As a lifelong athlete, resident of Virginia, and advocate for protecting women’s spaces, I know what’s at stake this election season. Stories like mine are becoming more common. As an NCAA Division 1 athlete at Southern Utah University, I structured my life around my sport. Up before sunrise, running by 5:45 am, and juggling classes, […]
In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to give readers the full picture. You can find our full list of In Focus pieces here. Five years after the pandemic-era census miscounted hundreds of thousands of […]
ALVIN BRAGG AND THE TRUMP TRIAL THAT NEVER HAPPENED. There was a curious moment in New York City politics a few nights ago, but you might have missed it because of all the attention being paid to the mayor’s race. It happened during a debate in the contest for district attorney of Manhattan. The only reason most […]
Kathryn Bigelow, the filmmaker who recently debuted “A House of Dynamite,” responded to criticism from the Pentagon after portions of the movie alleged that the country’s nuclear weapon detection systems can only stop a threat 50 percent of the time. In response to the film, the Pentagon distributed an internal memo slamming its veracity. Defense...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Congress divided on Trump's tit-for-tat nuclear tests with Russia, China President Trump’s decision to restart nuclear weapons testing as a warning to Moscow has divided Congress - Republicans cheering while Democrats see it as a dangerous...
A third suspect accused of killing Eric Tarpinian-Jachym was arrested on Wednesday in Washington, D.C. Naqwan Antonio Lucas was apprehended by Metropolitan Police, who believe he was involved in Tarpinian-Jachym’s death and the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Zoey Kelley. Tarpinian-Jachym was 21 years old when he died in July. He was a student at the...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care THE HILL INTERVIEW Former CDC official on new mpox cases and current federal resources Demetre Daskalakis, former executive and principal at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Human Rights Campaign’s Senior Public Policy Advocate Matthew Rose spoke...
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on Thursday warned that the now-former Prince Andrew, whom King Charles III stripped of his remaining royal titles, would face justice. Andrew, the king's younger brother who will be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, lost his titles over his ties to convicted sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein. "Thanks to the...
More than 100 Illinois officials on Thursday condemned the federal indictment of a progressive congressional candidate in the state and five others tied to protests outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in a suburb near Chicago. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D), Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) and six U.S. representatives for the state...
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump hosted trick-or-treaters on Thursday in a Halloween celebration that has become a fun White House tradition. Guests, including press secretary Karoline Leavitt and deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, along with their children, collected White House-branded candy in front of the lavishly decorated South Portico. The president was...