CNN anchor Chris Wallace harshly questioned GOP chairwoman Ronna McDaniel over her participation in the scheme to use fake electors in the 2020 election Electoral College on his show Friday. In her deposition for the House investigation into the Jan. 6 insurrection, McDaniel admitted that the Republican Party helped put together a list of substitute...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story House narrowly passes defense bill The House on Friday approved the annual defense policy bill in an unusually partisan vote after it was loaded with conservative amendments, raising new questions about how the package — which...
House Democrats on Friday released a report that includes segments of interviews over the last three months with border patrol sector chiefs they say undermine Republican arguments there is a crisis at the border. The report is an effort to undercut a potential GOP impeachment inquiry against Homeland Security Secretary Alejando Mayorkas, and to counter...
A man arrested with guns and ammunition outside of former President Obama’s Washington, D.C. home last month has been charged with illegal possession of a firearm. Taylor Taranto was arrested on June 29, hours after he republished a Truth Social post from former President Trump which broadcasted Obama’s address. Taranto drove a van filled with...
A Chicago man who went inside former Speaker Pelosi’s office and stole a prized photograph and the wallet of one her staffers during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot on the Capitol, was sentenced Friday to over four years in prison. U.S. District Court Judge Beryl Howell sentenced Kevin Lyons, 40, to four years and three...
Former Vice President Mike Pence's campaign raised roughly $1.2 million in the three weeks since he launched his 2024 bid for the Republican presidential nomination. An adviser said between his campaign's fundraising and the roughly $2.6 million raised by Committed to America, a super PAC backing the former vice president’s bid, Pence raised $3.8 million...
A retired four-star Army general had high praise for President Biden’s decision to send cluster munitions to Ukraine last week. “I think President Biden, Lloyd Austin, and Blinken were entirely correct to send them these munitions — not just as a stopgap for unitary warheads, but because they are a very effective tool, and Ukraine...
Last week, when Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), a candidate for Senate, announced the birth of his daughter and the start of his paternity leave, he took the opportunity to advocate for paid leave for all new parents. A member of the Congressional Dads Caucus, Gallego’s statement reflected the dual premise of the caucus as defined by caucus founder Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.): “dads need...
Prominent civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson is stepping down from the organization he created decades ago as he approaches his 82nd birthday in October.