Vote. Don’t vote. I don’t care. Just stop telling me that Vice President Kamala Harris is going to save democracy. Do I wish Republicans had nominated a more coherent, principled, competent candidate for the presidency? Of course. But if anyone is under the impression Democrats tapped such a person, I have news. Spend some time […]

When Vice President Kamala Harris repeated on Oct. 15 that she thinks the idea of racial “reparations” should be studied further, she evinced a radicalism she just can’t hide. Radical leftism is Harris’s milieu. It is what she came from. It is what she has practiced. It is her guiding light. Her parents were members […]

Vice President Harris and Fox News host Bret Baier battled Wednesday evening in a 30-minute encounter that looked more like a debate at times than an interview. Baier asked Harris some of the toughest questions she’s encountered since becoming the Democratic nominee for president, but often cut her off before she could give a full answer. At...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), Vice President Harris's running mate, is in North Carolina as the state kicks off early voting Thursday. Early voting began as the western part of the state is still working to recover from the impacts of Hurricane Helene, which hit late last month. The State Board of Elections in response...

{beacon} Evening Report   © AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast Voting ramps up in southeast battlegrounds Voting is underway in Georgia and North Carolina, two pivotal southeastern battlegrounds that will play an outsized role in determining who wins the White House. Georgia is seeing incredible early returns, with more than 600,000 people having already cast ballots....

Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story  Big Tech taps nuclear power as AI energy demand grows Major technology companies are increasingly turning to nuclear energy as they attempt to keep up with the vast energy demands of artificial intelligence (AI) without derailing their highly publicized environmental goals. ©...

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Israel confirms death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar Sinwar masterminded the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel that killed some 1,200 people and took another roughly 250 hostages. © AP Photo/Adel Hana, File The Israel Defense Forces...

U.S. forces were not involved in the Israeli operation that killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar on Thursday, though American intelligence has aided Israel's search for the group's leaders, according to the Pentagon. “This was an Israeli operation. U.S. forces were not directly involved,” press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder told reporters. “We've had a small...

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President Biden congratulated Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Israel’s killing of Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, the architect of the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that triggered a yearlong war and introduced new tensions between the leaders. In remarks to reporters upon landing in Berlin, Biden said he felt hopeful about a cease-fire in Gaza and...