A convicted MS-13 killer known as "La Bruja" or "the witch" is free in California after a federal judge ruled ICE held him without a required bond hearing for five months.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett called conservative media personality Tucker Carlson “chickens---" over claims he made about what happened to him and his team at an airport in Israel. “Tucker Carlson is a chickens---. The guy who’s been spouting lies about Israel for the past two years, landed today at Ben Gurion airport, took...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Hegseth takes military culture war to civilian universities Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is expanding his culture war into academia, threatening to pull service members’ tuition assistance at potentially dozens of top colleges and universities he views...
The U.S. is preparing for a pullout of all troops stationed in Syria, readying to end its military presence deployed to fight against ISIS in the country, two U.S. officials told The Hill on Wednesday. The move comes as the U.S. military has withdrawn service members from the al-Shaddadi base in northeast Syria and from...
Minnesota Rep. Angie Craig (D) spoke out after a memorial dedicated to Renee Good was set ablaze Tuesday evening. “Renee’s family and the Minneapolis community deserve the chance to mourn her,” Craig wrote on the social platform X on Wednesday. “This is unacceptable and we must hold anyone involved in this hateful incident accountable.” Minneapolis...
Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) slammed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for deporting a 2-month-old and his family. On Tuesday afternoon, Castro wrote on the social platform X that 2-month-old Juan Nicolás and his mother were detained at Dilley Immigration Processing Center in South Texas. “Juan has bronchitis—according to his mom—and at some point in the...
The Republican National Committee (RNC) sued Wednesday in the hopes of stopping Virginia Democrats from moving forward with their new congressional map. The new lawsuit seeks to block an April referendum, when voters could pave the way for lawmakers to approve the new design that would hand Democrats four pickup opportunities. “Emergency relief is needed to prevent the transmission of a defective proposal...
The Department of Justice's (DOJ) latest disclosure under the Epstein Files Transparency Act — a long list of names as disparate as Janis Joplin, Julian Assange and former Vice President Dick Cheney — has sparked an outcry on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers are accusing the DOJ of failing to comply with its final obligation under...
President Trump will deliver the first State of the Union address of his second term on Feb. 24, but several House and Senate Democrats plan to skip the high-profile address in favor of counter-rallies and other forms of protest. Trump’s speech comes as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is shut down amid a standoff...
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) warned Lone Star State Republicans against nominating state Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) in the GOP primary. “If Ken Paxton is the nominee, we could well experience a massacre, and the first Democrat elected since 1994 in the state of Texas,” Cornyn told supporters in Fort Worth, Texas, according to NBC...
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) countered a threat from Iran’s supreme leader against American warships with a famous movie quote on Wednesday. Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei threatened to sink U.S. vessels amid nuclear talks between the two countries this week. “The Americans constantly say that they’ve sent a warship toward Iran,” Khamenei said. “Of...
The Hennepin County, Minn., Attorney's office on Wednesday demanded that the federal government hand over records and evidence related to the killing of U.S. citizen Alex Pretti by federal officers during a federal immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis last month. The office of Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty accused the Trump administration of hiding evidence...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Trump’s surgeon general nominee to finally get hearing After months of delay, President Trump’s pick to be the next U.S. surgeon general will appear before the Senate for a confirmation hearing, where her credentials and special interests are likely...
