American power can make itself known in various ways, as Teddy Roosevelt brilliantly outlined with his famous admonition to “Speak softly and carry a big stick.”
MORE IMMIGRATION MOVES. On Tuesday, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced that the government is ending Temporary Protected Status for thousands of Somalis living in the United States. Fox News reported that the action will apply to the 2,471 Somalis currently residing in the U.S. with TPS designation, plus 1,383 more who have pending […]
The Secret Service has placed an agent on administrative leave after an undercover video showed him discussing sensitive parts of his duties, NewsNation’s Kevin Bohn reported Tuesday. The Secret Service also suspended the agent's security clearance, who served on Vice President Vance’s detail and has worked for the law enforcement agency for five years. The...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is reportedly not investigating the fatal shooting of Renee Good by a federal immigration officer as a civil rights case. “There is currently no basis for a criminal civil rights investigation,” Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche told CNN Tuesday. The Hill has reached out to the DOJ for comment. Good,...
President Trump said Tuesday that Renee Good’s actions prior to a federal immigration officer fatally shooting her “were pretty tough.” “I would bet you that she, under normal circumstances, was a very solid, wonderful person. But her actions were pretty tough,” the president told CBS News’s Tony Dokoupil. Good, 37, was shot and killed by...
President Trump’s capture of Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro and his flirtation with using the military to capture Greenland has sparked an embrace within the MAGA movement of backing the U.S. as a global imperialist force. But the revival of “Manifest Destiny” is brushing up against other factions on the political right that have preached foreign policy...
In an interview with the New York Times, President Trump surprisingly claimed that his own morality is the only thing that could limit his global power, despite his lack of honesty, integrity, respect, responsibility, and kindness.
Rep. Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.) on Monday took a swing at his Democratic congressional colleague Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) over Iran. In an earlier interview on “CNN News Central,” the network’s Kate Bolduan pressed Fetterman about possible American military action in Iran. “The president’s saying he's now considering taking military action inside Iran, do you want...
The Australian ambassador to the U.S. will be leaving his role in March -- an announcement made a few weeks after President Trump slammed him. “It is with deep appreciation for his tireless contribution to our national interests over the last three years in Washington that we today announce the Hon Dr Kevin Rudd AC...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} View Online Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Trump mulls military options for Iran President Trump’s top national security officials are set to brief him Tuesday with options for the U.S. to respond to the Iranian regime’s deadly use of force against...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} View Online Health Care Health Care The Big Story Federal judge orders HHS to restore American Academy of Pediatrics funding Over the weekend, a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore $12 million in funding to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) that was...
The Senate voted overwhelmingly on Monday to advance a minibus appropriations package, taking a step toward funding another swath of government before the Jan. 30 deadline to prevent a partial government shutdown. The Senate voted 80 to 13 Monday evening to advance the package, which passed the House last week by an overwhelming margin of...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Republican senators pan DOJ probe into Fed Senate Republicans are rushing to defend Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell from a Department of Justice (DOJ) criminal investigation that Powell says is politically motivated and aimed at undercutting...
The Trump administration is telling U.S. citizens to exit Iran immediately in the wake of unrest in the country. A security alert by the virtual U.S. Embassy for Iran advises American citizens to “leave Iran now” and “have a plan for departing Iran that does not rely on U.S. government help.” “Protests across Iran are...
President Trump’s top national security officials are set to brief him Tuesday with options for the U.S. to respond to the Iranian regime’s deadly use of force against protests sweeping the country. Trump has threatened military intervention and said he is looking at “strong options” to respond to what human rights groups allege is the...
