President Donald Trump says he hasn't decided whether Nidal Malik Hasan's firing squad execution at Fort Hood will be livestreamed, weighing deterrence value.
The U.S. is refreshing its call for Americans not to travel to Russia in the wake of a suspected case of pneumonic plague in Siberia. In a post on the social platform X on Tuesday, the State Department said, “The U.S. Embassy is aware of press reports from the Irkutsk region of suspected pneumonic plague...
The Trump administration told a federal appeals panel Tuesday that a lower court erred in blocking Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s handpicked appointees from serving on a key vaccine advisory panel. Justice Department attorney Matthew Zorn told the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that a district court judge did not have the authority to...
I understand that Temporary Protected Status was never intended as a permanent immigration status. But I ask that the administration extend it for Salvadorans so they have sufficient time to pursue other lawful alternatives and prepare responsibly for what may come.
In today's issue: ▪ Supreme Court back in session ▪ Trump touts diesel executive order ▪ Politico blocked from Air Force One ▪ Russia outbreak fuels concern General election debate season kicks into high gear this week with candidates meeting on stages throughout the country in races up and down the ticket. Today marks exactly...
Golden Dome, President Trump’s lofty plan for a national ballistic missile defense shield, is facing heavy headwinds with project funding still uncertain. The missile defense program, estimated to cost some $1.2 trillion over 20 years of development and operation, needs a significant influx of funding to get it off the ground this fiscal year. But...
Two decades after joining the Supreme Court, Justice Samuel Alito joins the ranks of justices as authors. Alito's first book, “So Ordered,” set for release Tuesday, is an adapted collection of speeches he’s given over the years commenting on abortion, originalism, threats to the judiciary and more. It doesn’t break much new ground for those...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is ramping up his get-out-the-vote campaign, urging U.S. troops to register to vote in the 2026 midterm elections but not telling them which way to vote. He also issued a stand-down order, allowing service members to get one day off this month to cast a ballot. Critics view Hegseth’s increased emphasis...
We’re now over the hump and into the downhill slide to the end of the 2026 midterm elections. I say “end” because early voting has already begun in six states, and by the end of next week, the number will be up to 19 and counting. A mighty river of ballots, eventually more than 100...
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) rolled out a first-of-its-kind municipal strategy to combat antisemitism last week, and it has drawn some criticism from Jewish leaders who say its omission of Israel and anti-Zionism overlooks a key factor behind the recent rise in hate crimes against Jewish New Yorkers. A joint statement from the...
President Trump’s doxing of Sen. Tom Cotton over a stalled bill to establish year-round daylight saving time is throwing an unexpected twist in the Arkansas Republican’s reelection race and sets up a fierce fight in the Senate this fall over the biannual changing of clocks. Trump’s decision to publish Cotton’s cellphone number on his Truth...
Health care costs remain a top affordability concern for voters, who trust Democrats over Republicans on the issue by a nearly two-to-one margin, according to a new poll from health research group KFF. Six in 10 voters said they are worried about being able to afford their health care, including the cost of health insurance...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare The Big Story Appeals court to hear lawsuit against RFK Jr. vaccine moves A federal appeals court will hear arguments Tuesday in a lawsuit filed by medical groups against Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr, seeking to block his overhaul of the childhood...
