House Republicans on Wednesday passed what is expected to be the final government funding bill before August recess, proposing steep cuts for the Environmental Protection Agency’s budget for fiscal year 2025. The annual Department of Interior and EPA funding bill passed 210-205 late Wednesday. Democrats have come out in staunch opposition to the measure over...
A federal judge threatened to sanction Hunter Biden’s attorneys for making “false statements” in their motion asking to dismiss his criminal charges in California. U.S. District Judge Mark Scarsi issued an order Wednesday asking Hunter Biden’s attorneys to “show cause why sanctions should not be imposed for making false statements in the motion.” Scarsi wrote...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu exchanged gifts during the longtime Israeli leader’s visit to Capitol Hill on Wednesday. Netanyahu came to Washington to deliver an address to a joint meeting of Congress — his fourth since 1996 — a controversial speech that divided Democrats and inflamed political tensions, despite the prime minister’s...
Fighter jets intercepted Chinese and Russian bombers off the coast of Alaska from China and Russia, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) announced Wednesday. NORAD said it detected and tracked two Russian TU-95 and two Chinese H-6 military aircraft that were operating in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on Wednesday. NORAD said its fighter jets...
The House on Wednesday formally authorized a task force to investigate the assassination attempt against former President Trump, centralizing the chamber's probes into the attack. In a display of bipartisanship on Wednesday night, House lawmakers voted unanimously to approve a resolution to create the task force. The panel is set to have 13 members, with 7...
President Biden, in an address from the Oval Office, said he decided to end his reelection bid when it became clear that was how he could unite Democrats after weeks of intraparty chaos and mounting pressure to step aside. The president had firmly declared there was nothing short of a higher power that could get...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Netanyahu urges unity, but stirs a firestorm inside and outside Capitol Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a fiery speech to Congress on Wednesday that elevated the partisan fight over Israeli-Palestinian relations that promises to continue...
President Biden on Wednesday said he intends to call for Supreme Court reform as he laid out his plans for his final six months in office. Biden delivered remarks from the Oval Office outlining his decision not to seek reelection, his first on-camera remarks since making that announcement on Sunday. In addition to explaining why...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered an address to a joint meeting of Congress on Wednesday afternoon, a speech that shook Washington, divided Democrats and inflamed the political divide over the Israel-Hamas war. The address — Netanyahu’s fourth since 1996 — came more than nine months into the conflict in Gaza, which began after Hamas attacked...
New York urged the Supreme Court on Wednesday to toss Missouri’s long-shot lawsuit that seeks to block former President Trump’s forthcoming criminal sentence, telling the justices they have no jurisdiction. After Trump was convicted in Manhattan on 34 counts of falsifying business records, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey (R) went straight to the nation’s highest...
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Wednesday threw her support behind San Francisco Supervisor Dean Preston as he faces criticism from moderate Democrats in the city. Pelosi's campaign confirmed the endorsement to The Hill and that she will vote for him Wednesday night during the San Francisco Democratic County central committee meeting, which will...
Former President Trump on Wednesday unleashed a torrent of attacks on Vice President Harris in his first rally since President Biden announced he would not seek reelection, making Harris the likely Democratic nominee in November. Trump spoke to supporters in North Carolina three days after Biden announced he was ending his candidacy in the face...
Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.) threw her weight behind Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) to be Vice President Harris’s pick for her vice presidential candidate on Wednesday, propping up her governor as the perfect match for Harris. “I know what it takes to run and win tough races – so does Tim_Walz,” she wrote on the...
