With less than a year to go until the United States of America’s 250th birthday, it is worth standing back and looking with awe at those years. The U.S. did not just become the richest, strongest, and freest country on Earth. It did so while remaining a stable constitutional democracy for 2 1/2 centuries, with […]
Moscow pounded Kyiv and other cities in Ukraine with the largest missile and drone attack since the three-year war in Eastern Europe started, less than a day after President Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin’s military launched 550 drones and missiles at Ukraine during the overnight attack, according to Ukraine’s air force....
Cargo theft is a growing epidemic in the US, with criminal rings exploiting weaknesses in digital infrastructure and low enforcement, and Congress must act to pass the Combating Organized Retail Crime Act to address the crisis.
President Trump said late Thursday that he expected to know the Palestinian militant group Hamas’s decision on his “final” peace proposal for a ceasefire with Israel within the next 24 hours. Trump announced late Tuesday that Israel has agreed to the “necessary conditions” to finalize a two-month ceasefire with Hamas, a U.S. government-designated terrorist group. ...
Activist Greta Thunberg was deported from Israel on Tuesday and en route to Sweden after authorities removed her from an aid ship headed to Gaza. The climate activist was placed on a flight to France and is later set to be transported to her home country of Sweden. She along with 12 others were sailing...
“Trump is using military forces to stop a protest," she said. "I want you all to consider what kind of government it appears to be when every time we exercise our democratic right to protest, the military is deployed against us. What type of government is that?”
In today’s issue: President Trump on Monday described the Los Angeles protests against his administration’s migrant deportation policies as “well under control” just as California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) filed suit against Trump, alleging he overstepped his authority by mobilizing the National Guard when there was no “invasion” against the U.S. government. The president told...
Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) is set to reintroduce legislation to increase penalties for assaulting police amid recent protests in Los Angeles. The legislation, which Gonzales previously introduced in 2023, aims to “increase jail time and civil fines for assaulting a law enforcement officer or interfering with the performance of their official duties” and is named...
The House on Monday approved a pair of resolutions condemning the antisemitism attack in Boulder, Co., as the chamber looks to crack down on the spate of incidents targeting Jewish individuals. The first resolution, led by Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.), was adopted in a 400-0-2 vote, with just Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Marjorie Taylor...
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said Monday that immigration raids in her city resulted in “disorder” the prior night. “Well, I just have to say that if you dial back time and go to Friday, if immigration raids had not happened here, we would not have the disorder that went on last night,” Bass said...
Hardline conservatives in the House are making a broad swath of recommendations to make the “One Big Beautiful Bill” of President Trump’s tax cut and spending priorities even more conservative. A 10-page memo labeled to Senate Republicans from “House Conservatives” — with input from members of the House Freedom Caucus while not being officially from...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Trump administration surges military forces to Los Angeles The U.S. military is set to deploy about 700 Marines to Los Angeles, further increasing military presence in and around the city after the Trump administration ordered 2,000...
The Trump administration is deploying another 2,000 California National Guard troops to Los Angeles, adding to the initial 2,000 already ordered to the city over the weekend, California Gov. Gavin Newson announced Monday. "I was just informed Trump is deploying another 2,000 Guard troops to L.A.," he posted to X. Gavin contends that the first 2,000...
On Monday, President Trump promoted the so-called "Trump Accounts" during a roundtable meeting with lawmakers and business leaders, including the CEOs of Dell, Uber and Goldman Sachs.
Democrats are accusing President Trump of an abuse of power with his decision to send the National Guard into Los Angeles, but they face a political tightrope in responding to the immigration protests that prompted the move. Party leaders in and out of California have blasted the administration for going around Gov. Gavin Newsom (D)...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and the state’s attorney general filed their much-anticipated lawsuit over President Trump’s decision to send in California National Guard troops to Los Angeles to quell immigration protests, calling it an “unprecedented power grab.” Filed in federal court in San Francisco on Monday afternoon, the suit asks a federal judge to block Trump’s authorization...
