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Ex-Biden official’s campaign faces heat as missing children scandal resurfaces: ‘Voters deserve better’

Xavier Becerra's gubernatorial bid is shadowed by controversy over migrant children reportedly lost during his time as HHS Secretary under Biden.

King Charles heads to Trump White House as America marks 250 years since breaking from the crown

King Charles III heads to the White House to meet President Trump in a historic U.S. state visit, the first by a British king since King George VI visited in 1939.

Kathy Hochul and Bruce Blakeman must BOTH stand up to the union thugs threatening an LIRR strike

Five privileged LIRR unions are aiming to hold the metro region hostage: If the...

Former Secret Service agent: Trump administration should consider having fewer Cabinet members at events

A former Secret Service agent said Sunday that the Trump administration should be “looking at” scaling back the number of Cabinet officials attending the same events after Saturday's shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) dinner in Washington. “Do we need to rethink the idea that we'd have a dozen people in the line...

Trump endorses the idea of changing ICE to NICE

President Donald Trump expressed support for the idea of renaming Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to National Immigration and Customs Enforcement (NICE).

The verdicts are in: Big Tech is hurting kids, and Congress must protect them.

Last month, a jury in California gave me something I have been fighting for since May 1, 2019, when I lost my son Mason at age 15: It gave me a small sense of justice in the fight to hold Big Tech accountable for the online harms it caused my son and many other young...

Jim Whittaker, first American to climb Everest, dies at 97

He shared world-class climber status with his identical twin, Lou, who led the first American expedition to scale Mount Everest's north face.

Trump lost his nerve and surrendered to a beaten Iran

Trump apparently lost his strategic patience and political will and handed a win to an Iran on the verge of collapse.

Vance takes center stage in faltering Iran ceasefire

Morning Report is The Hill’s a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today’s issue: Vice President Vance has quickly become a central figure in trying to maintain a shaky ceasefire in a war that he has reportedly been skeptical about from the start. Vance is set to travel to Islamabad, Pakistan, on Saturday along with U.S. special envoy...

More New Yorkers back Mamdani but say city on wrong track: Poll

A plurality of New York voters approve of the job Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) is doing in office, but nearly 60 percent say their city is on the wrong track, according to a new poll released Thursday. In the survey, conducted by Emerson College Polling and PIX11, 43 percent of the city’s registered voters approve...

George Santos says he’s becoming a first-time parent 

Former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.), who had a brief but notable stint in Congress in 2023, said he is becoming a parent for the first time. “So, we are having kids next year, and that's a big deal for us,” Santos said on Meghan McCain’s livestreamed show “Citizen McCain.” “We're going to be parents next...

Trump slams NATO after meeting with Mark Rutte

President Trump went after the NATO alliance following a meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte -- comments that came after the Trump administration had recently expressed frustration with members of the alliance. “NATO WASN’T THERE WHEN WE NEEDED THEM, AND THEY WON’T BE THERE IF WE NEED THEM AGAIN. REMEMBER GREENLAND, THAT BIG, POORLY RUN,...

Respiratory viruses lingering longer than usual this year

While spring has officially begun, concerns about respiratory viruses are lingering longer than usual, with cases of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) cropping up later than expected and a new COVID-19 variant spreading across much of the country. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a recent update that RSV had started later...

Emmanuel Macron condemns Lebanon strikes, says he’s spoken with country’s leaders 

French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday criticized recent Israeli strikes in Lebanon and said he’s spoken with its leaders, following a U.S.-Iranian ceasefire being on shaky ground do to the strikes. “I have just spoken with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam,” Macron said in a Wednesday evening post on the social...

Appeals court rejects Anthropic’s bid to temporarily halt Pentagon designation

A federal appeals court has rejected Anthropic's bid to temporarily halt the Pentagon's labeling of the artificial intelligence company as a supply chain risk, finding the firm failed to meet the strict requirements for an emergency stay. The order, issued Wednesday evening by a three-panel judge in Washington, D.C., blocked Anthropic's bid to pause the...

Ex-Army employee with top-secret clearance charged with leaking information to journalist

An ex-Army employee that had top-secret clearance has been charged with leaking classified information, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). In a Wednesday press release, the DOJ said that 40-year-old Courtney Williams of North Carolina was arrested by the FBI on Tuesday. Williams was indicted by a federal grand jury on Wednesday regarding “her...

Trump’s fragile ceasefire with Iran already showing cracks

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Trump’s fragile ceasefire with Iran already showing cracks Israel launched a barrage of attacks without warning in Lebanon on Wednesday as a fragile ceasefire agreement between the U.S. and Iran hangs in the balance. © AP...

What to know about Iran’s 10-point plan that Trump called ‘workable basis’ for talks

Amid the tenuous two-week ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran, it is unclear what exactly is in the 10-point plan from the Iranian government that President Trump deemed a "workable basis" on which to negotiate. While the Iranian government publicly released a 10-point proposal Wednesday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said later that day...

Ruling in Colorado conversion therapy case brings up free speech debate

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story SCOTUS ruling stirs First Amendment discourse The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a case arguing that a ban on conversion therapy was a violation of free speech, igniting debate over free expression in the health care services...

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