The House Rules Committee advanced a bill to reauthorize the U.S.’s warrantless surveillance authority late Thursday night, sending the measure to the floor one day after a band of Republicans blocked consideration of a previous version of the legislation. The panel voted 8-4 to adopt the rule — which governs debate on legislation — for a...
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) said former President Trump hasn’t mentioned being his running mate in the presidential election, despite speculation in recent months that he’s one of the contenders. “I’ve never actually spoken to the president about VP speculation. My simple answer is, I wanna help him however I can,” Vance told Fox News’s Laura...
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday confirmed previous reports that Russian-linked hackers tapped into correspondence between federal agencies and Microsoft. The agency publicly issued an emergency directive Thursday in which it told agencies that were affected by the breach to take actions including taking “steps to identify the full content of the...
The head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Dr. Robert Califf, pushed lawmakers on Thursday to pass a bill that would mandate that food manufacturers perform testing for lead in their products that are getting imported into the country from overseas. Califf’s call to action came while he was answering questions from Rep....
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study has found that mRNA vaccines for the COVID-19 virus are not linked to cardiac death in younger adults. The study was conducted using Oregon death certificate data for people aged 16 to 30 who died from a heart condition between June 1, 2021 and Dec. 31,...
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried appealed his fraud conviction and 25-year prison sentence Thursday, just weeks after a New York judge handed down his penalty. The former billionaire crypto leader, who was found guilty of using investor funds to bankroll his lavish lifestyle, will have to appeal to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Japan PM: US must overcome ‘self-doubt’ of global role Japan’s leader issued a passionate plea Thursday for Republicans in Congress not to turn away from America’s role as a leader on the world stage, in the...
FBI Director Christopher Wray was accused by Rep. Mike Garcia, on Thursday, of not being transparent and standing almost silent when it comes to an open border policy.