Paper straws may seem a picayune issue for President Donald Trump to take on in his first month in office amid a migrant crisis, stubborn inflation, and multiple international conflagrations. Doesn’t Trump have something more important to attend to? It’s a fair question. But we have a prior question: Were not paper straws a picayune […]

The Agriculture Department has terminated nearly 80 contracts after a review by Elon Musk's DOGE, including for a Brazilian forest and gender consultant.

Rep. Virginia Foxx’s (R-N.C.) Valentine’s Day message to congressional staffers attempting to use the Capitol buildings’ “members only” elevators is to not even try.  Foxx has been known to chew out staff and reporters for using or being near the members-only elevators in Capitol buildings, a warning she relayed, once again, on a piece of...

Veteran strategist James Carville argued during a podcast episode that Democrats are “overwhelmed” and that he has not figured out a way the party can combat the flurry of news President Trump has made since returning to the White House. “Bannon is right. We are flooded in s--- and we are searching for a way...

NASA astronauts pushed back during an interview on President Trump’s claim last month that former President Biden and his administration abandoned them on the International Space Station (ISS). Astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore were asked Thursday night on CNN if they feel abandoned, an assertion they refuted. “We don’t feel abandoned. We don’t feel...

{beacon} Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story  Vance, Hegseth remarks rattle European allies Vice President Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday made separate speeches that rattled European leaders, with the latter U.S. official saying Europeans cannot expect American troops to...