{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Trump backs data centers as Texas sets new standards President Trump is touting the benefits of AI data centers after Texas moved to more strictly regulate the industry, which has rapidly become a political lightning rod across the political spectrum. © AP Photo/Justin Rex Trump waded into the debate...

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Trump struggles to gain leverage with Iran America’s depleted arsenal of premier offensive and defensive weapons is undermining President Trump’s leverage with Iran. © Natasha Kaiser The military’s supply of its premium long-range missiles and interceptors...

Democrat Roy Cooper has a healthy lead over Republican Michael Whatley in the North Carolina Senate race, according to a new poll. Half of the 915 respondents to the Carolina Forward survey, conducted by left-leaning Change Research, backed Cooper with less than three months before the general election.  That gave the former two-term North Carolina...

The nonpartisan Cook Political Report shifted Rep. Max Miller’s (R-Ohio) seat from “Likely Republican” to “Toss Up” on Monday, underscoring the growing political fallout from allegations of domestic violence against the incumbent. Miller has faced mounting scrutiny in recent weeks over allegations from his ex-wife, Emily Moreno, that he hurled hot water at her, pointed...

The top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee proposed a gross receipts tax on data centers that critics call a national internet tax on all Americans.

Sen. Ron Johnson says Anthony Fauci's government phone texts reveal he privately feared mRNA vaccines could cause miscarriages in pregnant women.

Dr. Anthony Fauci’s private 2021 discussion of a theoretical miscarriage association drew fierce criticism from Republican lawmakers and officials.