Hannibal “Mike” Ware, the former inspector general for the Small Business Administration, said he and others are looking into whether actions taken by President Trump amount to a threat to democracy. Ware, along with other inspectors general, were fired by Trump on Friday. The late-night firings may be in violation of federal law that states...
The Pentagon is grappling with the rapid advancement of emerging all-domain technologies, including advanced drones, unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), and clandestine, high-tech weapons, which could potentially change the landscape of national security and global stability.
Biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy has brought on Vice President Vance’s top political advisers ahead of his expected bid for Ohio governor, a source familiar confirmed to The Hill. NBC News first reported that the pair had been in talks over the past two weeks ahead of the hirings, a signal that Vance’s team is getting...
House Republican leaders are set to hold a press conference Monday afternoon to kick off the GOP's annual policy retreat in Florida. The GOP conference is meeting at the Trump National Doral just outside Miami, where they will discuss how to navigate divisions within their ranks and how to execute President Trump’s ambitious legislative agenda....
A flight to Washington, D.C., returned to Nigeria after “unexpected aircraft movement” caused injuries, United Airlines said. A statement from United emailed to The Hill on Monday said that one of its flights headed for Washington, D.C., out of Lagos, Nigeria, “returned to Lagos after a technical issue and an unexpected aircraft movement.” The Thursday flight...
A federal judge on Monday walked back his order barring Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and seven other members of the right-wing extremist group from entering Washington, D.C., without the court's permission after President Trump commuted their sentences for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta, who oversaw...
China on Monday dismissed the possibility that the virus that caused COVID-19 leaked from a lab, after the CIA said it now favors the so-called lab leak theory over natural transmission. “It is extremely unlikely the pandemic was caused by a lab leak,” Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning told reporters. “This has been widely...
Perplexity AI has submitted an updated proposal to merge with TikTok that would allow the U.S. government to take a 50 percent stake in the newly formed company, a source familiar confirmed to The Hill. The startup, which runs an artificial intelligence (AI) powered search engine, proposed a merger between Perplexity and TikTok earlier this...
President Trump and Elon Musk, two powerful figures, were initially united for the cameras and the "greater good," but their marriage made in heaven has now officially ended due to their conflicting ideologies and egos.