Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the FBI, insisted to deeply skeptical Democrats on Thursday that he did not have an "enemies list" and that the bureau under his leadership would not seek retribution against the president's adversaries or launch investigations for political purposes.
The Justice Department unloaded Thursday on a New York county after authorities say it released a "violent illegal alien" back into the community, defying a federal criminal arrest warrant signed by a magistrate judge.
FBI director nominee Kash Patel clashed with Sen. Cory Booker when the New Jersey Democrat demanded to know if he knew anything about President Trump's recent firings of Justice Department attorneys.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and tech entrepreneur Marc Andreessen dropped bombshells on the popular Joe Rogan Experience about political persecution from financial regulators during the Biden years, spotlighting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as a locus of weaponized financial regulation. Zuckerberg said the CFPB was “looking into us” even though “we’re not a bank.” He speculated that the […]
A recent Gallup poll found that nurses are the most trusted professionals in America. Three in four people consider nurses “highly honest and ethical,” whereas only 53% would say the same for doctors. Despite that, nearly half of our states do not trust our most advanced nurses to practice to the full extent of their training. Advanced […]
Multiple groups called on the Senate to reject President Trump’s pick for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) director, Russell Vought. In three separate letters, the Coalition for Sensible Safeguards, the Project On Government Oversight and EDF Action, which describes itself as an “Advocacy partner of Environmental Defense Fund,” push senators oppose Vought's nomination. One letter says he “has taken actions that highlight his disregard...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Investigations underway into military helicopter, plane crash A UH-60 Black Hawk with three soldiers collided with American Eagle Flight 5342, a jet from Wichita, Kansas, carrying 60 passengers and four crew. Authorities believe there are no...
Kash Patel, President Trump’s nominee to lead the FBI, was at the center of a contentious confirmation hearing Thursday, facing intense grilling from Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee about his past comments and allegiance to Trump. To Republicans, Patel is a chance to reform an agency whose public image has taken a hit and...
Japanese automaker Nissan is slimming down its production in the U.S. and offering buyouts to workers in a push to cut jobs after reporting losses during the last quarter. Nissan is offering voluntary separation packages to employees at assembly plants in Smyrna, Tenn., Canton, Miss. and Decherd, Tenn. to boost its profitability, according to the...