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Marco Rubio delivers tough love to Europe — and the overgrown teenage brats know ‘dad’ is right

Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s impressive performance at the Munich Security Conference gives us an alluring glimpse of the president he could be one day.

Ro Khanna’s cowardly attack against innocent men

Ro Khanna didn’t care who he trampled in the stampede to smear President Donald...

Danish PM says Trump still ‘very serious’ about acquiring Greenland

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Saturday that President Trump remains intent on acquiring Greenland. "I think the desire from the U.S. president is exactly the same. He’s very serious about this," Frederiksen said at the Munich Security Conference, according to the BBC. Throughout December and January, the president raised his view that the U.S....

Moore says Democrats need to ‘stop being the party of no and slow’ 

In an interview that aired Sunday, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) urged his party to take a more aggressive governing posture to fight back against the Trump administration and regain popularity. “There’s something that we have to make sure that we do better and that’s actually meet people where they are and move with a...

Moore declines to directly answer whether he thinks Trump is racist: ‘I think his actions probably give the answer’

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) declined to say whether President Trump is racist in an interview released Sunday, just over a week after a video depicting the Obamas as apes posted to the president’s Truth Social account sparked bipartisan backlash.  “I think that’s a question for President Trump,” Moore, shaking his head, told CBS News’s...

DOJ sues Virginia for not providing voter data

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday sued Virginia for not handing over state voter data, the latest among several states the department has targeted in an effort to retrieve registration information from individuals across the country since last year. Harmeet Dhillon, assistant attorney general to the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division, shared screenshots of the...

Judge limits ICE tactics at Minnesota protests

A federal judge on Friday ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to limit their tactics against protesters in Minnesota, as federal immigration enforcement officers confront demonstrators rallying after a woman was killed by an ICE officer last week. U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez wrote in her order that ICE cannot retaliate against, arrest or...

Threat level for Al Udeid US Air Force Base lowered

This comes as officials indicated there were no imminent plans for the U.S. to attack Iran.

Trump’s unenforceable red line with Iran

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Trump's unenforceable red line with Iran President Trump is appearing to back off immediate action against Iran after promising anti-government forces that “help is coming” earlier this week. © AP Photo/Evan Vucci While Iran remains under...

DOJ issues subpoenas for Walz, Minneapolis mayor in criminal investigation

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday issued subpoenas for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D), accusing them of standing in the way of federal law enforcement officer's abilities to carry out their jobs, The Washington Post reported. Both were given subpoenas as part of an investigation at the DOJ,...

Trump zooms in on health care affordability as ACA fight goes nowhere

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Trump zooms in on health care affordability as ACA fight goes nowhere President Trump is looking to harness the affordability argument and make health care a winning Republican issue for the midterm elections in November. © AP Photo/Alex Brandon...

Trump grapples with red lines in Iran as protests crushed — for now

President Trump is appearing to back off immediate action against Iran after promising anti-government forces that “help is coming” earlier this week and cautioning the regime against killing protesters — warnings Iran’s leaders ignored.  While Iran remains under a nationwide internet blackout, reports from the country indicate that street protests, which rocked the country a...

Admin and bipartisan governors push PJM on price

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Admin and bipartisan governors push PJM on price The Trump administration and a group of bipartisan governors are trying to pressure the nation’s largest regional electric grid operator to bring down electric prices. © Getty Images The Trump administration and a group of bipartisan...

California sends xAI cease and desist letter over sexualized deepfakes

California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) sent a cease and desist letter Friday to xAI demanding that it stop producing AI-generated sexualized deepfakes of girls and women online, including on the social platform X. Bonta said in a statement that the "creation, distribution, publication and exhibition" of deepfakes of girls is child sexual abuse material...

House Ethics Committee investigating allegations against Nancy Mace

The House Ethics Committee announced Friday that it is investigating allegations against conservative firebrand Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.). The Ethics Committee did not go into detail about the probe. However, it noted that the matter regarding Mace was transmitted by the Office of Congressional Conduct (OCC) on Dec. 2, 2025.  “The Committee notes that the...

Gaza ‘Board of Peace’ announced: Witkoff, Kushner among members

The White House announced Friday the composition of the “Board of Peace” tasked with implementing President Trump’s 20-point peace plan and steering Gaza’s postwar reconstruction.  The body, headed by Trump, will also include three of his closest diplomatic advisers — Secretary of State Marco Rubio, special envoy Steve Witkoff and the president's son-in-law, Jared Kushner...

Biggest US grid operator appears to stop short of reforms pushed by Trump and bipartisan governors

After the Trump administration and a coalition of bipartisan governors called on the biggest U.S. electric grid operator to enact reforms to cut electricity prices, the operator announced its own plan that does not include key details of the bipartisan proposal. The grid operator, PJM, which serves states on the East Coast and in the Midwest, said Friday...

Nobel Prize committee says Machado decision to give Trump award doesn’t change who won

The committee that awards the Nobel Prize said Friday that the physical symbols of the prize — a medal and diploma — can be given away, but the honor itself is “inseparably linked” to the winner. “The medal and the diploma are the physical symbols confirming that an individual or organisation has been awarded...

DOJ seeks life sentence for convicted would-be Trump assassin

The Justice Department is seeking a life sentence for the man convicted of attempting to assassinate President Trump while he golfed in South Florida in 2024. Ryan Routh, 59, was found guilty last year on all five counts he faced following a trial where he mounted his own defense. Federal prosecutors wrote in court filings...

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