The Hawaii Board on Geographic Names voted to change the official name of the "Island of Hawaii" to simply "Hawaii," bringing it in line with every other island in the state.
President Trump on Saturday attended the annual Army-Navy college football game at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, where he handled the coin toss and met with players before the game. Before he arrived, Trump said he was asked which side he supported, he wrote in a Truth Social post. "My answer is: 'You must be...
At least two people were killed on Saturday in a shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island and a suspect is still at large, according to authorities. The university initially said that multiple people were shot and transported to local hospitals, and later confirmed at least two deaths. Providence Mayor Brett Smiley told reporters that...
Tensions between the United States and Venezuela escalated further this week after President Trump announced that the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) seized a Venezuelan oil tanker. Trump told reporters on Wednesday that the U.S. "just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela. A large tanker, very large." More details followed after Attorney General Pam...
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Thursday he will sue the Department of Justice (DOJ) for $500,000 over investigators obtaining his phone records during special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into President Trump’s alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The Senate, in its proposal to reopen the government, included a provision allowing senators...
Defense attorneys representing Luigi Mangione on Thursday accused prosecutors and the New York Police Department's (NYPD) chief of detectives of not providing evidence of a purported statement made by Mangione's mother. In December 2024, Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said at a press conference that Mangione's mother allegedly told San Francisco police that the shooting...
The Jeffrey Epstein saga is bad and getting worse for President Trump. A House vote looms, likely next week, on whether the Department of Justice should release all the Epstein files in its possession. The measure might well pass. Passage in the House would not come close to guaranteeing the files would actually be released....
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Thursday evening a new operation dubbed “Southern Spear” to quash “narco-terrorists” in the Western Hemisphere. Hegseth said the mission is being led by Joint Task Force Southern Spear and U.S. Southern Command (Southcom) to defend the “Homeland, removes narco-terrorists from our Hemisphere, and secures our Homeland from the drugs...
Pennsylvania will no longer seek to be part of a regional climate agreement among states in the Northeast U.S. A recent budget deal ends the commonwealth's effort to participate in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), according to a statement from state Senate Republicans. The initiative sets a cap on planet-warming emissions and requires power plants in the...
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released 20,000 pages of documents from the estate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Wednesday, hours after Democrats on the committee released emails in which the disgraced financier alleged that President Trump “knew about the girls.” The newly released files include spreadsheets, images of books relevant to...
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche on Thursday blasted conservative attorney George Conway online for calling into question Blanche's interview with Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted associate of the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Conway wrote that Blanche's July questioning of Maxwell "was either (a) completely incompetent; or (b) intentionally crafted not to elicit facts incriminating Trump," Conway...
The Trump administration is restoring oil and gas drilling on millions of acres in the Arctic that had been blocked off by former President Biden, it announced Thursday. The administration issued a press release saying it was issuing a final rule to rescind the Biden-era decision to restrict development on 13 million acres that are part of...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense & National Security Defense & National Security The Big Story US military kills 4 in 20th strike on alleged drug boats The Pentagon earlier this week carried out its 20th strike on a boat it claimed was trafficking drugs, killing all four on board, officials...
The White House said Thursday it had reached framework agreements on trade deals with four Latin American countries to lower tariffs on some goods, such as coffee and bananas. The administration outlined deals with Argentina, El Salvador, Ecuador and Guatemala. Administration officials said the agreements would provide tariff relief for those countries on goods that cannot be...
Lawmakers in the House have secured enough signatures on a discharge petition to force a vote on the floor regarding the release of files tied to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) have led the measure seeking transparency about the deceased financier's relationships — including with President Trump,...
