"The Young Turks" founder Cenk Uygur announced on his show Wednesday that he will run for president as a Democrat, directly challenging President Biden. “[Biden] is not going to win,” Uygur said during the announcement. “It should not have been me, it should have been somebody else, but unfortunately it was not anyone else. There’s...
National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said Wednesday that the United States is exploring its options for evacuating Americans from the Israel war zone. When asked what the U.S. is doing to evacuate Americans from Israel, Kirby said on NewsNation’s “The Hill” that the U.S. is evaluating alternatives for getting them out of the country....
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Zelensky asks NATO leaders for aid amid Hamas attacks Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday directly lobbied dozens of Western defense officials for more military aid, assistance that is sure to stretch thin with the conflict between...
CNN’s Jake Tapper pushed back on claims from Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) that there are some Democrats who trust Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) as a possible new Speaker of the House this week. Tapper asked Mace on Wednesday about possible alternative Speaker candidates after the GOP named Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) its pick for...
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) urged his Republican colleagues to go through with voting for a new House Speaker quickly, so the body can focus on important legislation like support for Israel amid its escalating war against Hamas in Gaza. “We don't want to go through the 15 rounds of ballots like we did last time....
The European Union urged Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, to be “very vigilant” about removing “illegal content” and disinformation from its platforms, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Thierry Breton, the EU’s commissioner for Internal Market, sent a letter Wednesday to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg about...
A number of Democrats facing battleground Senate races are calling on President Biden to again freeze $6 billion in Iranian funds following Hamas’s attack on Israel. Since Hamas launched fatal attacks on Israel Saturday, many lawmakers have questioned the Biden administration for its decision to unfreeze $6 billion in frozen Iranian funds as part of a...