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Body of fourth person killed in Baltimore bridge has been recovered

The body of a fourth person who was killed in the Baltimore bridge collapse last month has been recovered from the scene, authorities announced Monday. Authorities confirmed that teams recovered Sunday the body of one of the victims of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, according to a statement from the Key Bridge Response Unified...

Central US faces multiday severe weather threat 

Millions of Americans in the Central U.S. could see severe thunderstorms and tornadoes Monday night through Wednesday. Severe thunderstorms are expected to touch down across the Central Great Plains and parts of Virginia and Maryland starting Monday night and continuing overnight, the National Weather Service's (NWS) Storm Prediction Center said. Parts of the Great Plains...

House passes series of bills aimed at squeezing Tehran financially

The Republican-led House on Monday voted in favor of a series of bills aimed at squeezing Iran financially in response to an unprecedented drone and missile attack launched by the Islamic Republic against Israel over the weekend. Three separate bills were brought to the floor Monday under suspension of the rules, a fast-track process that...

What Iran learned from Russia

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense & National Security Defense & National Security The Big Story Iran’s attack on Israel built on lessons from Russia Iran’s missile and drone attack on Israel showed that the Islamic Republic has learned key lessons from Russia’s war in Ukraine, employing a strategy to overwhelm...

Maine joins effort to elect president by popular vote with new law 

Maine will become the latest state to join an interstate effort to elect the nation’s president by a popular vote, Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced Monday. Mills said she will allow the legislation to become law without her signature, paving the way for Maine to join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, a proposal aimed at guaranteeing...

House sends foreign surveillance reform bill to Senate

The House on Monday settled its procedural business on a bill to reform the nation's warrantless surveillance powers, kicking the controversial reauthorization over to the Senate. The Monday vote came after a tie in the chamber on an amendment that would have added a warrant requirement to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act...

5 takeaways from first day of Trump’s criminal trial

The first criminal trial of an American president got underway in downtown Manhattan on Monday. Former President Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records. The underlying events revolve around a $130,000 payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels in the last stages of the 2016 presidential election campaign. The payment was made...

Congress turns its eye to health care cybersecurity 

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Congress turns its eye to health care cybersecurity Lawmakers in both the House and Senate are ramping up probes into health care cybersecurity following the Change Healthcare ransomware attack earlier this year. © AP The attack on Change...

Trump hush money trial gets off to sluggish start

NEW YORK — Former President Trump became the first former commander in chief to stand trial on criminal charges Monday, but it got off to a sluggish start with even Trump himself appearing to nod off at times.  For hours, the parties battled over a series of pending legal issues, keeping the hundreds of prospective...

Biden hosts Czech leader at White House to promote Ukraine aid amid holdup in Congress

As President Joe Biden hosted Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala in the Oval Office on Monday, Biden urged the U.S. House to take up supplemental funding for Ukraine and Israel.

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