The State Department has paused visas for Afghan nationals after two National Guard members from West Virginia were shot close to the White House. “The Department of State has IMMEDIATELY paused visa issuance for individuals traveling on Afghan passports. The Department is taking all necessary steps to protect U.S. national security and public safety,” the...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday defended the U.S. military's recent strikes on alleged drug-trafficking boats in response to a recent report from The Washington Post. “As usual, the fake news is delivering more fabricated, inflammatory, and derogatory reporting to discredit our incredible warriors fighting to protect the homeland,” Hegseth said Friday evening in a...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) - Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) says that U.S. Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom was a “peacekeeper” who showed courage and honor as she served the nation. Beckstrom, a member of the West Virginia National Guard, died Thursday at the age of 20. She was one of two guard members ambushed in what...
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Wednesday it is investigating Amazon after one of its drones struck an internet cable in Texas last week. The drone, an MK30 delivery aircraft, struck a line in Waco, Texas, at roughly 12:45 p.m. local time last Tuesday, the FAA told The Hill. A video of the incident released by...
The Interior Department on Tuesday shared plans to increase national park entry fees for non-residents. The new policy will be applied at 11 of the most visited national parks in the U.S., where non-residents without an annual pass will pay an additional $100 per person to enter. Annual passes will cost $80 for U.S. residents...
President Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff is under fire after he reportedly instructed a Russian official on how to coach Russia's President Vladimir Putin to approach Trump as the U.S. seeks to broker an end to Moscow's war in Ukraine. Trump defended Witkoff, calling the interaction about a proposed peace plan "a standard thing." “That’s...
President Trump on Tuesday defended special envoy Steve Witkoff’s call with Russian aide Yuri Ushakov to coach the Kremlin foreign policy adviser on how to approach President Vladimir Putin on a peace deal to end the war in Ukraine. “That’s a standard thing. He’s gotta sell this to Ukraine, he’s gotta sell Ukraine to Russia,"...
Democrat Aftyn Behn and Republican Matt Van Epps are polling neck-and-neck in a Tennessee special election to replace former Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.), according to a new poll. An Emerson College Polling/The Hill survey released on Wednesday showed Van Epps, former commissioner of the Tennessee Department of General Services, at close to 48 percent and...
President Trump blasted the New York Times over an article it published on Tuesday drawing attention to his age and suggesting he is losing stamina while in office. "The Creeps at the Failing New York Times are at it again," Trump wrote on Truth Social of the article before mentioning his 2024 electoral victory, which...
President Trump said late Tuesday he does not plan to replace FBI Director Kash Patel, who has drawn scrutiny in recent weeks. "No, he's doing a good job. Kash Patel? No, he's doing a great job, I think," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One when asked if he planned to replace Patel. White House...
President Trump is on a warpath. In the week since six Democrats urged service members to refuse "illegal orders,” the president has called for their prosecutions, resignations, imprisonments and even their deaths. He has homed in on sedition, the rarely charged and serious accusation of rebelling against the U.S. government that was catapulted into common...
Republican Sens. John Curtis (Utah) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) backed fellow Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), amid a Pentagon probe into “serious allegations of misconduct” against the senator after he and five other Democratic lawmakers told service members to disobey illegal orders from the Trump administration. Curtis said Tuesday afternoon on the social platform X that...
