senior foreign policy advisers that “appeasing” Russia, which he says is the “aggressor” in Ukraine, will not bring peace, offering a critical view of an emerging U.S.-brokered peace deal. “@POTUS is right that Biden’s weakness emboldened enemies like Putin. But those who...
Most Americans are against military action in Venezuela after recent tension in the region, according to a new poll from CBS News/YouGov. In the poll, 70 percent said they were against “the U.S. taking military action in Venezuela,” while 30 percent said they were for it. The U.S. military has recently bolstered its presence near...
President Trump on Sunday said the GOP “has never been so united” after recent tension between himself and some members of the party. “The Republican Party has never been so UNITED AS IT iS RIGHT NOW!” the president said in a post on his Truth Social platform. “Other than Rand Paul, Rand Paul Jr.(Massie!), Marjorie...
Rep. Julie Johnson (D-Texas) said Sunday that her current district will not be “viable” if the Supreme Court upholds a new congressional map. “If these new, very partisan, racially based, gerrymandered maps go forward, that makes the 32nd Congressional District — it swings it 46 points, it doesn't really make it a viable seat,” Johnson...
After she departs Congress in January, could Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) run for higher office? If that happens, one Republican strategist thinks she would not get very far. “I’m thinking there’s some other opportunity, perhaps in the media ecosystem, that she’s looking at,” CNN political commentator Shermichael Singleton said Sunday on “State of the...
Vice President Vance said Sunday that six Democratic lawmakers violated the law by telling service members to disobey illegal orders. “If the president hasn’t issued illegal orders, then members of Congress telling the military to defy the president is by definition illegal,” Vance said on the social platform X. Earlier this week, Democratic Sens. Elissa...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday that recent Russia-Ukraine war peace talks were “meaningful” and “productive.” “So, it is in my personal view that we’ve had probably the most productive and meaningful meetings so far in this entire process since we’ve been involved, from the beginning,” Rubio said in Geneva. “We have a very...
Harvard University is struggling with its latest controversy after multiple faculty members, including prominent economist Larry Summers, were revealed to have connections to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Harvard announced a probe into the matter this week as Summers, a former president of the school, said he would step away from his teaching obligations...
