2013—Ah, yes, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, champion of judicial restraint. Two months after providing the fifth vote to invalidate the federal Defense of Marriage Act,…
President Donald Trump’s Ukraine policy is no more coherent today than it was last Friday when his administration executed search warrants against my home and office. Collapsing in confusion, haste, and the absence of any discernible meeting of the minds among Ukraine, Russia, several European countries, and America, Trump’s negotiations may be in their last throes, […]
If you’ve heard of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, also known as H.R. 1, you’ve probably heard about changes it’s made to healthcare reimbursements. Over the last few months, special interests have spent a great deal of time scaring the public about what this might mean for the future of their healthcare. There’s no […]
For years, big banks have been lying about debanking conservative customers for political reasons. They tried to hide behind “regulatory pressure” when explaining why they closed accounts or denied services, but President Donald Trump’s Aug. 7 executive order put that excuse to rest. With it, the dubious and widely abused “reputational risk” standard has been […]
The American Academy of Pediatrics is at war with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention over COVID-19 shots for infants, and as usual, the media is willfully missing the real story. The CDC under Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has backed off its old one-size-fits-all approach and now recommends that families and doctors make individualized […]
Republicans are waging a multipronged campaign against abortion shield laws in blue states, hoping to force the federal government to ultimately intervene. Legal experts say the effort will be difficult — as some states have already learned. State abortion shield laws are meant to protect providers and patients from civil and criminal actions. Eighteen states...
President Trump is giving a tacit green light for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take over the Gaza Strip, framing the move as an Israeli-owned decision amid a global outcry and growing calls in the U.S. to rein in Netanyahu. Trump has committed to taking the lead on humanitarian-aid distribution in the strip amid...
A redistricting arms race is heating up around the country as other states look to follow Texas’s lead in redrawing their congressional lines ahead of the 2026 midterms. Multiple Democratic and Republican governors have expressed interest in their states conducting their own redistricting process to add as many seats as they can for their parties...
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) hopes that the upcoming meeting between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in her home state will help bring the war in Ukraine to an end. “This is another opportunity for the Arctic to serve as a venue that brings together world leaders to forge meaningful agreements,” Murkowski posted on...
A shooting that left one police officer dead appeared to target the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, local officials said on Friday. “We can tell you that multiple rounds were fired, both we believe at law enforcement and potentially at the CDC. Purposely, we can't say it definitively, but it would...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reposted a CNN segment about a pastor who believes women should not vote on the social media platform X. The segment largely focuses on Pastor Doug Wilson, a Christian nationalist who cofounded the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches (CREC) in Idaho. The report shows Wilson advocating for a Christian nation and entertaining...
President Trump will increase the federal law enforcement presence in Washington, D.C., for the second night of patrolling, adding organizations after touting a successful first night. The additional organizations include the U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Secret Service Uniform Division and the Federal Bureau of Investigation Police, as well as the U.S. Marshals Service, to ensure...
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday flexed his country’s ties with India and China ahead of President Trump’s announcement of a planned meeting with Putin in Alaska on Aug. 17. Putin held phone calls with both Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday, which Trump had set as the deadline...
New Hampshire Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte will not engage in the tit-for-tat redistricting war ahead of the 2026 midterms. "The timing is off for this because we are in the middle of the census period, and when I talk to people in New Hampshire, this is not at the top of their priority list,” she...
Michael Paul Brown, 45, was taken into custody around 2 p.m. near the area where authorities had focused their search in the days following the Aug. 1 shooting at The Owl Bar in Anaconda, about a hundred miles from Missoula.
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Trump agrees to meet Putin in Alaska next week President Trump on Friday said he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a week in Alaska and that swapping territories will be discussed in potential peace talks between the...
Three new victims of the 9/11 attacks were identified this week by New York medical officials, nearly 24 years after the deadliest terrorist attack in American history. The New York City (NYC) Office of the Chief Medical Examiner identified Ryan Fitzgerald from New York, Barbara Keating from California and a third unnamed woman through DNA...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office denied reports alleging President Trump berated the leader for denying there is a starvation crisis in Gaza amid the Israel-Hamas war. “The report alleging that a shouting match occurred between Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Trump is total fake news,” Netanyahu’s office said in a Friday statement after NBC...
