President Trump is airing grievances with Boeing over delays in delivering new Air Force One jets, telling Republican governors on Thursday he was “getting a little tired” of the hold up. “I bought a plane. It’s really two planes, Air Force One. Now if Boeing would build the damn thing it would be nice, too....
Former Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron (R ) announced Thursday that he is launching a bid for the seat being vacated by longtime Sen. Mitch McConnell (R). “Kentucky, it's time for a new generation of leadership in the U.S. Senate. Let's do this,” wrote in a Thursday afternoon post on the social platform X. Alongside the statement...
President Trump said Thursday he intends to make a trip to Fort Knox in Kentucky to inspect the nation’s gold reserves amid a push from Elon Musk and some Republicans to conduct a review the facility. “I'm actually going on this one. All my life I’ve heard about Fort Knox. That’s where the gold is...
{beacon} Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story 'Indiscriminate’ Pentagon cuts unnerve Democrats Democrats across the Capitol were outraged Thursday at news that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered senior Pentagon and military leaders to plan 8 percent cuts from the defense budget in each...
Elon Musk served as one of the main attractions at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Thursday evening with a late-scheduled appearance that saw him wield a chainsaw and discuss a range of topics. Musk’s appearance began with a bang when Argentine President Javier Milei came out to offer the Tesla CEO the chainsaw, which Musk brandished...
President Donald Trump on Thursday endorsed Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) for Sunshine State governor in the case that the House Republican makes a bid for the role. "Byron Donalds would be a truly Great and Powerful Governor for Florida and, should he decide to run, will have my Complete and Total Endorsement. RUN, BYRON, RUN!”...
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have removed deported migrants from a facility on the U.S. military base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, where the Trump administration brought them as part of an effort to remove certain immigrants from the U.S. “ICE Air Operations transported 177 Venezuelan illegal aliens from Guantanamo Bay to Honduras today for pickup by the...
Nine LGBTQ, health and HIV organizations sued the Trump administration Thursday over three executive orders targeting transgender people and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, which they say have hobbled their ability to provide critical health services by demanding they ignore key parts of an individual’s identity. Based in six different states, the groups are challenging President...
Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Google caught in crossfire over gulf name change Google is back in the crosshairs of a geopolitical battle over President Trump’s renaming of the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, raising fresh questions over the role technology companies can play...