The U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., has ordered a dozen cadet extracurricular and social clubs to immediately and permanently "cease all activities," with all affected groups centered on gender, race and ethnicity, the school acknowledged Wednesday. A memo dated Feb. 4 and signed by Chad Foster, deputy commandant at West Point, directed the...

The share of Republicans who say they want tech billionaire Elon Musk to have significant influence in the Trump administration has fallen substantially in the months since President Trump was elected. In The Economist/YouGov poll taken in the days after the November 2024 election, 47 percent of surveyed Republicans said they wanted Musk to have...

Aftershocks reverberated Wednesday from President Trump’s declaration the previous day that the United States should take “long-term ownership” of Gaza and that the Palestinians who live there should be moved. The position, outlined during the visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, threatened to upend the framework of U.S. policy in the region, which has been...

Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said Democrats have appeared “surprised and flat footed” after actions taken by tech billionaire Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) on the federal government.  Earlier this week, Kinzinger said in a post on social platform X that he was “old enough to remember when we had 3...

Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Musk's expansive portfolio divides Trump World The tech industrialist may be the most divisive man in Washington and in President Trump’s White House. © Kevin Lamarque and Mark Schiefelbein, Associated Press In one camp stand Trump allies who see it as a...

Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Wednesday said the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) will make "rapid safety upgrades" to the air traffic control systems with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). "With the support of President @realDonaldTrump, the @DOGE team will aim to make rapid safety upgrades to the air traffic control system," Musk wrote Wednesday...

Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine) says that President Trump has empowered billionaire businessman Elon Musk “far beyond what I think is appropriate,” reflecting growing angst on Capitol Hill over Musk’s aggressive approach to slashing government funding. Collins bluntly questioned the wisdom of empowering Musk to slash programs authorized and funded by Congress. “There’s...

A flurry of legal challenges to their detention by the U.S. could come as more illegal immigrants are detained at Guantanamo, Cuba, experts warn.

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced she will direct the DOJ to pursue the death penalty at the state level against the death row inmates whose sentences Biden commuted.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., has come out in support of a Senate GOP effort to move out in front of their House colleagues on the crucial budget reconciliation process.