After a few days campaigning in safe conservative territory, President Donald Trump on Saturday takes his midterm tour into Ohio, a battleground state that's home to one of the top-tier Senate races this cycle.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth indicated on Saturday that some U.S. service members could be redeployed from Europe to the Western Hemisphere as the Trump administration ramps up its deadly campaign against drug cartels in South America. “Well, we're definitely expanding our presence and our footprint in Central and South America with partners, and because of...
An Oklahoma federal judge ruled Friday that warrantless searches using AI-powered surveillance camera data, such as what Flock Safety's hallmark technology collects, may violate the Fourth Amendment without adequate probable cause. “Freedom from persistent, dragnet-style surveillance while in public is not a foreign concept in our society, and it is a reasonable expectation that society...
The Trump administration is moving ahead with big changes to Head Start, the federal early childhood education program that serves low-income families, to the outcry of advocates who say the proposals will limit access to the program, currently serving 700,000 students. Interested parties have until Tuesday to submit their thoughts to the federal government on...
U.S. Capitol Police on Tuesday arrested a man after discovering a guillotine in the bed of a pickup truck parked on the eastern edge of the National Mall. Officers first spotted an illegally parked pickup truck along the 100 block of East Capitol St. —near the Capitol building, the Supreme Court and the Library of...
The family of Alex Pretti, the ICU nurse who was fatally shot by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents during a January crackdown on immigration in Minnesota, called for answers from the Trump administration on Tuesday — seven months after his death. "I was not shocked that he helped somebody. My shock is that he...
Democratic socialist N’Kiyla Jasmine Thomas is projected to win Oklahoma's Democratic Senate primary to take on Republican nominee Rep. Kevin Hern, according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). Thomas defeated Democrat Jim Priest, a lawyer, after both advanced from a June runoff where neither candidate secured over half of the vote. Thomas, a nurse, led the...
A representative for Dolly Parton on Tuesday said the country singer died after a “brief battle” with cancer, although they did not disclose the specific type of cancer. “After bravely facing a brief battle with cancer, Dolly departed her Earthly life today at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center surrounded by loved ones,” Parton’s representative Marcel Pariseau...
Marcye Scott, the daughter of the late Rep. David Scott (D-Ga.), is projected to lose the special election runoff to fill the remainder of her father’s term in the House, according to Decision Desk HQ. Former Gwinnett School Board Chair Everton Blair emerged the victor in Tuesday's runoff, after coming in behind Marcye Scott in...
Sen. Darline Graham (R-S.C.) is projected to win the South Carolina Republican primary runoff to replace her brother, the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), on the November ballot, according to Decision Desk HQ. Lindsey Graham, 71, died unexpectedly in early July after serving in the Senate for more than two decades — and after winning...
Three of the four living former presidents have released statements honoring the late country singer Dolly Parton in the hours after her passing was announced Tuesday following her battle with cancer and other recent health issues. Former Presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama each paid tribute to Parton in statements praising her...
A federal judge in Virginia blocked an auction of more than 100 century-old artifacts that were salvaged from the shipwrecked RMS Titanic vessel, calling their selling “an apparent threat” to the collection's integrity and preservation. U.S. District Judge Rebecca Beach Smith ordered RMS Titanic — the company with exclusive salvage rights to the wreckage —...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Hegseth, Loeffler announce commission to surge aid to small defense contractors Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Kelly Loeffler announced on Tuesday the establishment of a Smaller War Plants Commission that would...
President Trump’s pick to replace Republican Rep. Andy Barr (Ky.) in the House has completely scrubbed the president from his campaign website. Former state Sen. Ralph Alvarado's (R) campaign website no longer features an image of the candidate next to Trump with them both giving a thumbs-up and shifted from branding himself as a national...
Democrats are ahead 7 points on the economy over Republicans, according to a new poll. In The Economist/YouGov poll, 39 percent of respondents said they believe Democrats do “a better job handling” the economy, while 32 said the same of Republicans. Fifteen percent said both parties handle the economy “about the same” and another 15...
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Paramount's Warner Bros. bid barrels toward antitrust trial Paramount’s bid to acquire fellow entertainment giant Warner Brothers Discovery (WBD) has been mired in controversy and drew a lawsuit from critics who argue the deal is bad for the movie-making and media business. Jae C. Hong, Associated Press As...
