Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Congress swiftly begins probes into attempted Trump assassination Congressional investigations into the attempted assassination of former President Trump are moving swiftly across six committees in two chambers, with several groups of lawmakers receiving private briefings Monday...
Former President Trump capped off months of speculation over his vice-presidential pick on Monday, formally choosing Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) as his running mate. The former president selected Vance as the GOP vice presidential nominee on the first day of the Republican National Convention. The Ohio Republican was widely seen as one of three final...
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says the attempted assassination of former President Trump at a rally on Saturday demonstrated a "failure" from the Secret Service, which falls under his purview. Mayorkas echoed President Biden’s comments about the shooting of the former president and called on the political rhetoric in the country to be toned down on CNN...
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Monday declined to discuss the potential financial market impact of the attempted assassination of former President Trump and instead used the moment to denounce political violence. “I think I’ll leave the markets out of it for a second if I can and just say that it was a really,...
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) called Florida Judge Aileen Cannon’s dismissal of the felony charges accusing former President Trump of mishandling classified documents “breathtakingly misguided,” and called for her ruling to be “appealed immediately.” “This breathtakingly misguided ruling flies in the face of long-accepted practice and repetitive judicial precedence,” Schumer said in a statement...
Allies of former President Trump hailed a federal judge’s ruling to dismiss the classified documents case against Trump, a move that came just days after the former president survived an assassination attempt and on the first day of the GOP's nominating convention. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, ruled on Monday that special counsel Jack...
Former President Trump on Monday celebrated the dismissal of the classified documents case against him and said all other cases should follow suit. “As we move forward in Uniting our Nation after the horrific events on Saturday, this dismissal of the Lawless Indictment in Florida should be just the first step, followed quickly by the...
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) on Monday said former President Trump has a "new sense of purpose" moving forward in his presidential campaign following the assassination attempt against him over the weekend. "I don't want to speak for him but knowing him, his mind getting back to business getting back to working hard for the American...
Former President Trump will make his vice presidential pick Monday, he told Fox News. Trump told anchor Bret Baier in a phone interview that he would announce his running mate on the opening day of the Republican National Convention in Wisconsin. Trump aides have suggested the former president and his running mate could make an...
Republicans are set to open their 2024 national convention after an unprecedented string of events involving their presumptive nominee, former President Trump. Coming just days after an attempted assassination at a Pennsylvania rally, and hours after a federal judge dismissed a major case against him, Trump is set on Monday to name his running mate...
