Rep. Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.), the ranking member of the House Administration Committee, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) have discussed a proposal to further boost security for lawmakers with their Republican counterparts, a senior Democratic committee aide told The Hill Monday evening. The aide said that Morelle and Jeffries “have regularly discussed innovative solutions...
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said that she recommended a “full travel ban” to President Trump during a Monday meeting. “I just met with the President. I am recommending a full travel ban on every damn country that's been flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies,” Noem said Monday on the social platform...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Hegseth in hot water amid fallout from boat strike Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing growing pressure over a Washington Post report that he ordered the military to “kill everybody” in a boat strike in the...
Former federal prosecutor Joseph Moreno on Friday slammed President Trump for using a slur demeaning people with disabilities aimed at Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) in the wake of the National Guard shooting in Washington earlier this week. The president used the slur to criticize Walz in a Thursday Truth Social post, alleging he was allowing...
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said President Trump is honing in on affordability measures ahead of the new year, as polling shows his approval on the economy is tanking. During a recent appearance on Fox Business's "Kudlow," Rollins recounted the president telling her, “’Brooke, we’re not going to have plastic eggs at the Easter Egg Roll...
A deadly shooting involving two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., earlier this week rattled officials across the nation, and has spurred an increased presence of federal law enforcement in the nation’s capital and an intensification of President Trump's immigration crackdown. West Virginia National Guard members U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe and U.S....
President Trump's announcement earlier this month that he will push for a ceasefire in Sudan has been welcomed by officials and experts as shining a light on a devastating conflict that has fueled the world's worst humanitarian crisis. But experts are cynical that a breakthrough will materialize, citing the administration's shallow diplomacy, Trump's conflict of...
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Saturday praised President Trump's mounting pressure on and military accumulation near Venezuela, as the president mulls over taking action against the South American country "very soon." "I very much appreciate and respect the determination by President Trump to deal with the drug caliphate countries that inhabit our backyard — chief...
The White House launched a “media bias” tracker on Friday highlighting news publications that it has accused of “offenses” against the current administration after the president’s verbal clashes with reporters over their articles in recent weeks. The live webpage features a list of articles from various outlets with links to stories the Trump administration claims...
President Trump on Saturday touted that drug prices have fallen under his administration, signaling that it will be a winning issue for Republicans in the 2026 midterm elections. "Because I have invoked FAVORED NATIONS STATUS FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DRUG PRICES ARE FALLING AT LEVELS NEVER SEEN BEFORE, 500%, 600%, 700%, and more,"...
With less than a year to go before the 2026 midterms, lawmakers in both chambers of Congress are making decisions as campaign season inches closer. In total, 47 congressional lawmakers, 20 Democrats and 27 Republicans, are not seeking reelection. Of that group, 20 are retiring, while 27 are seeking a higher — or different —...
A Republican state Senator from Indiana on Friday said he will vote against President Trump's redistricting effort in his state after the president used a slur demeaning people with disabilities in his online spat with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D). "Many of you have asked my position on redistricting," state Sen. Michael Bohacek (R) wrote...
President Trump's nomination of Stuart Levenbach to lead the CFPB represents a necessary reset from the agency's decade-long regulatory experiment, but the states are already racing ahead to build their own "mini-CFPBs" which could be even more dangerous.
Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) announced Saturday that he will not seek reelection in next year's midterm elections but instead focus on his family. "After more than 30 years in law enforcement serving and protecting my community as a police officer, constable, Fort Bend County Sheriff, an Army veteran, and six years representing this district in Congress, I have...
