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GOP lawmaker warns of Johnson accountability for ‘failures’

Rep. Scott Perry (R-Va.) raised concern with House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) second stint as the Republican leader in the lower chamber despite his support of the incumbent on Friday. Perry said there was no deal made to gain his vote for Johnson, but he emphasized his terms moving forward.   “We don't do the...

Violent crime in DC at 30-year low

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for DC announced a 35 percent reduction in violent crime on Friday, touting the success of violence interruption programs and interventions from law enforcement. “The strategy this Office began to employ shortly after I came into this role has been to work with our law enforcement partners to focus on the...

Authorities uncover more information on New Orleans attacker

{beacon} Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story  Authorities uncover more information on New Orleans attacker The driver behind a terrorist attack in New Orleans planned to use a transmitter to detonate two bombs he placed on Bourbon Street and had additional explosive...

As Biden & Co. leave, they’re doing their best to trash the country they claimed to serve

Joe Biden and his staffers are doing as much damage to America as they can on the way out.

With Mike Johnson set as speaker, Republicans can — must — get on to governing

House Republicans managed to re-elect Mike Johnson as speaker on the first ballot — albeit with a delay to wrangle the last two votes.

Gov. Hochul must play hardball with lawmakers to protect NYers from madmen

Gov. Kathy Hochul is pushing the Legislature to address the terror and mayhem from random violence by the mentally ill — but will she...

Why are U.S. flags being flown at half-staff on Inauguration Day?

President-elect Donald Trump has expressed frustration that flags will be flying at half-staff when he takes office later this month.

Mexico opens possibility of receiving non-Mexican deportees from Trump

Mexico opened the possibility Friday of receiving non-Mexican migrants deported by the United States after initially saying they would push President-elect Donald Trump to return other nationalities directly to their countries of origin.

TikTok tells Supreme Court to reject feds’ claim it has no free speech right as foreign-owned entity

TikTok told the Supreme Court on Friday to reject the federal government's claim that it and owner ByteDance have no First Amendment rights as a foreign-owned company, calling the Biden administration's position wrong and a dangerous precedent.

N.Y. judge upholds Trump conviction but won’t impose jail time

A New York judge is upholding President-elect Donald Trump's criminal conviction but signaled he will not impose jail time.

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