Democrats have long derided Donald Trump as a vulgar fool. But former Obama adviser Van Jones thinks otherwise.

Carlos Watson, founder of the defunct digital media company Ozy Media, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for lying to investors about the startup's finances. Watson's 116-month-long sentence for conspiracy to commit securities fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft came Monday in Brooklyn federal court, according to a press release...

President-elect Trump tried to downplay concerns about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday, telling reporters that his nominee for Health and Human Services secretary won’t be “radical.”   “I think he’s going to be much less radical than you would think,” Trump said during a wide-ranging news conference at Mar-a-Lago. “He’s going to have an...

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Bipartisan energy deal push flops A bipartisan legislative effort to speed up the buildout of the nation's infrastructure projects has failed, key lawmakers indicated Monday. © Greg Nash, The Hill Sens. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) and Tom Carper (D-Del.) indicated that an effort to attach...

A New York judge upheld a jury’s verdict that made President-elect Trump a felon, ruling the conviction in the hush money case can withstand the Supreme Court’s new test for presidential immunity. Judge Juan Merchan’s decision comes on the heels of Trump’s presidential election victory against Vice President Harris, when voters chose to catapult him...

Three Democratic senators unveiled a constitutional amendment to abolish the Electoral College system Monday, just more than a month after President-elect Trump stunned the Democrats by sweeping all seven battleground states, knocking off three Senate Democratic incumbents in the process. Sens. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii,) Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.), three leading progressive Senate...

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew met with President-elect Trump in Florida on Monday, becoming the latest tech leader to hold talks with the incoming president ahead of Inauguration Day. Trump and Chew met on Monday at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., a source familiar with the matter confirmed to The Hill. The meeting...

The Senate on Monday cleared a key procedural hurdle toward passing the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), teeing up a final vote in the coming days before Congress wraps up its work for the year. Senators voted 83-12 to advance the $895 billion annual defense policy package, setting up a vote on final passage by...

A large group of Democratic senators introduced an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on Monday that would ensure the right for the children of service members to access gender-affirming care. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) led 20 other Democratic senators in introducing the amendment that would strike the language included in the House-passed...

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} View Online Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story US victims of terrorism want Congress to boost relief fund Advocates are pushing for the U.S. Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund to be included in the stopgap government funding bill. © Getty Clayton...