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The London convictions of two individuals under the UK National Security Act for assisting a foreign intelligence service highlight the need for the U.S. to pass the HKETO Certification Act, which would require the president to annually certify whether the three U.S. HKETOs still deserve their diplomatic privileges.

Vice President Vance will give remarks from Maine on Thursday morning as the Trump administration ramps up its efforts to combat fraud. The vice president, tapped by President Trump as the "fraud czar," is also the chair of the White House task force on combatting fraud in federal programs. The task force was created by...

The system is broken — and it must be fixed now.

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) returned to hosting his eponymous show on Wednesday, after he was hospitalized earlier this month for viral pneumonia. During a recent episode of “The Rudy Giuliani Show," the former mayor said that he is “in the middle of making a very, very full and complete recovery” and...

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday told President Trump in Beijing ahead of their high-stakes meeting that the major question that China and the U.S. will have to answer is whether they can avoid the "Thucydides Trap." Xi asked if both countries can overcome the "Thucydides Trap and create a new paradigm of major country...

A group of Miami residents is suing President Trump and top Florida officials over a state land donation for Trump’s future presidential library and museum, alleging the transaction is unconstitutional. The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in the Southern District of Florida on behalf of a Miami nonprofit, several residents and a student at Miami Dade...

The House is moving ahead with a vote next week on an amended bipartisan housing bill, even after President Trump pressured the lower chamber to pass the Senate version. House Financial Services Committee Chair French Hill (R-Ark.) and Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), the committee’s ranking member, on Thursday released the House's version of the “21st...

If a single statute can be used aggressively against pro-life activists under one president and against anti-ICE protesters under another, the problem is not who is wielding the weapon, but that the weapon exists. 

The NAACP on Wednesday alleged in a lawsuit filed in federal court that Tennessee’s new congressional map intentionally discriminates on the basis of race. The legal action follows lawmakers’ decision to carve out the state’s only majority-Black district through a Republican-friendly map that threatens the status of the lone Democrat in Tennessee’s nine-member delegation.  Several Southern states moved to...

Congress should make Green Book readiness a precondition for emergency disbursement authority across lending, grant and direct payment programs.

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) on Wednesday defended President Trump's comment that he is not focused on the financial situations of Americans while negotiating with the Iranian government.  “He said something that got clipped ... saying, 'I’m not thinking about [the] American people financially,’ but what he really was saying — he did say, is, ‘I'm...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday that during the summit in China, President Trump and administration officials will try to convince Chinese President Xi Jinping to take an “active role” in negotiations to end the war with Iran and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Speaking to Fox News host Sean Hannity in Beijing, Rubio...

COVID changed more than public health. It changed the emotional baseline of American life. 

A majority of Republican voters support policies requiring AI models to undergo independent security testing, according to a new poll released Thursday. The survey, shared first with The Hill from Americans for Responsible Innovation (ARI), found that 71 percent prefer a mandatory testing process, compared to 17 percent who said AI companies should voluntarily test...