An internal watchdog in the U.S. Department of Energy will investigate the Trump administration's termination of $7.6 billion in grants for hundreds of clean energy projects across 16 states that voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election.
A federal judge ruled Wednesday against ICE's new policy attempting to limit the ability of members of Congress to carry out oversight on places where migrants are being detained, saying the law gives lawmakers the right of access.
Minneapolis' police chief is criticizing federal immigration agents after a confrontation with protesters and an attempted arrest of a woman in which an officer kneeled on her back as she lay atop a snow bank and then tried to drag her to a car.
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman to be NASA administrator on Wednesday, placing him atop the agency after a monthslong saga where President Donald Trump revoked his nomination as part of a feud with tech billionaire Elon Musk.
It’s been a cold winter so far in the Midwest and much of the Northeast, early-in-the-season snow even in Washington, D.C., and temperatures falling to freezing and below in much of the South. Come to think of it, North America’s 2024-25 winter was pretty cold, too. It’s gotten to the point that “polar vortex” is […]
Canada’s assisted suicide regime has devolved into doctors and the government encouraging people with non-terminal diseases or injuries to kill themselves. Despite the bleak example from its neighbor to the north, New York has decided it wants to follow Canada down the assisted suicide path. Gov. Kathy Hochul is expected to sign New York’s “Medical Aid in […]
Guilty. The verdict is not a surprise. No one actually expected the Chinese Communist Party to acquit Jimmy Lai. That would be to admit that it was wrong in imprisoning him in the first place. And admitting wrongdoing is nowhere in the totalitarian playbook. But the verdict still hurts. It hurts because it’s personal. And […]
President Trump on Wednesday evening is expected to give an address to the nation from the White House. “I look forward to ‘seeing’ you then. It has been a great year for our Country, and THE BEST IS YET TO COME!” the president wrote Tuesday on Truth Social, giving few details. The address comes as...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story As Pentagon escalates Kelly investigation, Senate GOP grows uneasy Senate Republicans are growing increasingly uneasy with the Pentagon’s investigation into Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced his office is escalating its probe...