For decades, activists and economists have urged America’s elite universities to expand their undergraduate enrollment. Yet the schools resisted, keeping class sizes artificially small to protect their prestige and climb college rankings. Now, thanks to President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, some of these same institutions are finally serving more Americans — democratizing access to elite […]
The State Department has paused visas for Afghan nationals after two National Guard members from West Virginia were shot close to the White House. “The Department of State has IMMEDIATELY paused visa issuance for individuals traveling on Afghan passports. The Department is taking all necessary steps to protect U.S. national security and public safety,” the...
Democratic Rep. Al Green (Texas) called on the Senate to remove the late Sen. Richard Russell’s (D-Ga.) name from one of its office buildings, citing the latter’s segregationist views. Green, in a letter to every senator, said the name “sends a powerful signal about the kind of leadership and principles our country holds in high...
Reps. Don Beyer (D-Va.) and Don Bacon (R-Neb.) are co-sponsoring a resolution that calls for raising the threshold to censure House lawmakers. Since the lower chamber returned after nearly two months away last week, three House members — Reps. Chuy García (D-Ill.) and Cory Mills (R-Fla.), along with Del. Stacey Plaskett (D), who represents the...
Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said she believes President Trump should “button it up” regarding his suggestion that six Democratic members of Congress should be imprisoned or even executed. Earlier Thursday, the president called the lawmakers “traitors” for urging active duty military members to disobey unlawful orders from his administration. “I would just call upon him...
Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-Fla.) has escaped an expulsion vote — for now. The Florida Democrat was indicted by the Justice Department on Wednesday evening on charges of stealing emergency disaster funding to enrich her family and underwrite her campaign. Cherfilus-McCormick has denied the charges, but that did nothing to discourage Rep. Greg Steube (R), a...
A small group of women known as some of the fiercest MAGA stalwarts in the House have led the way in pushing back against President Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on some of the most high-profile issues of recent months — many involving the victimization of women. These lawmakers have been on an island...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the U.S. government’s decision to designate Venezuela’s Cartel de los Soles a foreign terrorist organization provides the Defense Department with “new options” to go after the alleged drug cartel, which officials alleged is headed by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. “Well, it brings a whole bunch of new options to the...
New York Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D) is stepping down after more than a dozen terms. “For more than three decades, I have had the privilege of a lifetime serving the people of New York City in the United States Congress,” Velázquez said in a Thursday statement. “After much reflection, I have decided that this will...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Dem leaders up in arms at Trump for touting death penalty for lawmakers House Democratic leaders hammered President Trump on Thursday after the president suggested a group of Democratic lawmakers should be executed for “seditious behavior"...
San Francisco Supervisor Connie Chan (D) is running to succeed retiring Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). Chan, a member of the city’s Board of Supervisors since 2021, said Thursday she is running “for all the people who are being shut out by the system” and touted her working-class roots. “This election is about local neighborhoods versus...
Democrats accused the Trump administration of again failing to meet its requirement to consult with Congress on plans for refugees as the White House pushes to cut admissions to the lowest level in the program's history. President Trump in October announced the lowest-ever refugee cap of 7,500 refugees, just a fraction of the 125,000 cap set by...
