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...

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A federal appeals court on Friday blocked President Biden's new student debt relief plan, teeing up a potential expansion of the legal fight already brewing at the Supreme Court. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling extends the brief pause it ordered last month. The court’s updated decision prevents the administration from moving ahead with...

A federal judge ruled Friday that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has likely been breaking federal law by deleting former employees' emails soon after they leave the agency.   The ruling was issued by United States District Judge Rudolph Contreras on a lawsuit filed by Trump-aligned conservative group America First Legal Foundation...

Democratic Sen. Jon Tester (Mont.) is keeping his distance from the newly formed Harris-Walz ticket as the vulnerable incumbent stares down a tight race for reelection that could determine control of the upper chamber. Tester praised Vice President Harris when she became President Biden's running mate back in 2020, but he has kept her 2024 presidential bid...