The Afghan national accused of shooting two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., worked with U.S. entities, including the CIA, as a member of a partner force in Afghanistan.
The man suspected of gunning down two National Guard soldiers near the White House on Wednesday was an immigrant from Afghanistan who came to the U.S. during President Biden's 2021 airlift, President Trump said.
Two brothers in Virginia have been arrested after an off-duty police officer overheard the men allegedly discussing plans to kill immigration officers, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday.
Newly released transcripts of private interviews with a senior U.S. Border Patrol official and other authorities leading the immigration crackdown in the Chicago area reveal tense exchanges as leaders dodged questions about high-profile uses of force.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche on Thursday blasted conservative attorney George Conway online for calling into question Blanche's interview with Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted associate of the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Conway wrote that Blanche's July questioning of Maxwell "was either (a) completely incompetent; or (b) intentionally crafted not to elicit facts incriminating Trump," Conway...
The Trump administration is restoring oil and gas drilling on millions of acres in the Arctic that had been blocked off by former President Biden, it announced Thursday. The administration issued a press release saying it was issuing a final rule to rescind the Biden-era decision to restrict development on 13 million acres that are part of...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense & National Security Defense & National Security The Big Story US military kills 4 in 20th strike on alleged drug boats The Pentagon earlier this week carried out its 20th strike on a boat it claimed was trafficking drugs, killing all four on board, officials...
The White House said Thursday it had reached framework agreements on trade deals with four Latin American countries to lower tariffs on some goods, such as coffee and bananas. The administration outlined deals with Argentina, El Salvador, Ecuador and Guatemala. Administration officials said the agreements would provide tariff relief for those countries on goods that cannot be...
Lawmakers in the House have secured enough signatures on a discharge petition to force a vote on the floor regarding the release of files tied to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) have led the measure seeking transparency about the deceased financier's relationships — including with President Trump,...
The U.S. military conducted its 20th lethal strike against an alleged drug-trafficking boat on Monday, killing four "narco-terrorists" in the Caribbean Sea, a Pentagon official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told The Hill on Thursday. There were no survivors following the attack, part of what the Trump administration argues is a military campaign, which kicked...
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian said Thursday that the air travel system “should return to normal by the weekend” after recent chaos caused by the government shutdown. “[Transportation] Secretary [Sean] Duffy did the right thing by getting ahead when they saw that the staffing levels and the controllers were having a difficult time managing...
The BBC has issued an apology to the White House over the way it edited a clip of President Trump speaking to his supporters on Jan. 6, 2021, before the attack on the Capitol. The apology came just days after Trump's attorneys threatened to sue the British broadcaster for $1 billion over the clip, which...
The U.S. State Department has warned Americans traveling to Japan to watch their surroundings after more than a dozen people have been killed by bears in the country so far in 2025. Japanese authorities closed Maruyama Park in Sapporo, close to the U.S. Consulate General, for two weeks after bears were spotted in the park,...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Thursday that four European-based groups would be designated as terrorist organizations as part of its commitment to confront the “antifa” movement — a catch-all term claimed by far-left groups opposing fascism, sometimes violently. The foreign designations come after the Trump administration in September designated antifa as a domestic terrorist...
Diana Santillana Galeano, a day care teacher arrested by ICE in Chicago, has been released from custody. Her legal team will continue to pursue her immigration claims to stay in the US.
A federal judge on Thursday sharply scrutinized the installation of President Trump’s handpicked prosecutor to bring charges against two of his political adversaries, casting uncertainty on the future of the cases. U.S. District Judge Cameron Currie seemed skeptical that the appointment of Lindsey Halligan, interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, was legal. ...
