Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Senate wins symbolic victory to block Trump from using military in Venezuela Five Senate Republicans voted Thursday to advance a bipartisan resolution on the War Powers Act to block President Trump from using military force against...

Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) on Thursday slammed Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) for not casting a vote to check President Trump’s war powers two months ago after she helped advance a bipartisan resolution Thursday to block Trump from using military force against Venezuela. “Susan Collins had the chance to stand up to Donald Trump and...

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Trump orders $200 billion mortgage bond purchase President Trump said Thursday he ordered the purchase of $200 billion in mortgage bonds with the goal of easing housing costs through lower interest rates. © AP In a...

Economist Paul Krugman on Wednesday said there's no wealth to be gained after President Trump said that U.S. oil companies would take control of Venezuela's oil production following the ousting of the country's president, Nicolás Maduro. "Donald Trump’s Venezuela venture is a very different story," Krugman wrote on his Substack. "During his triumphalist press conference after the...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) authorized his state’s National Guard to be “staged and ready” Thursday, amid protests after a federal immigration officer fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis. Citing “potential capacity concerns from local leaders” in response to demonstrations against the shooting and the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the city,...

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Trump orders withdrawal from 1992 climate treaty The U.S. is exiting a landmark 1992 climate treaty, President Trump announced this week. © AP Photo/Alex Brandon Trump said in a presidential memorandum that the U.S. would pull out of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change...

More than a dozen House Republicans joined Democrats in voting for a three-year extension of just-lapsed ObamaCare tax subsidies Thursday. The 17 GOP members voting in favor marked an uptick in support for the extension compared with the previous day, when nine Republicans supported a procedural vote to advance the bill — a vote seen...

Former first lady Jill Biden praised billions in federal childcare aid passed by Dems during a 2022 stop in Minnesota, alongside Gov. Tim Walz, whose state is under fire for potentially rampant childcare fraud.

Tech insider Allison Huynh warns the “mass migration" of billionaire business leaders from the state is going to speed up in 2026 with two "dangerous" tax proposals under consideration.

Rep. Doug LaMalfa died at age 65 during emergency surgery, further threatening the GOP's razor-thin House majority as Republicans face mounting challenges to maintain control.