President Trump berated a quartet of GOP senators Wednesday for undermining his leverage with Iran, while making an appeal to them and the broader Republican conference to do whatever it takes to pass the SAVE America Act.

The White House has formally requested $87.6 billion mostly to replenish the Pentagon after the U.S. war against Iran, submitting the request to Congress at a politically difficult time as a majority of lawmakers have objected to any further military action.

Israel critics sweep N.Y. House primaries, signaling shift among Dems.

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story The Iran supplemental has dropped The White House on Wednesday officially asked Congress for $87.6 billion in supplemental funding to pay for the Iran war, among other asks. It faces an uphill battle to its passage....

The race for mayor of Sioux Falls, S.D., is headed for a recount after two candidates were separated by a two-vote difference in Tuesday’s election. When ballots were tallied that evening, former state legislator Christine Erickson (R) pulled ahead of state Sen. Jamie Smith (D) by just two votes, in a city of more than...

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story US settles with PFAS-maker Chemours The federal government has settled a water pollution case against Chemours, which makes and uses toxic forever chemicals. © Carolyn Kaster/AP The Justice Department, Environmental Protection Agency and West Virginia announced Wednesday that Chemours would pay an estimated $450...

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Michigan is not obligated to hand over sensitive voter data to the Trump administration, a federal appeals court decided on Wednesday. A divided three-judge panel for the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Title III of the 1960 Civil Rights Act does not authorize the Justice Department to compel the state to provide its unredacted voter...

President Trump on Wednesday went into greater detail about how he believes vandals were the cause of the damage to the newly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and nearby grass. The president has repeatedly claimed that vandalism resulted in the bottom layer of the pool peeling, algae growth and destruction of grass on the National...

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the Trump administration to explain the tarp covering the Kennedy Center by next month as lawmakers question the plans for the world renowned performing arts venue amid a pending lawsuit. District Judge Christopher Cooper ordered the Trump administration to file a joint status report within 7 days of a...