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California Rep. Darrell Issa to retire, endorses Jim Desmond to succeed him

California Rep. Darrell Issa announces retirement after 25 years, endorses San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond for newly redrawn 48th District seat.

Why even the mayor’s not safe in San Francisco

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie just found himself at the center of a quickly-escalating...

Why doesn’t Mayor Mamdani care about NYCHA affordable housing?

We're starting to wonder if Mayor Zohran Mamdani has any real interest in promoting...

The obvious signs the Iran war is part of larger contest with Russia and China

Critics who call Operation Epic Fury folly or a distraction are missing the point:...

Trump calls on Congress to pass bill aimed at bolstering college sports

President Trump on Friday called on Congress to establish a national framework to stabilize college sports amid court rulings, image and likeness deals and recruiting changes have put the multibillion-dollar collegiate NCAA system under siege.

Trump is betting the farm on intuition — and the nuclear clock is ticking  

The global security landscape has shifted to one of unmapped volatility, with the expiration of the New START treaty, a high-stakes "Board of Peace" diplomacy, and a weaponized global supply chain, all creating a precarious situation for the world.

The Justice Department’s shameful record in the Epstein scandal

 Shame on the Justice Department for its years of failures in this sordid scandal. Shame on those who are trying to defend the indefensible. And shame on Congress if it allows this injustice to continue. 

Noem dismisses criticism of ‘right people’ voting for ‘right leaders’ remark

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem waved off criticism of recent comments she made about ensuring “we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country," calling the remarks "commonsense." In response to a clip from CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday in which Jake Tapper asks border...

The ITIN: How Uncle Sam helps illegal aliens take jobs, homes, and benefits

Congress cannot talk tough on illegal immigration while quietly rewarding illegal work and all the other benefits that illegal immigrants reap using taxpayer identification numbers.

America is dangerously unprepared for a GPS attack

Our widespread reliance on a vulnerable technology should be a wake-up call. A single sustained outage could cost the U.S. economy an estimated $1.6 billion per day. 

‘I was scared, but I had to do something’: Clerk fights armed suspect targeting California jewelry store

(KTLA) – Surveillance video captured the moment a store clerk fought back as she confronted an apparent armed smash-and-grab robber at a jewelry store in Montclair, California. On Thursday, the masked suspect entered the Fast-Fix Jewelry and Watch Repairs store at Montclair Place mall just after 7:30 p.m. The suspect pretended to browse around before...

Deadline to file claim in $30M settlement over 23andMe data breach nears

Some claimants may receive thousands of dollars.

Tour bus driver charged with manslaughter in New York crash

Five people were killed and dozens more were injured in the crash.

Pressure mounts on Trump, GOP ahead of midterms

Morning Report is The Hill's a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today's issue: ▪ Trump tries to avoid midterm losses ▪ DOJ explains Epstein files redactions ▪ Obama responds to Trump’s video post ▪ RFK Jr. reaches one-year mark leading HHS President Trump and congressional Republicans face rising pressure as they stare down a fast-approaching midterm election that could...

Danish PM says Trump still ‘very serious’ about acquiring Greenland

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Saturday that President Trump remains intent on acquiring Greenland. "I think the desire from the U.S. president is exactly the same. He’s very serious about this," Frederiksen said at the Munich Security Conference, according to the BBC. Throughout December and January, the president raised his view that the U.S....

Moore says Democrats need to ‘stop being the party of no and slow’ 

In an interview that aired Sunday, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) urged his party to take a more aggressive governing posture to fight back against the Trump administration and regain popularity. “There’s something that we have to make sure that we do better and that’s actually meet people where they are and move with a...

Moore declines to directly answer whether he thinks Trump is racist: ‘I think his actions probably give the answer’

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) declined to say whether President Trump is racist in an interview released Sunday, just over a week after a video depicting the Obamas as apes posted to the president’s Truth Social account sparked bipartisan backlash.  “I think that’s a question for President Trump,” Moore, shaking his head, told CBS News’s...

Here’s how the DHS shutdown is impacting air travel, TSA

As the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) remains without funding, air travel nationwide has been impacted. Employees of the Transportation Security Agency (TSA), which is housed within DHS, are working without pay as of early Saturday morning — when the funding lapse began. According to DHS’s shutdown contingency plan published in September, just more than...

Mace slams DOJ over letter about completing Epstein files release: ‘They’re missing names’

Late Saturday evening and early Sunday morning, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) criticized the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) justification for redacting certain names from the Jeffrey Epstein files. Mace, one of four Republicans to sign the initial discharge petition that brought the Epstein Files Transparency Act to the House floor last year, wrote Saturday in a...

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