Members of the hard-line conservative House Freedom Caucus laid out their proposals on Tuesday to strip the incoming Democratic Congress of some of its power.

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story A missed opportunity: Dems stew over vote on Hegseth impeachment House Democrats are steaming after 11 colleagues missed a vote to impeach Pete Hegseth, allowing the Defense secretary’s Republican allies to defeat the measure this week. ...

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Interior eyes public land sales and workforce change The Trump administration is planning to sell some public lands in the years ahead, it announced this week. © AP Photo/Alex Brandon The Interior Department “will work to decrease the size of the federal estate by...

Democrat Scott Colom is set to become Mississippi's next senator after Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith conceded Wednesday, notching a major victory for his party in the ruby red state. "While this is not the outcome we worked for or hoped for, I respect the decision of Mississippi voters," she said in a video posted to...

Presented by CareQuest {beacon} Healthcare Healthcare The Big Story GOP presses ahead with Heidi Overton nomination When we last saw Heidi Overton in the Senate HELP Committee, she was dodging difficult questions from senators during her confirmation hearing in September. © AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib It’s not clear if she has the votes to advance to...

Winters across the Eastern Seaboard and Midwest aren't mild, but a change in ocean currents might dial up weather to new extremes.

Democrat Scott Colom has built on his lead in the closely watched Mississippi Senate race, now ahead of Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) by nearly 4,500 votes, or about half a percentage point. The latest batch of votes came as heavily Democratic Hinds County wraps up counting its absentee and affidavit ballots. The county, which includes...

House Democrats are steaming after 11 colleagues missed a vote to impeach Pete Hegseth, allowing the Defense secretary’s Republican allies to defeat the measure this week. The debacle is leading to new calls for Democrats to tighten the ship when it comes to demanding attendance for floor votes. And it’s providing new fuel to a...

Palantir CEO Alex Karp revealed he has been criticizing President Trump “in private” over his handling of immigration and the administration detaining a record number of people throughout the summer.  "Well, I'm really happy to hear the president, you know, in his words: ‘yeah, we kind of went too far," Karp told Politico’s Adam Wren....

Ohio Republicans passed legislation Tuesday easing restrictions on silencers and short-barreled firearms, moving to roll back certain state gun laws just days after Democrats swept last week’s midterm elections. The measure, which includes loosening rules on “sawed-off shotguns,” passed both chambers of the Republican-controlled legislature largely along party lines and is now awaiting the signature...