Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story US intelligence chiefs: China ranks atop worldwide threats China’s power and ambitions for influence are bleeding into nearly every threat that U.S. intelligence agencies are tracking, the five directors of the most senior intelligence agencies told...

A woman who ran in North Carolina’s Republican primary for the U.S. House in 2020 pleaded guilty on Wednesday to accepting a conduit campaign contribution in violation of campaign finance law, the Department of Justice announced. The DOJ, citing court documents, said in a release that 65-year-old Lynda Bennett borrowed from a family member $25,000...

Senators on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted to block the District of Columbia's updated criminal code from becoming law, marking the first time in more than three decades that a D.C.-passed bill has been nixed by Congress and the White House. The Senate advanced the resolution, 81-14, with 33 Democrats voting alongside every Republican and Independent Sen....

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Powell urges lawmakers to raise the debt limit The Federal Reserve chairman told a House panel on Wednesday that the central bank wouldn’t be able to stop the economic disaster caused by lawmakers' failure to raise...

Welcome to The Hill's Health Care newsletter {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Federal budget drama heats up with Biden’s proposal to save Medicare The administration kicked the fight over the federal budget up another notch this week with a suggested tax hike on wealthier Americans to keep Medicare solvent. © Annabelle...

China took down its own balloon after transiting Latin America around the same time an alleged spy balloon from Beijing was crossing the United States earlier this year, the head of the U.S. Northern Command revealed Wednesday. “What I understand is the [People's Republic of China] actually terminated that balloon in the Atlantic Ocean off...

The Arkansas House of Representatives has passed a bill making it easier for patients to sue doctors providing transgender procedures to minors.

A Chesapeake, Virginia city council member was indicted this week for allegedly financially exploiting her great aunt and uncle, the latter of whom had Alzheimer's.

The world bought 928 billion face masks at a cost of $389 billion during the COVID-19 pandemic from 2020 to 2022, according to data from Statista.

The Pennsylvania Senate confirmed Michelle Henry and Christopher Paris, nominated by Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro to become Attorney General and State Police chief, respectively.