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Iran’s leader calls for Muslim unity and other Mideast news

Iran's supreme leader called on Muslim countries to stand together against Israel and the United States, imploring them to "know your real enemy."

Rahm Emanuel, potential 2028 candidate, says democratic socialists aren’t part of Democratic Party

Rahm Emanuel, the former Obama administration chief of staff now weighing a presidential bid, said Sunday that the Democratic Socialists of America are not part of the Democratic Party.

Trump promises NBC’s Welker will be reported to FCC ‘for rebuke or punishment’

President Trump said Sunday that NBC News's "Meet the Press" host Kristen Welker will be reported to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) after she reportedly said on the program that Trump-endorsed candidates have had mixed results this election cycle. "Kristen Welker, the Unpopular 'Hostess' of the once great Meet the Press, now considered Meet the...

Trump Postal Service board nominees held up by Republican senator over mail delay concerns

President Trump’s goal to reshape the leadership of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has hit a snag as a senator from his own party presses the agency for reforms. Trump has nominated four new governors for the USPS board, two of whom — Jeffrey Brodsky and William Gallo — are headed for a Senate floor...

GOP spat stalls NASA bill amid Trump’s ambitious moon base push

Negotiations between Senate and House Republicans over a bill to reauthorize the National Aeronautics and Space Administration have stalled as President Trump is scheduled to visit NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston Friday. The split between the two chambers is a problem for the president, as it could put in jeopardy his priority of establishing a...

Tech firms call for ‘collective action’ against AI-powered hacking

OpenAI leads the call among other technology firms for “collective action” against “AI-enabled cyber attacks.” “Today’s AI advances are already giving defenders new ways to fix weaknesses that have accumulated for years. If we act decisively, we can use the defenders’ window to make our digital world much more secure,” the company wrote in a...

Federal judge again issues temporary block on mail-in voting restrictions

A federal judge in Boston has again blocked the Trump administration from moving forward with new mail-in voting restrictions ahead of the November midterms for at least another two weeks. Judge Indira Talwani ruled Thursday night that a group of blue states and private voting rights groups were likely to succeed in their claims that...

Judge rules Pentagon’s supply chain risk designation for Anthropic was illegal

A federal judge in California ruled on Thursday the Pentagon's blacklisting of the artificial intelligence firm Anthropic earlier this year was illegal, violating the First Amendment. In a ruling Thursday evening, Judge Rita Lin said the Trump administration retaliated against the Claude-maker for its "constitutionally protected activity," and violated the Due Process clause of the...

Grand jury: DeSantis admin ‘misappropriated’ tax dollars in Hope Florida scandal

A Florida grand jury found Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R-Fla.) administration “misappropriated” a payment from a Medicaid settlement into the Hope Florida Foundation — an organization “championed” by first lady Casey DeSantis. The grand jury argued the $10 million transfer was "part of a sophisticated scheme to fund political activities," according to a copy of the...

Centcom says Iranian sea mines cleared from Strait of Hormuz transit routes

The U.S. military said Thursday that it has cleared all Iranian sea mines along internationally recognized transit routes in the Strait of Hormuz. In a video posted to the social platform X Thursday evening, U.S. Central Command (Centcom) Commander Adm. Brad Cooper said that “the U.S. military has achieved a major milestone in the Strait...

Wisconsin politicians joke about Lake Michigan name change

Wisconsin politicians made jokes out of President Trump’s executive order aiming to rename Lake Ontario, jesting about the renaming of Lake Michigan, another Great Lake. On Thursday, the president put his signature on an executive order formally changing the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America” amid U.S.-Canadian trade tensions. “We’re going to be changing...

Dingell plans legislation to void Trump’s Lake Ontario renaming

Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) plans to introduce a bill Monday that would nullify President Trump's executive order renaming Lake Ontario to “Lake America.” The one-page “Hands Off Our Great Lakes Act” bill would ensure the executive order “shall have no force or effect” and “restore the name of Lake Ontario,” according to documents obtained by...

Hemp ban awaits Senate returning from break

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare   The Big Story Hemp ban awaits Senators returning from break When Congress returns from August recess next week, House Republicans looking to quickly pass stopgap funding legislation will need to navigate the same potential minefield on hemp that almost tripped up the Senate. ...

FDA approves new COVID-19 shots

The Food and Drug Administration approved updated COVID-19 vaccines on Thursday for people at higher risk, clearing the way for manufacturers to begin shipping them to pharmacies and physicians' offices. The agency greenlit new formulations of the mRNA vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, the companies said. FDA also approved a non-mRNA shot from Sanofi, which...

USS Theodore Roosevelt being deployed to Middle East

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story USS Theodore Roosevelt being deployed to Middle East The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt is expected to sail to the Middle East in the coming weeks to relieve another aircraft carrier as the U.S. military in...

NTSB: Temporary Ellipse site factored into Marine One incident

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released a preliminary report Thursday blaming the location of a temporary Ellipse site for an incident in early August when President Trump’s Marine One helicopter came within a mile of a passenger jet. The report stated that the helicopter attempted to contact air traffic controllers twice at Reagan Washington...

3 Stars and Stripes staffers sue Pentagon over firings at military news outlet 

Three Stars and Stripes staffers sued the Pentagon in federal court Thursday, looking to prevent last week’s firings by the Department of Defense (DOD) at the military-focused newspaper.  Stars and Stripes publisher Max Lederer, Editor-in-Chief Erik Slavin and reporter Lara Korte filed the complaint in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, alleging the...

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