House Republican allies of former President Donald Trump are set to ignore his plea to vote against legislation that could ban TikTok in the U.S. if the company doesn't get new owners.

The pending retirement of Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO), announced Tuesday, will slim even further the already dwindling Republican majority in the House of Representatives and make it even more difficult for the party to pass legislation. Buck’s retirement will vacate a fourth seat that was held by Republicans when the 118th Congress convened in January […]

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said won’t speak about potentially pardoning the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol rioters until he wins the general election.  Kennedy refrained from sharing much about his approach to those who stormed the Capitol a little over three years ago, saying he would approach it on a case-by-case basis, but...

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre assured reporters on Tuesday that the Biden administration does not digitally alter photographs of the president or vice president, following the recent controversy surrounding Princess Kate’s edited social media photo. At a press conference Tuesday, Jean-Pierre appeared visibly surprised when asked by CBS News’s Ed O'Keefe, “Does the White...

President Biden has won the Mississippi Democratic presidential primary, according to Decision Desk HQ. Biden was the only candidate listed on the ballot and will likely receive most if not all of the state’s 35 pledged delegates. Five of the state’s 40 total delegates are not pledged and will be decided at the Democratic National...

Former President Trump will win the Mississippi Republican presidential primary, ticking him closer to clinching the GOP nomination, according to Decision Desk HQ. Trump has already won more than 1,000 delegates toward clinching the Republican nomination and will likely take most if not all of Mississippi’s 40 delegates up for grabs. The Magnolia State’s delegates...

President Biden on Tuesday shared a message of unity and optimism ahead of November after he received enough delegates to clinch the Democratic presidential nomination. “Four years ago, I ran for president because I believed we were in a battle for the soul of this nation. Because of the American people, we won that battle,...

More than two dozen House Democrats established a new border security task force on Tuesday, as members double down on border policy amid the 2024 election. The task force, co-chaired by Reps. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) and Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.), is dedicated to “countering the surge of illicit narcotics threatening communities across the country and addressing...

President Biden will announce billions worth of new infrastructure investments to reconnect communities while he is in the battleground state of Wisconsin on Wednesday. The funding, $3.3 billion in total, will focus on communities in more than 40 states that were divided by transportation infrastructure decades ago, according to the White House. Biden will be...

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Pentagon scrapes together first weapons package for Ukraine in months The Biden administration announced Tuesday it will send Ukraine a new emergency military aid package worth $300 million, the first such weapons tranche Washington has sent...