James Talarico bragged his church housed an undocumented family facing ICE deportation, saying Christianity is "just another word for causing trouble."
“Next week, AIPAC is set to spend at least $3,847,990 against me,” Abdul el Sayed complained during his successful Democratic Senate primary campaign in Michigan. “Why? Because [Haley Stevens] is more committed to the future of a foreign country than keeping your tax dollars here to provide schools and healthcare for you and your kids.” […]
President Trump is asking the Justice Department (DOJ) to reconsider its move to drop criminal charges against those accused of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, continuing to assert vandalism was to blame for its appearance. Trump specifically urged U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro to "re-visit her hastily made decision" in...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Senate confirms Hurst as Pentagon comptroller The Senate confirmed Jules “Jay” Hurst III on Friday in a party-line vote as the Pentagon's comptroller after the department went about a year and a half without a confirmed...
The Pentagon revoked former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall’s eligibility for access to classified information, accusing him of “unauthorized disclosure of classified information regarding Air Force One’s capabilities” to a news outlet, it announced Friday evening. Pentagon chief spokesperson Sean Parnell said the Defense Department (DOD) also yanked Kendall’s “ability to hold any sensitive position,”...
The U.S. Army removed a top general overseeing forces in Europe from command in recent days, close to two months before his time in the role is slated to end, two U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss internal personnel matters, told The Hill on Friday. Lt. Gen. Charles Costanza was the commanding...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare The Big Story FDA's food ingredient review rule is coming In his quest to overhaul the food system, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is poised to propose closing a loophole that allows food and dietary supplement companies to self-attest that new ingredients...
The Trump administration unveiled plans Thursday to overhaul the early education program Head Start for impoverished children. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) — called “Reducing Federal Burden for Head Start Programs” — from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) says it will “restore flexibility to programs to meet local needs, reduce regulatory...
The Senate confirmed dozens of President Trump’s nominees on Friday, the final day of session before the upper chamber of Congress broke for August recess. In a single 51-47 vote, senators voted to confirm a group of 74 executive nominees. The vote fell along party lines, with GOP Sen. Cynthia Lummis (Wy.) and Mitch McConnell...
President Trump is reportedly renewing his effort to boot Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook from her position, despite the Supreme Court thwarting his earlier attempt in June. A letter from White House presidential aide Dan Scavino, dated Wednesday, said the president was “considering” removing her, according to a copy of the letter obtained by The...
Justice Samuel Alito shut down any notion he’s planning to imminently retire from the Supreme Court in an interview with The Wall Street Journal published Friday. It marks the justice’s first known comments on his future plans since NPR erroneously reported that the conservative jurist had announced his retirement on the final opinion day of...
President Trump on Friday ramped up the pressure on Senate Republicans to cancel part of their August recess, this time urging embattled GOP senators to stay in Washington until they pass a bill to reform rules for compensating and recruiting college athletes. The measure has been bogged down in the Senate, and the disagreement over...
Rep. Chuck Edwards's (R-N.C.) spokesman Paul Shumaker slammed the House Ethics Committee panel that cited him for inappropriate behavior following Edwards dropping his reelection bid for North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District. In an appearance on PBS’s “State Lines,” Shumaker called out his issues with the House Ethics report that resulted in Edwards’s drop from the...
A federal judge in Alabama denied the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) bid to dismiss a case brought by the Trump administration on the grounds it amounted to a vindictive prosecution, finding the civil rights nonprofit did not meet the bar to demonstrate the Justice Department was motivated by animus in bringing the case. Throughout...
