Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Trump administration surges military forces to Los Angeles The U.S. military is set to deploy about 700 Marines to Los Angeles, further increasing military presence in and around the city after the Trump administration ordered 2,000...

The Trump administration is deploying another 2,000 California National Guard troops to Los Angeles, adding to the initial 2,000 already ordered to the city over the weekend, California Gov. Gavin Newson announced Monday. "I was just informed Trump is deploying another 2,000 Guard troops to L.A.," he posted to X. Gavin contends that the first 2,000...

Democrats are accusing President Trump of an abuse of power with his decision to send the National Guard into Los Angeles, but they face a political tightrope in responding to the immigration protests that prompted the move. Party leaders in and out of California have blasted the administration for going around Gov. Gavin Newsom (D)...

On Monday, President Trump promoted the so-called "Trump Accounts" during a roundtable meeting with lawmakers and business leaders, including the CEOs of Dell, Uber and Goldman Sachs.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and the state’s attorney general filed their much-anticipated lawsuit over President Trump’s decision to send in California National Guard troops to Los Angeles to quell immigration protests, calling it an “unprecedented power grab.” Filed in federal court in San Francisco on Monday afternoon, the suit asks a federal judge to block Trump’s authorization...

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story  Thune looks to kickstart Trump bill in Senate President Trump's July 4 deadline for signing the bill is slipping away as GOP senators battle one another over spending cuts and other issues in the House-passed bill. ©...

{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story  Some Republicans hope for Trump-Musk will reconcile  Some Republicans are holding out hope that President Trump and Elon Musk will mend fences after last week's blistering bromance breakup. © AP Photo/Evan Vucci The longing for harmony comes amid a Republican sprint on Capitol Hill to finalize the Trump megabill — which Musk trashed...

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) on Monday called Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s firing of all 17 experts on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) vaccine panel “excessive,” but she cautioned she needs to learn more about the decision. Kennedy announced the decision in an op-ed for The Wall...

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and Vice President Vance on Monday sparred on social media over the situation in the Los Angeles area. The back-and-forth between the governor and the vice president started with Newsom responding to comments from President Trump, who said he would support arresting the Golden State governor. “The President of the...