Grey Bull Rescue founder Bryan Stern is contesting State Department claims that every American who sought evacuation help during the U.S.-Iran conflict got it.
Sen. Jon Ossoff faces GOP attacks over his ties to the Southern Poverty Law Center following its indictment for alleged fraud and money laundering schemes.
The power of Mexico’s drug cartels is a national security threat that undermines the stability of our region and poisons thousands of Americans every year. President Donald Trump’s indictment of two Mexican government officials is a direct assault on the “intolerable alliance” between Mexico’s ruling party and the Sinaloa drug cartel. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum […]
Democrat Analilia Mejia has won a House seat in New Jersey, according to Decision Desk HQ, succeeding now-Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D) and notching a win for progressives. Mejia, a top aide to Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) 2020 presidential campaign, defeated Republican Joe Hathaway in the Thursday special election for the Garden State’s 11th Congressional District,...
President Trump signaled Thursday that he was open to the possibility of Congress holding public hearings with survivors of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “I’m OK with it,” he told reporters Thursday before departing the White House en route to Las Vegas for a roundtable promoting his "no tax on tips" policy. “I think...
Podcaster Joe Rogan is not letting up on his criticism of the joint U.S.-Israel conflict in Iran, commenting during his show on Thursday that he found the situation “terrifying.” “It’s f---ing terrifying,” Rogan responded after actor David Cross asked about his opinion on the war. “All of it’s terrifying. Any time you’re involved with —...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Gen George's ouster looms large over Driscoll hearing Lawmakers from both sides questioned Army Secretary Dan Driscoll and the Army’s acting chief of staff, Gen. Christopher LaNeve, over the removal of the Army’s well-respected chief of...
House members got their first opportunity Thursday to grill Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as he kicked off a marathon series of seven congressional hearings in seven days with back-to-back hearings in the Ways and Means and Appropriations Committees. In the two appearances, his first before Congress in 2026, Kennedy defended his record in leading the nation’s health agency as Democrats sought to...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) suggested on Thursday that he’s ready to oppose an extension of the government’s warrantless surveillance powers unless it contains new privacy guardrails. Jeffries stopped short of saying he’ll oppose a clean extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which GOP leaders in Congress and the...
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) responded on Thursday to the new short-term ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon. “While I appreciate every effort to bring peace through diplomacy in the Middle East, particularly in Lebanon, we have to be realistic about the situation on the ground,” the GOP senator wrote on the social platform X. “The...
Clark County Circuit Court Judge Lyndsey Brunette became the first candidate to announce a run for a spot on the Wisconsin Supreme Court — an announcement that came just one week after the Badger State held a contest for another seat on the high court. “Today, on the bench, I make sure the law is...
Democrat Analilia Mejia is facing off against Republican Joe Hathaway in a Thursday special election to fill the House seat left open by New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill. Mejia's surprise primary victory earlier this year marked another win for progressives. She is widely expected to defeat Hathaway on Thursday. Polls close at 8 p.m. EDT....
The Senate on Thursday voted to repeal Biden-era protections for a contentious wilderness area in Minnesota, sending the question to President Trump’s desk. The Senate voted 50-49 to overturn a Biden-era move to block mining in an area around Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Trump is likely to sign the measure, which has already passed the House,...
Young men are more concerned with religion than women in the same age group, according to new polling data from Gallup released Thursday. The survey found that 42 percent of adult men between 18 and 29 years old indicated that religion is “very important” in their lives during telephone surveys conducted between 2024 and 2025....
The French government on Thursday called on the U.S. to release an 86-year-old widow of an American military veteran in Department of Homeland Security (DHS) detention. Rodolphe Sambou, consul general of France in New Orleans, told The Associated Press that his country's government has "fully mobilized" to push for the release of Marie-Therese Ross, who...
