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You need to steal 300 gold bars before the CIA even checks your resumé?

How can anyone trust the CIA to get anything right after this?

US can control immigration, end tax breaks for seniors and other commentary

For all the claims “that it’s impossible to rein in illegal immigration” without “comprehensive...

Do We Have the Will (or Desire) to Prevent Biotechnological Anarchy?

Western society has little stomach for limiting rogue actors, as we saw back in...

Ken Paxton is ‘optimistic’ Senate GOP will back his campaign after his bitter primary win

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, fresh from defeating four-term incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in last week's GOP primary runoff election, said he believes Senate leaders are ready to back his campaign and several have pledged support.

Former Vice President Mike Pence calls Anti-Weaponization Fund ‘deeply offensive’

Former Vice President Mike Pence called on the Trump administration to "get rid of" a newly created fund to compensate individuals victimized by government weaponization during the Biden administration.

Trump focuses on keeping Ebola out of US over fighting outbreak abroad

The Trump administration has turned inward in response to the Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda, with increasingly isolationist policies that are alarming and disappointing infectious disease experts.   According to the World Health Organization (WHO), suspected Ebola cases have passed 1,000, with nearly 250 suspected deaths. The outbreak is growing rapidly, and countries around the world have mobilized with funds, personnel and...

Red, white and Trump: How America’s 250th is drawing controversy

​President Trump is eagerly celebrating America’s 250th birthday in a big way, taking extraordinary steps to incorporate his brand and likeness into the revelry celebrations and courting controversy along the way. Trump's actions, which include hosting a UFC fight on the White House lawn and efforts to put his face on a $250 bill, have...

What to know about ‘UFC 250’ at the White House

The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is bringing its high-octane show to Washington, D.C., next month, staging a prime-time fight at the White House as part of the country’s “America 250” celebrations and commemorating President Trump’s 80th birthday. Preparations have been underway for weeks ahead of the widely buzzed-about combat sports spectacle, which the president is expected to attend. It...

White House memo says Trump ‘remains in excellent health’ after physical

President Trump "remains in excellent health,” his physician wrote in a memo released by the White House late Friday following the president's annual physical exam earlier this week. Trump visited Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Tuesday for the physical, where he underwent cardiac, neurological, dermatologic and other types of examinations, according to White...

Bovino cheers ICE agents at New Jersey facility criticized for violence: ‘Give them hell’

Former U.S. Border Patrol commander-at-large Greg Bovino issued a message of support to immigration agents on Friday amid clashes between federal officers and protesters outside of Delaney Hall immigration detention center in New Jersey this week.  Bovino urged Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to “give them hell and live the moment!!” in his post. ...

US military kills 3 in latest strike on suspected drug boat in eastern Pacific

The U.S. military on Friday killed three men in its latest strike on a boat accused of carrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean. U.S. Southern Command (Southcom) wrote in a post on the social platform X that the vessel was "transiting along known narco-trafficking routes" and being operated by designated terrorist organizations, but the...

Southcom commander meets with Cuban military officials as Trump amps up pressure on island

The head of U.S. Southern Command (Southcom) met with senior leaders of the Cuban military on Friday amid heightened tensions between the two countries' governments.  Commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan joined Cuba’s First Deputy Minister of the Chief of the General Staff Roberto Legrá Sotolongo and other leaders near Naval Station Guantánamo Bay, Southcom announced...

Trump snubs Mace with S.C. gov endorsement of Pam Evette

President Trump endorsed a GOP challenger to Rep. Nancy Mace’s (R-S.C.) campaign for South Carolina governor on Friday, backing Lt. Gov. Pam Evette in the contest.  The president lauded Evette as an “America First Patriot” who “never wavered” in a Truth Social post on Friday evening. “Pam Evette is a good friend, fighter, and WINNER,...

Trump’s pronatalist agenda not delivering yet 

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Trump’s pronatalist agenda not delivering yet Despite a heap of policies and rules aimed at encouraging more births in the U.S. under the Trump administration, becoming a parent doesn’t seem to have become easier and people of childrearing...

President Trump’s ‘final determination’ that wasn’t

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story President Trump’s ‘final determination’ that wasn’t President Trump on Friday left a two hour meeting in the White House Situation Room without making a “final determination” on an agreement between the U.S. and Iran. © Asghar...

Judge agrees to reopen Trump’s $10B IRS case for further scrutiny

A federal judge in Florida agreed to reopen President Trump’s bid to sue the IRS for $10 billion, siding with intervenors who said a settlement to create an “anti-weaponization” fund tainted the case. The Department of Justice (DOJ) and Trump agreed to voluntarily dismiss his suit against the IRS in exchange for the creation of...

Where things stand between tech executives and Trump

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Where things stand between tech executives and Trump It’s been nearly a year-and-a-half since leaders from the country’s largest technology firms worked to win President Trump’s favor as he returned to the White House. What’s the status of their relationship with Trump today? © Illustration / Samantha Wong;...

Talarico leads Paxton by 3 points in Texas governor’s race post-runoff poll 

The Democratic candidate in the Texas Senate race has a slight edge over his Republican opponent in a new poll released Friday.   Forty-seven percent of likely general election voters in the state backed state Rep. James Talarico (D) in the poll from Texas Public Opinion Research, compared with 44 percent for Texas Attorney General Ken...

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