Dec. 22, 2015, was a milestone in the history of space travel. On the night of Dec. 21 to 22, a Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral and successfully deployed 11 communications satellites into Earth orbit. It then achieved something previously considered nearly impossible: The rocket’s first stage was guided back to Earth and […]
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called for a national “gun buyback” program in the wake of the Bondi Beach massacre. But additional restrictions on gun ownership aren’t the solution. Instead, they’ll distract from larger, more difficult problems to solve. On December 19, Albanese announced that the Australian government will establish a “national gun buyback scheme.” […]
The U.S. military blew up another alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific on Thursday, killing four male “narco-terrorists" and continuing its lethal counternarcotics campaign as scrutiny over the Trump administration’s early September operation intensifies. The boat on Thursday was struck in international waters and was operated by a designated terrorist organization, U.S. Southern Command...
A graduate instructor at the University of Oklahoma was placed on leave after giving a student a failing grade for rejecting the notion that someone's identity can fall outside of the two genders assigned at birth. Samantha Fulnecky, 20, received zero points out of 25 total on a 650-word essay assignment requiring students to respond...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story New details on boat strike on survivors after Navy commander briefs Congress Navy Adm. Frank Bradley appeared on Capitol Hill on Thursday to brief bipartisan lawmakers in both chambers on the details of a September attack...
The Justice Department has failed to secure a new indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) after its initial case against her was dismissed, a blunder for prosecutors who have trained their sights on the adversary of President Trump. Justice Department officials sought to proceed with a fresh case against James, despite vowing at first to appeal the dismissal, after a...
Senate Democrats sent a letter to Education Secretary Linda McMahon on Thursday that called the Education Department's breakup of some of its programs for students and their families "illegal." "Your brazen attempt to dismantle the Department by transferring to other federal agencies complex and foundational responsibilities that Congress specifically charged to the Department — including...
Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro on Wednesday said Americans don’t "care very much” about the controversy involving Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s orders regarding strikes on a boat in the Caribbean in September. “I frankly don't think that Americans care very much about what is being reported with regard to Secretary Hegseth. I also think that the...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story CDC vaccine panel delays hepatitis B vote amid chaotic meeting The CDC panel charged with shaping federal vaccine policy appears poised to vote to overturn a 30-year-old recommendation that all babies born in the U.S. be vaccinated at...
The Supreme Court revived Texas’s congressional map that sparked a mid-decade redistricting war by adding up to five Republican pickup opportunities, paving the way Thursday for it to be used for the midterm elections as litigation proceeds. Over the dissents of the court’s three liberal justices, the majority said a lower court likely erred when invalidating...
Navy Adm. Frank Bradley appeared on Capitol Hill on Thursday to brief bipartisan lawmakers in both chambers on the details of a September attack on a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean. The meetings, held behind closed doors with the leaders of the Intelligence and Armed Services committees, shed new light on an episode that’s...
A U.S. Marine died during a training exercise Wednesday at Camp Pendleton in Southern California, military officials said Thursday. Around 1:45 p.m. local time, the Marine was involved in a “tactical vehicle mishap” during routine training and died of their injuries, the I Marine Expeditionary Force said in a statement. The military is withholding the...
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) confirmed Thursday that alerts of a 5.9 magnitude earthquake in Nevada were a false alarm. On its website, the USGS said that its ShakeAlert early warning system sent out an “incorrect alert” at 8:06 a.m. local time Thursday for a quake near Reno and Carson City, Nev. The survey noted...
A new report from MoneyGeek finds that, on average, nearly 400 people die each year in winter weather-related crashes, highlighting the most dangerous states for drivers during the season.
A college student deported while attempting to catch a flight home for Thanksgiving break questioned why the Trump administration was “targeting” people like her. Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, 19, was detained by immigration authorities on Nov. 20 at Boston Logan International Airport. She was planning to surprise her family in Texas for the holiday. "Why...
