Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.) suggested Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth shared top secret information in a Signal group chat with national security officials to alleviate “personal inadequacies.” “What in the hell are you guys doing? And why are you doing that on a commercial chat platform? Makes absolutely no sense. And it's, in fact, extraordinarily...
President Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order that would dramatically overhaul how federal elections are run, a move that follows years of exaggerated claims from Trump about mail ballots and noncitizen voting. Trump signed an order that directs states to require proof of citizenship when individuals register to vote. The order, which drew immediate...
A government watchdog group is suing national security leaders for their use of Signal to discuss military actions, saying the move violated the Federal Records Act (FRA). The suit from American Oversight, which routinely files public records requests, said the move obstructs their ability to access government documents. The Atlantic revealed Monday that national security...
Top Republican lawmakers emerged from a meeting at the Treasury Department on Tuesday saying the House and Senate are moving closer together on key aspects of how to unlock President Trump’s ambitious legislative agenda, including whether to include a debt ceiling increase and how quickly they can move. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and...
Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) hammered Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for using a Signal group chat to communicate about strikes on the Houthi rebel group in Yemen. “This put American lives at risk. This cheapens the work that our men and women on the front lines of our armed services and our intelligence agencies do...
The furor over a headline-making group chat consumed Washington for a second day on Tuesday. President Trump spoke to reporters from the White House about the matter, and it was also the focus of a contentious hearing on Capitol Hill. The central issue is the revelation that many of the most senior members of the...
The Senate confirmed Michael Kratsios to head the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) with bipartisan support. Kratsios, who was Trump’s chief technology officer during his first White House term, was approved Tuesday by the upper chamber in a 74-25 vote. Kratsios will play a crucial role in molding the administration’s artificial...
Presented by Boeing — President Trump offered the rare acknowledgment of a slip-up by his Cabinet on Tuesday as Washington was gripped by the fallout from a stunning group chat-gone-public. {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Trump team does damage control as scrutiny over group chat mounts President Trump offered...
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed health researcher Jay Bhattacharya as the next leader of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Bhattacharya was confirmed on a party- line vote, 53 to 47. Bhattacharya became a celebrity among many Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic for criticizing masking orders, school closures and other measures meant to mitigate the spread...
The Supreme Court appears poised to keep at least some Clean Air Act disputes in federal courts outside of DC — preventing what at least one justice described as “home court advantage” for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The justices heard a pair of cases on Tuesday about whether certain Clean Air Act disputes should...
A closed-door meeting between members of a House subcommittee and officials from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) was cut short on Tuesday after the top two lawmakers on the panel clashed over the terms of the gathering. The disagreement was confirmed to The Hill by the two lawmakers involved, Reps. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and...
Leland Dudek, acting commissioner for the Social Security Administration (SSA), said as of Monday the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) no longer has access to the agency’s systems in an effort to comply with court orders. Dudek submitted a declaration confirming that DOGE employees' access to systems containing personally identifiable information (PII) or systems of...
