The Senate on Monday confirmed Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after President Trump dismissed his first Cabinet official. Mullin earned support from both sides of the aisle, with two Democrats joining Republicans to approve his nomination in a 54-45 vote. Mullin was fast-tracked through the Senate, with the...

A professional cornhole player is behind bars after he allegedly shot and killed someone during an argument in a Maryland town over the weekend, according to officials.

Presented by Alliance for Aging Research {beacon} Health Care Health Care PRESENTED BY The Big Story Pfizer's Lyme disease vaccine candidate shows promising results Results from a phase 3 clinical trial of Pfizer's Lyme disease vaccine candidate found it was more than 70 percent effective at preventing the illness. © Associated Press Participants in...

Ted Chaiban, the deputy executive director of UNICEF, said Monday that 324 children have been killed in Iran and Lebanon since the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran started. At a press briefing in New York City, Chaiban said that 206 children in Iran and 118 children in Lebanon have been killed since the U.S. and Israel...

The Defense Department will issue new press credentials but is still looking to keep some reporters out of the building by closing its media offices after a federal judge ruled last week that the Pentagon’s restrictive press policy was unconstitutional.  U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman in Washington, D.C., sided with The New York Times, which had sued...

Presented by Lanteris Space Systems {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security PRESENTED BY The Big Story Trump, Iran give conflicting signs on negotiations President Trump said Monday that the U.S. held “very good” and “productive” conversations with leaders in Tehran as he pledged to hold off on strikes on Iran energy infrastructure for...

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Polymarket’s play for DC has a rocky start Prediction market Polymarket wanted Washington, D.C. to be able to “monitor the situation” in a pop-up bar this weekend, but the main attraction became the dozens of nonfunctioning monitors during opening night. © Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill The platform’s “Situation...

President Trump seemed to begin a de-escalation of the war on Iran on Monday, sparking a relief rally in financial markets and sending the price of oil tumbling. But Trump did not dispel confusion over exactly what’s going on, nor did he erase deeper doubts about what comes next. It seems clear that Trump is...

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) said Monday that President Trump is “lying” about holding talks with Iranian officials.  “We know he's lying when he says that the Iranians are talking with us and they're about to give Donald Trump everything he wants. Yes, that's a lie,” Van Hollen told host Kasie Hunt on CNN’s “The...

Georgia is one of 19 states that have been waiting to lock their clocks on permanent daylight saving time. A new bill could go around the Congressional action they need to make that happen.