Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said messages sent inadvertently to a reporter in a group chat were not "war" plans, they were "attack" plans used to update key U.S. officials on action taken against Houthi rebels in Yemen.
Sen. Rand Paul, following in the footsteps of his father, is reintroducing a one-sentence bill to eliminate the federal Department of Education, but the legislation may have more traction now as President Trump has already taken steps to dismantle the agency.
The Rand Corporation is warning lawmakers they need to prepare for the sudden emergence of advanced artificial intelligence "wonder weapons" in cyberspace.
Former Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is concerned about the Trump administration’s recent cuts to research grants through the National Institutes of Health (NIH). “I’m worried on a lot of fronts,” Sebelius said during The Hill’s "Health Next Summit." “The kinds of cuts that were just announced are devastating and will set...
The United States Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit upheld U.S. District Judge John McConnell’s ruling Wednesday, keeping a block on the Trump administration’s plans to freeze federal loans and grants through an Office of Management and Budget (OMB) memo. Chief Judge David Barron, an appointee of former President Obama, and Circuit Judges Lara...
GOP fundraiser Eric Levine called for President Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff to be fired over the diplomat’s recent comments about Russian President Vladimir Putin, arguing the president’s close friend was “duped” by the Palestinian militant group Hamas during hostage negotiations. Levine, who previously raised money for Sen. Tim Scott’s (R-S.C.) short-lived 2024 presidential campaign,...
President Trump on Wednesday said he would ask Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to review what kinds of information should be classified, especially flight times, after they were included in the Signal group chat. The White House has insisted that no classified information was shared in the chat after The Atlantic released screenshots on Wednesday showing...
What looked like a Trump administration charm offensive in its gambit to take over Greenland, billed as a cultural heritage tour led by second lady Usha Vance, has turned into something different with the inclusion of her husband and the explosion of a national security scandal at home. Planned trips this week to Greenland’s capital,...