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Tom Emmer calls Donald Trump Jr. wedding ‘a new Russia hoax’

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer is accusing senators of cooking up "a new Russia hoax" in the waning weeks before the midterm elections.

Judge considering an emergency order to end Trump’s ban on CNN, MS Now and Politico

A judge on Wednesday began weighing an emergency reinstatement of three media outlets ejected from the White House by President Trump.

‘Third time is the charm’: Chris Christie eyes a 2028 presidential run

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is mulling a third bid for the White House.

Woman spent 86 hours in solitary confinement over misused Flock camera report

Flock's CEO was a no-show at a Senate hearing Wednesday, where a Florida woman described being sent to jail after police, using a Flock license plate reader camera, erroneously accused her of being the driver in a fatal car crash.

Families and advocates use Xi’s visit to highlight detained Americans, human rights abuses in China

Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to Washington is shining a light on the harsh realities of life under communist rule.

There is no lynching epidemic in the US

This week, police arrested a second man in connection to the death of 29-year-old Tasia Fortune, whose body was found hanging behind an abandoned house in Jackson, Mississippi, last month. An arrest warrant for a third suspect has also been issued. Like Fortune, the two men who’ve been apprehended in her death are black. We […]

Disarm first, rebuild second: Trump’s Board of Peace forces Hamas to choose on $2.45 billion Gaza plan

President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace unveiled a recovery plan for Gaza in New York on Sept. 23, outlining an estimated $2.45 billion effort for the first six months following entry into Gaza, subject to funding and access. I attended the briefing, held on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly. Its framework addressed the […]

Five crucial issues lawmakers want Trump to address with China

President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold a series of high-stakes meetings in Washington, marking the first official state visit by China’s leader in over a decade.  The meetings come at a fragile moment in relations between the U.S. and Beijing, which have spent the better part of the last two years embroiled...

Fed’s Barr says future interest rate hikes ‘likely’ needed to tame inflation

Federal Reserve Governor Michael Barr said Wednesday the central bank will “likely” raise interest rates again to counter persistent inflation, after it did so last week for the first time in three-plus years. Barr, a member of the rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), said the unanimous decision to raise the benchmark interest rate by...

House has lame-duck impeachment dilemma with Hegseth

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story House has lame-duck impeachment dilemma with Hegseth The impeachment effort against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posed a dilemma for Republican leaders ahead of the midterms, but it could be Democrats in the bind afterward. © Mark...

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