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...
She's used to belting out her hits, but now Gloria Estefan is using her voice in a different way on Capitol Hill, urging lawmakers to support legislation focused on homelessness and funding for women's and family shelters. "I would say to the lawmakers, please, this is a no-brainer," Estefan said at a news conference Thursday...
The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) on Thursday sharply criticized President Trump for casting blame for the fatal plane crash at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies. The CBC offered it sympathies for the families impacted by the crash and thanked the first responders who arrived on the scene just...
The Pentagon’s intelligence agency has put on hold observances of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Juneteenth, Holocaust Days of Remembrance and other annual historical or cultural events due to President Trump’s ban on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs across the federal government, according to a new internal memo. The instructions, sent in a Defense...
President Trump on Thursday signed a memorandum to end diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices in the aviation sector and to assess aviation safety, as well as an executive order to appoint a new head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Trump’s new executive actions come in the wake of a deadly midair collision near...
Leaders of major U.S. tech companies at the forefront of artificial intelligence (AI) are brushing off a popular new intelligence model from Chinese startup DeepSeek, despite fears it could upend the industry. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella have all appeared largely unconcerned about the new AI model...
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) urged the public not to “speculate” about the cause of the deadly midair collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in a Thursday press briefing. The agency said it is still reviewing information on factors that might have caused the crash. “Our investigators are continuing to pull all that...