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Trump’s top officials retreat behind military gates as ex-FBI deputy points to what’s fueling threats

Scott Bessent joins Todd Blanche, Marco Rubio and Pete Hegseth at Washington D.C. military bases amid Iranian assassination threats.

Inside Senate GOP’s tense post-election reckoning as Thune clashes with Republican critics

Senate Republicans kept John Thune as leader by acclamation after a heated closed-door meeting that some lawmakers compared to "Festivus."

A new biography spotlights Dorothy L. Sayers

Dorothy L. Sayers deserves magnification in our cultural memory. Looking back at the 20th century, one might be unable to imagine a world without C.S. Lewis or T.S. Eliot, but Dorothy L. Sayers? While those luminaries loom large — studied in academic classrooms, quoted in churches across the world, and, in Lewis’s case, the basis […]

Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum talks about her new book

As the anchor and executive editor of The Story with Martha MacCallum on Fox News, Martha MacCallum attends to the stories, momentous and fleeting, that constitute the daily news cycle. As an author, though, MacCallum prefers to focus on the stories from the past that have the capacity to inspire in the present. In 2020, […]

‘The Brightness,’ Chad Harbach’s long-awaited follow-up to ‘The Art of Fielding,’ disappoints

Chad Harbach’s first novel, The Art of Fielding (2011), was one of the most widely praised debuts of its decade, so you can’t blame the author for following up with a book featuring the same setting and many of the same characters. But while his new novel, The Brightness, returns to Westish College in Wisconsin […]

GOP lawmaker says party is focusing on ‘political power’ rather than people

Texas Rep. Chip Roy (R) issued a scathing rebuke of the Republican Party on Thursday, after the GOP lost control of both chambers of Congress in the midterm elections last week.  Roy, who will depart his role on Jan. 3 after launching an unsuccessful bid for Texas attorney general, spoke for nearly half an hour...

Shaheen, Tillis demand probe into Ukraine Starshield restrictions

Outgoing bipartisan senators outraged over Ukrainian reports of interruptions to military-grade satellite access are calling for Congress to pursue accountability for the shutdown, focusing on Elon Musk’s company SpaceX and the Pentagon.  Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) issued a statement obtained exclusively by The Hill urging Congress to conduct oversight on Kyiv’s...

Hegseth survives the battle. Democrats aren’t done with the war.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth survived another battle with Democrats when House Republicans this week sent back eight articles of impeachment brought by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.). While Massie won’t be back next year, Democrats are not done with the Defense secretary, who remains a key target for scrutiny — and possibly another impeachment vote —...

Inside Schumer’s push to squash a brewing Democratic rebellion 

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) is moving quickly to quash a brewing rebellion in his caucus by telling colleagues privately that he’s locked up the votes to be majority leader and laying out a comprehensive plan for the new Democratic Senate in 2027. Senate Democrats say that Sens. Chris Van Hollen (Md.) and Elissa...

Warren poised to be Wall Street’s chief antagonist in Senate. Here’s who is in her sights 

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is poised to take the reins of the Senate Banking Committee, a crucial perch from which the progressive senator aims to put corporate America under the microscope.  Warren, who made her name as a consumer advocate in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, has been one of the Senate's fiercest critics...

FEMA tells states to prepare for a smaller federal role in disasters

The Trump administration appears to be gearing up for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide less assistance to states — but it’s not entirely clear what will change. Michael Coen, who was the agency’s chief of staff during the Biden administration, told The Hill that during a recent emergency management conference, FEMA’s administrator...

Talarico, Hamilton victories give Democrats a new faith playbook

Republicans for years have made religion a cornerstone of their politics, while Democrats struggled to find their own voice on matters of church and faith. The divide was stark, and it at times hurt the Democratic Party in red and purple districts where Republicans targeted their opponents as out of step on local values. But in...

Alaska judge denies Peltola campaign request for list of rejected absentee ballots

An Alaska judge denied former Rep. Mary Peltola’s (D-Alaska) campaign request for a list of rejected absentee ballots amid the state’s competitive Senate election that is yet to be called. Superior Court Judge Thomas Matthew ruled that Alaska’s Division of Election (DOE) is “currently busy processing ballots from the 2026 general election” and “simply lacks...

Democrats rally around Colom’s historic Mississippi victory

Democrats rally around Sen.-elect Scott Colom’s (D-Miss.) historic victory in the Mississippi Senate race following his defeat of outgoing Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R). “We may have had to count One Mississippi, Two Mississippi, but Blue Mississippi sure has a nice ring to it,” former President Bill Clinton wrote on social media. “Scott, you put your...

GOP senator feels ‘strongly’ Jensen Huang should resign at Nvidia

Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) said he feels “strongly” that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang should resign following reports alleging the tech leader had an "intimate relationship” with an accused Chinese spy and another with an Nvidia executive who reported to him. "I can't believe we are even considering him not resigning. I mean, I do feel...

Tech Oversight Project hands Democrats 100-day blueprint

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story What Tech Oversight Project wants to see from Democrats in the first 100 days The Tech Oversight Project is offering a blueprint for Democrats in the new Congress after what it described as the “first AI and tech accountability election.” © Getty Images In a memo shared first...

Hawley calls for Senate to pass data center moratorium

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is calling on the Senate to pass a moratorium on data center construction in the period before Republicans lose the majority, the first GOP senator to call for the move nationwide. The Missouri senator listed his five priorities for his party in a post to the social platform X, including passing...

A missed opportunity: Dems stew over vote on Hegseth impeachment

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story A missed opportunity: Dems stew over vote on Hegseth impeachment House Democrats are steaming after 11 colleagues missed a vote to impeach Pete Hegseth, allowing the Defense secretary’s Republican allies to defeat the measure this week. ...

Interior plans public land sales

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Interior eyes public land sales and workforce change The Trump administration is planning to sell some public lands in the years ahead, it announced this week. © AP Photo/Alex Brandon The Interior Department “will work to decrease the size of the federal estate by...

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