Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Europe, US 'agree' on Russia threat: NATO chief The NATO Secretary General on Thursday said the U.S. and its European allies have agreed that Russia is a long-term threat, even as Washington has seemed to placate...
Moody’s Ratings announced this week that it was downgrading D.C.’s credit rating amid a wave of mass federal workforce cuts and hits to the local economy. Moody’s said in a new report that it was downgrading the district’s issuer rating from Aaa to Aa1, a blow to the city that will likely make it more...
The Trump Organization fired a legal adviser Thursday because he also represents Harvard University, an adversary of the Trump administration in its ongoing crackdown on elite schools. The move comes after President Trump railed against Harvard in a social media post Thursday and commented on the connection between Harvard and the attorney, William Burck. The...
The Department of Transportation (DOT) has replaced the lawyers defending it in a case related to New York City’s congestion pricing, just after it was revealed lawyers with the Department of Justice (DOJ) accidentally filed a document questioning the legitimacy of the Trump administration’s case. The move came after DOT accused the lawyers of undermining...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Trump, China differ on progress of trade talks China has left President Trump twisting in the wind on tariffs, declaring it is not engaged in any negotiation with the U.S. as the tariffs take a political and...
Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) mocked President Trump’s Thursday Truth Social post with a meme from HBO’s “The White Lotus” of actress Parker Posey. On the show, Posey plays Victoria Ratliff, a character known for her slow-drawling Southern accent. Moskowitz’s post plays on Posey's now-iconic character accent by posting an image of Posey with the words...
Florida Senate Minority Leader Jason Pizzo announced on Thursday that he is leaving the Democratic Party, saying the state party “is dead.” “There will be a caucus meeting later this afternoon where I hope that the members of the Democratic caucus will elect a new leader,” Pizzo said, speaking from the floor of the state Senate...
The New York Attorney General's Office hired Abbe Lowell to defend Letitia James against accusations of fraud coming from the Trump admin. Lowell previously defended Hunter Biden.