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Trump administration officials tell senators they need $175B for border, immigration enforcement

President Trump's budget director Russell Vought and his border czar Tom Homan told Senate Republicans on Tuesday that the administration is running out of money to carry out the president's border security and immigration enforcement executive orders.

The war on plastic straws highlights Democrats’ shoddy ‘science’

President Donald Trump‘s executive order ending the federal government’s push to transition to paper straws is a good reminder that environmentally-obsessed Democrats regularly botch “The Science.” This is especially true when it comes to their climate policies. Trump’s executive order naturally earned a response from climate groups such as Oceana, whose “plastics campaign director” warned […]

Flu activity now highest in 15 years: See which states have it worst

Influenza cases continue to mount with the virus reaching activity levels in the U.S. not seen for the last 15 years, according to the Centers from Disease Control and Prevention.

Democrats press FAA over plans for DOGE to ‘plug in’

A group of Democrats on Monday pressed the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) over plans for tech billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to “plug in.” In a letter, the Democrats noted recent posts on the social platform X from Musk and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy about DOGE involvement with aviation. “Big News -...

No plans to draw down US forces in Europe, for now

{beacon} Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} a> Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story  No plans to draw down US forces in Europe, for now Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday said the Trump administration doesn't anticipate cutting U.S. troop levels in Europe any time soon, but that...

FDA approves new genetic disorder drug

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new drug to treat a disorder causing the growth of noncancerous tumors on nerves throughout the body.  The federal agency said on Tuesday it greenlighted SpringWorks Therapeutics's drug Gomekli for patients dealing with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) "who have symptomatic plexiform neurofibromas (PN) not amenable to complete resection." ...

Kansas governor vetoes ban on gender-affirming care for minors

Kansas’s Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a proposal to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth for the third consecutive year, setting up another battle with the state’s Republican-dominated Legislature that has previously failed to overrule her on the issue. Kansas’s Senate Bill 63 would broadly prevent health care professionals from providing gender-affirming medical care, including puberty...

Trump officials tell GOP lawmakers they need $175B to secure borders

Two senior Trump administration officials told Republican senators at a closed-door lunch meeting Tuesday that they’re running out of money to secure the borders and need Congress to immediately pass $175 billion to complete the U.S.-Mexico border wall and hire more law-enforcement agents. Trump’s “border czar” Tom Homan and his White House budget director, Russell...

OPM eases plans to target all federal workers on probation

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is instructing agencies that they do not have to fire all federal employees still on probation but is encouraging them to remove any low performers. The direction, confirmed by a source familiar, comes after the OPM asked agencies across government to turn over lists of employees hired within the last year...

SEC backs away from climate disclosure rule

Click for more from The Hill. {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story SEC backs away from climate disclosure rule The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Tuesday that it will not defend a Biden-era rule requiring publicly held companies to disclose climate-related risks and in some cases the details of...

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