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Republicans should end the Democrats’ shutdown threat

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) have announced a “two-track” plan to fund the Department of Homeland Security through the end of President Donald Trump’s term. First, House Republicans will pass the bipartisan Senate bill that will fund all of DHS, but Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, […]

National Zyn: Costa Rica’s nicotine pouch ban is an attack on America

Known to many Americans as a popular spring break destination, Costa Rica is home to over 5 million people and serves as a key U.S. trading partner in Latin America. A stable democratic republic, Costa Rica has long been one of the most economically open nations in the region, trading billions of dollars with the […]

Trump’s Iran threat rattles GOP as some Republicans break ranks

Some Republicans publicly broke with Trump over his threat that a "whole civilization will die tonight" if Iran does not reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

AOC tells troops to refuse ‘illegal’ orders ahead of Trump’s looming Iran deadline

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez urged U.S. service members to refuse illegal orders after Trump, on social media, threatened to wipe out Iran's civilization.

ICE arrests 13 after tip on truck drivers at Pennsylvania DMV sparks chaotic scene

Tips from the public helped ICE arrest over a dozen illegal immigrants at a sleepy Pennsylvania DMV flooded with CDL customers near Kittanning.

EPA takes early step in methane rule rollback

The Trump administration undertook an early step Monday in what is expected to be a significant rollback of a Biden-era rule restricting methane emissions from oil and gas production. Last year, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it would revisit the methane rule, arguing that it was “throttling the oil and gas industry.” On Monday, the EPA...

Trump rips Supreme Court over birthright citizenship, tariffs

President Trump on Monday said the Supreme Court just “doesn’t seem to care” about the country after its ruling against his tariffs, and the considerable doubts many of the justices showed toward striking down birthright citizenship. "It’s too bad that the Supreme Court can’t watch and study the Mark Levin Show tonight on the Birthright...

Sam Altman’s ‘New Deal’ for superintelligence

{beacon} Technology   The Big Story Sam Altman's 'New Deal' for superintelligence OpenAI unveiled a series of policy proposals Monday, with hopes the conversation will lead to a new "social contract" in a world with artificial intelligence. © AP Photo The policy blueprint, published Monday, suggests superintelligence, an AI that will surpass the smartest humans,...

Trump’s looming deadline for Iran 

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} View Online Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Trump's looming deadline for Iran President Trump on Monday doubled down on his Tuesday evening deadline for Iran to make a deal with the United States or else face destroyed infrastructure. © Greg Nash...

OPEC+ agrees to boost output when Strait of Hormuz reopens

A group of OPEC+ members met on Sunday and agreed to increase their oil output once the Strait of Hormuz is reopened.  The plan is set to be implemented in May and the countries said they would plan to produce 206 thousand barrels per day, upon the waterway reopening, according to a press release.  Eight...

GOP super PAC announces $342M investment in midterm Senate races

The Senate Leadership Fund, a big-dollar fundraising group affiliated with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), announced Monday a whopping $342 million investment across eight high-stakes midterm Senate races.  In its largest-ever ad buy, the Republican-led group is making an aggressive push to take the Democratic-held Senate seats in Michigan, Georgia and New Hampshire, according to...

Education Department rescinds previous Title IX agreements with schools over gender identity

The Education Department's Office for Civil Rights said Monday it would rescind Title IX agreements that six schools made with the federal government under past administrations over gender identity. The department said the previous administrations' enforcement of Title IX was “illegal and burdensome" over “improper use of preferred pronouns” and “asking questions about a student’s preferred ‘gender.’”    Title IX is...

Trump suggests US could charge toll for Strait of Hormuz passage 

President Trump suggested Monday that the U.S. could impose its own tolls on vessels trying to transit through the Strait of Hormuz — a strategy employed by Iran as it continues to control the key energy shipping choke point. During a White House press conference, a reporter asked Trump whether he would end the war...

Trump brushes off questions about potential war crimes in Iran

President Trump on Monday brushed off questions from reporters about whether strikes on civilian infrastructure in Iran would constitute war crimes. When asked by a New York Times reporter at the White House press briefing if he was concerned that bombing power plants and bridges, as he had threatened to do, constituted war crimes, Trump...

Trump doubles down on Tuesday night deadline for Iran to meet US demands

President Trump on Monday doubled down on his deadline for Iran to make a deal with the United States by Tuesday evening, or else face destroyed infrastructure. "We're giving them until tomorrow at 8 o'clock. And after that, they're going to have no bridges, no power plants,” Trump told reporters at a White House news...

Trump details rescue operation of missing F-15 airman in Iran: How it unfolded

President Trump and his top national security officials on Monday offered details on the harrowing rescue of a U.S. service member from Iran after a fighter jet was downed inside the country on Friday. Trump authorized the U.S. forces to start the search-and-rescue operation and within hours, the U.S. military deployed 21 aircraft into Iranian airspace. “You...

Loomer takes credit for arrest of former Iranian commander’s niece in California

Far-right media figure Laura Loomer took credit on Saturday for the arrests of the niece and grandniece of former Iranian general Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. strike on Iraq during President Trump’s first term in 2020. Loomer said in a social media post that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested Soleimani’s...

Former NATO commander on Iran rejecting ceasefire proposal: ‘They still have cards to play’

James Stavridis, a former NATO commander, on Monday said Iran hasn’t accepted a ceasefire because they “still have cards” to play in the war.  Stavridis, during an appearance on CNN’s “Situation Room,” said that “Iran wants to hold on to its high-value cards: number one, Strait of Hormuz closure, and number two, almost 1,000 pounds...

Democrats have too many troubles to cheer Trump’s failures

Public disillusionment with the Democrats is widespread.

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