The White House is vocally defending its diplomatic effort with Egypt and Qatar to restart talks on a hostage deal between Israel and Palestinian militants in Hamas, calling it the "right deal at the right time" while slamming skeptics in the region.
If bypassing Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro for the 2024 presidential ticket was supposed to lower the pro-Palestinian temperature at the Democratic National Convention, the strategy may have backfired.
Lawmakers in both parties are pushing for approval of a new treatment for veterans suffering from PTSD that pairs therapy with a psychedelic drug, but opponents warn that the treatment could do more harm than good and hinder future approvals.
The League of United Latin American Citizens, the oldest and largest such group in America, strayed from its 95-year-old practice of not backing presidential candidates to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris.
Popular Black social media influencer Kai Cenat claims he snubbed the Harris campaign after they reached out to him to set up an interview with Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee.
JOY! IRRATIONAL EXUBERANCE SOARS TO NEW LEVEL. The polls suggest that many Democratic voters feel better about the new and untested candidacy of Kamala Harris than they did about the old and enfeebled candidacy of Joe Biden. But the polls cannot measure the off-the-scale enthusiasm for Harris and new running mate Tim Walz that is appearing […]
The Biden administration is likely to offer cautious but unmistakable criticism of Ukraine’s offensive into Russia. Now on its third day, Ukraine’s offensive into areas of Russia’s Kursk oblast across from Ukraine’s northeastern border has caused havoc. Russia has so far failed to expel Ukrainian forces. But the administration’s criticism will likely come via comments […]
The antisemitic rot runs deep at supposedly “elite” universities, and it cannot be rooted out without widespread changes in both admissions and hiring. Three deans have resigned from Columbia University after being placed on leave over text messages mocking Jewish students and their concerns about the antisemitic protests that took place on campus. Vice Dean […]
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Lawmakers clash in Vance-Walz military record fight Veterans in Congress are taking sides in the battle over the military record of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), who was recently accused of “stolen valor” by his rival vice presidential nominee, Sen. JD...
Former White House communications director Alyssa Farah Griffin on Friday disparaged President Trump’s lengthy press conference Thursday, arguing the GOP presidential nominee was hurting himself. “This was an absolute dumpster fire of a press conference, just to be clear,” Farah Griffin said on “CNN News Central” to the outlet’s Kate Bolduan, in a clip highlighted...