Kamala Harris claims Virginia Supreme Court ruling on redistricting maps boosts Trump's alleged effort to rig the 2026 midterm elections for Republicans.
President Trump on Saturday shared an AI-generated composite image of sunken Iranian warships, as the administration awaits a response from Iranian officials over a proposed peace plan. The composite image shared on Truth Social shows "159 Iranian ships." The first image shows several ships waving Iranian flags as "Obama/Biden," an apparent reference to the Obama...
Pima County, Ariz., Sheriff Chris Nanos on Saturday affirmed that there has been progress in the search for Nancy Guthrie, mother of NBC's "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie. Fox News reporters approached Nanos while he was outside his department. Nanos did not answer questions about an update to the case, but when asked if they...
A muddled picture about the state of the conflict with Iran emerged from the White House and President Trump this week, as a flurry of developments in the Gulf collided with mixed messages about the U.S. strategy for ending the 10-week conflict and reopening the Strait of Hormuz. President Trump announced the launch of...
Virginia voters have approved a Democrat-backed redistricting plan, according to Decision Desk HQ, greenlighting a new congressional map that could net the party as many as four seats ahead of the midterm elections. Voters in the Old Dominion cast their ballots in a Tuesday referendum, in which Democratic lawmakers asked them to approve a state...
President Trump went after British Prime Minister Keir Starmer over his former U.K. ambassador to the U.S., Peter Mandelson, who has faced scrutiny over files linked to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom acknowledged that he ‘exercised wrong judgment’ when he chose his Ambassador to Washington. I...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} View Online Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Trump extends Iran ceasefire and naval blockade President Trump said he would extend the U.S. ceasefire with Iran until Tehran provides a unified proposal, but added that the U.S. military blockade of the Strait...
The Justice Department on Tuesday announced an 11-count indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) including bank and wire fraud, charging the group in connection with a now-defunct program that used paid informants to monitor extremist groups. The charges include six counts of wire fraud, four counts of bank fraud and one count of conspiracy...
FBI Director Kash Patel got into a shouting match with a reporter amid questions over his job performance following an explosive article from The Atlantic alleging excessive alcohol use by the director. The outlet reported that while in charge of the bureau, Patel has consumed alcohol “to the point of obvious intoxication” in front of...
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Congress on Tuesday that he has not faced pressure from the White House to scale back his vaccine skepticism, even as a top Trump health adviser recognized "ongoing conversations about where to prioritize." The denial contradicts a mounting body of reporting from sources inside...
A group of NASA veterans came together on Tuesday to launch a new nonprofit organization aimed at defending Americans’ constitutional rights. Astronauts for America is a group of over 100 former astronauts with common “patriotic, not partisan” goals, the founding members wrote in an open letter. “We are Republicans, Democrats, and Independents from many different...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said she would rather see President Trump “on a golf course” instead of in the Oval Office, comments that come after multiple intense threats from the president toward Iran. “You know, obviously, it's awful that this guy's playing golf, but, in a way, we're already seeing that some of the most...
The U.S. military has used up nearly half of its stockpile of Patriot air defense interceptor missiles and heavily expended six other key missile stockpiles during its seven-week strike campaign against Iran, according to a new analysis from the Washington-based think tank Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). The U.S. fired almost 50 percent...
Newly sworn-in Rep. Analilia Mejia (D-N.J.) on Tuesday declined to back House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) for speaker if Democrats take back the lower chamber in November. “I think that we should have a discussion about how we are going to lead the party, how we are going to make sure to meet people’s...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on Tuesday ended some lending industry antidiscrimination requirements that have long protected different demographics' access to credit, loans and home ownership. Under the newly approved rule, lenders are no longer required to adhere to the 1974 Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA). The law prevented disparate impact discrimination, which occurs...
