Escorted across the tarmac by a military pallbearer detail and Vice President JD Vance, Charlie Kirk’s casket traveled aboard Air Force Two from Utah to Arizona.
{beacon} Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story All eyes on the Trump-Putin Alaska summit President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin took the stage after an hours-long meeting, which will set the tone for future peace talks about Russia’s war in Ukraine....
Former Obama aide David Axelrod claimed Friday that President Trump's red-carpet embrace of Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of the summit in Alaska will “maybe enrage a lot of” Americans. Axelrod, who has often criticized the president and the administration’s actions, argued that nowadays Americans do not agree on “very much,” but “one thing they...
House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-Mass.), the number two House Democrat, called Israel’s actions in Gaza a "genocide" in remarks earlier this week. “We each have to continue to have an open heart about how we do this, how we do it effectively, and how we take action in time to make a difference,...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) is looking to revoke the charter of former Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s (D-Texas) political organization, Powered by People, over its fundraising for Texas House Democrats who fled the state. In an amended petition, the filing pointed out that “the Attorney General can terminate a Texas corporation’s right to do business...
The Trump administration is taking a page out of Ukraine’s playbook when it comes to drone warfare, according to the Pentagon’s chief technology officer. Emil Michael, the under secretary of Defense for research and engineering, said Russia’s more than three-year invasion of Ukraine has shown the new trajectory of warfare, one that the U.S. and...
New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell (D) was indicted on federal charges Friday after an alleged affair with a local police officer. Cantrell, the city’s first female mayor, is accused of engaging in a romantic relationship with Jeffrey Paul Vappie II, a police officer in the executive protection unit. Court documents allege she orchestrated out-of-state trips...
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has been staying rent-free in the home reserved for the top Coast Guard official following death threats, drawing scrutiny and criticism from congressional Democrats. The Department of Homeland Security said it was a wide range of death threats, as well as reporting that showed the area around Noem’s Navy Yard...
The Treasury Department issued guidance Friday that narrows which wind and solar energy projects can receive the remaining tax credits that were largely eliminated under the Republicans' “big, beautiful bill.” The legislation passed by Republicans last month axes the credits for projects that don’t begin producing electricity by 2028. However, it contains an exemption for...
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said the Friday summit between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin signals “all is forgiven.” “He is standing with the most powerful person in the world, and it is a sign from Donald Trump, essentially, that all is forgiven,” Murphy said during an appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe." “And so,...
Recent analysis from the Congressional Budget Office estimated that Medicare spending would see steep cuts over roughly the next decade absent congressional action, following passage of President Trump’s major tax law last month. The nonpartisan budget scorekeeper crunched the numbers of potential across-the-board cuts that federal programs could see under the Statutory Pay‑As‑You‑Go Act of...
🗺️ Plus: Texas redistricting fight nears conclusion {beacon} President Trump made new demands for peace between Russia and Ukraine as he touched down in Alaska at 2:20 p.m. Eastern on Friday for a historic summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Speaking to reporters on Air Force One, Trump said he’s prepared to walk away...
Social Security field offices across the country may have lost a whopping 20 percent of their staff since March of last year, according to estimates by Axios and the Strategic Organizing Center, a coalition of labor unions. The unions estimated that field offices — where Americans can apply for benefits and deal with the agency...
President Trump departed Washington just after sunrise Friday, heading west for his first meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in years and one that will set the tone for the future of peace talks in the Russia-Ukraine war. The meeting at an Air Force base just outside Anchorage, Alaska, came together in just over a...
