The first trial in nearly 40 years of someone accused of nearly assassinating a president is turning into a circus.

House Democrats on Monday released a screenshot of a note that President Trump allegedly wrote to Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday in 2003.

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Pentagon sets its sights on Puerto Rico in combatting cartels Top Pentagon officials made a surprise trip to Puerto Rico on Monday amid the Trump administration’s push to counter drug cartels in Latin America and the...

Senate Republicans on Monday formally got the ball rolling on their bid to invoke the so-called nuclear option and change the chamber’s rules in order to expeditiously confirm dozens of President Trump's stalled nominees in the coming weeks. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on Monday started the process of making the rules change on...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) warned Republicans on Monday that they’ll regret their decision to reexamine the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Jeffries said Democrats will use their participation in a newly launched GOP investigation of the rampage to highlight President Trump’s role in fomenting the violence that day. “Republicans will...

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Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) on Sunday called Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. a “joke” amid turmoil in Kennedy’s own department. “You looked at that appearance before Congress, and it just confirms what all of us around this table have known for decades: Robert F Kennedy Jr. is...

Count billionaire Ken Griffin as one of those in the business community questioning President Trump's hostility toward the Federal Reserve. Griffin, the founder and CEO of Citadel and a supporter of the president, criticized Trump's "interventions" in central bank policy in a Wall Street Journal op-ed published Sunday. "While the U.S. benefits from a large stock of credibility accumulated...

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Rising power prices become political problem for Trump Rising power prices are becoming a political liability for Republicans as electricity costs outpace inflation. © AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast A recent Consumer Price Index report found electricity prices were rising at double the rate of inflation, having...