Vice President JD Vance is the Trump administration’s unofficial envoy to Gen Z. But young Trump supporters may not be all that enamored with him as they weigh their...
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Tuesday in Wolford v. Lopez, a case that will determine whether the nation’s highest court is serious about its Second Amendment precedents. The matter is simple. Hawaii passed a law that, in practice, prohibits the state’s concealed carry permit holders from exercising their right to armed self-defense […]
Men raised in late 20th and early 21st century America were systematically conditioned to shun the procreative aspect of sex. The notion of “safe sex”, drilled into the minds of every teenage boy in health class, framed pregnancy not merely as unfortunate, but dangerous. To be a virtuous man no longer meant to fall in […]
On Dec. 30, 2025, the Danish postal service delivered its final letter, bringing an end to a tradition that had lasted for more than four centuries. The decision, announced earlier in the year by PostNord — the company created through the 2009 merger of Sweden’s and Denmark’s postal services — reflected the country’s rapid shift […]
Democrats reveled in November blowout wins by Zohran Mamdani in the New York City mayoral race and by Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill in the Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial contests. They had good reason. Mamdani defeated former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo by nearly 10 points, while Spanberger crushed then–Lieutenant Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears by […]
Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) expressed concern after President Trump’s behavior Wednesday, after the president confused Greenland and Iceland multiple times during a speech earlier in the day. “The president has been acting in increasingly erratic ways,” Ocasio-Cortez told Migrant Insider’s Pablo Manríquez on Capitol Hill. Earlier Wednesday, Trump mistook the two islands for each...
Republican disputes over year-round ethanol sales and other proposed amendments delayed advancement of a package government funding bill on Wednesday. The House Rules Committee ended an extended recess on Wednesday evening as Republicans who control the panel considered which amendments to make in order on bills to fund the departments of Defense, Health and Human...
The Trump administration is accelerating the permitting timeline for deep-seabed mining applications. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) unveiled revisions to the regulatory process for exploration licenses and commercial recovery permit applications on Wednesday. Under the changes, eligible applicants can apply for and obtain an exploration license while simultaneously applying for a commercial recovery...
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) told CNN he is seriously considering running for president in 2028. “I still think it needs to be the right person for the moment, and we don’t know what that moment is yet,” he said in a wide-ranging interview published Wednesday. The retired astronaut and Navy officer is embroiled in a...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Trump backs off on military force in Greenland, agrees to ‘framework’ deal President Trump on Wednesday said he would not use military force to acquire Greenland and that he’s reached the framework of a deal with...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Trump to ice new tariffs after Greenland truce President Trump said Wednesday that he’s reached the framework of a deal with NATO on the future of Greenland and will not impose tariffs he previously threatened on...
A federal appeals court on Tuesday temporarily lifted restrictions on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers’ tactics against protesters in Minnesota, days after another judge ordered agency personnel to cease retaliating against peaceful demonstrators. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, located in St. Louis, Mo., granted the Trump administration its motion for...
Finnish President Alexander Stubb warned Wednesday that "it's not over yet" after President Trump de-escalated his aggressive stance on possibly acquiring Greenland for the U.S. by force. "I took two positive takeaways from this speech," Stubb said on "Amanpour & Co" with CNN's Christiane Amanpour. "One was he said there will be no military intervention,...
President Trump on Wednesday took two steps away from the precipice he had previously marched toward in the Greenland crisis. First, in a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Trump ruled out the use of military force to seize the massive but sparsely populated, semiautonomous territory. Later, he halted the tariffs he...
A group of Democrats voted with Republicans on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee to advance resolutions holding former President Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress. Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) sought to penalize the political couple for failing to respond to a congressional subpoena tied to...
A funding bill released this week would claw back hundreds of millions of dollars passed to fund electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure passed under the Biden administration. The bill in question, released Tuesday, would fund the departments of Homeland Security, Defense, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Health and Human Services, Labor, Education and other related agencies....
