The Japanese government will sell Patriot air defense missiles to the U.S., marking Tokyo's first foray into selling complete lethal weapons to allied nations since the post-World War II era. Japan's national security cabinet this week updated its export rules to allow for the shipment of completed weapons systems. Previously only the transfer of components...
An anti-Trump Republican group, The Republican Accountability PAC, released a six-figure campaign advertisement Friday set to air on cable that compares former President Trump to dictators and authoritarian leaders throughout history. The ad, titled “Dictator Donald,” shows a Dec. 2022 post from Trump where the former president said previous elections, particularly the 2020 presidential election,...
Former President Trump on Friday said he is not a “student of Hitler” as he once again asserted immigrants were “poisoning the blood of our country,” a phrase critics have said is parroting the Nazi leader’s past remarks about Jews. Trump called into conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt’s show, where Hewitt pressed Trump multiple times...
A pair of Arizona election officials pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of interfering in the certification of the 2022 midterm results in their county. The Cochise County supervisors, Peggy Judd and Tom Crosby, questioned whether machines used for tabulating ballots in the midterms were properly certified for elections, despite state and federal officials' approval....
A federal judge said Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has repeatedly spread false information about doctors mutilating children’s genitals in a push for a ban against transgender health care to minors, even though there have been no documented cases of such procedures. Judge Robert Hinkle made the remarks during the final day of a trial,...
The Department of Transportation (DOT) is scrutinizing major U.S. airlines’ frequent-flyer programs for potential deceptive or unfair practices, it said Thursday. “We plan to carefully review complaints regarding loyalty programs and exercise our authority to investigate airlines for unfair and deceptive practices that hurt travelers as warranted,” the department told The Hill in an emailed...
First gentleman Doug Emhoff says every time Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, says something “horrible,” other prominent voices need to come to the forefront to combat antisemitism. For “every horrible thing that [West] says, we need others to step up and … talk about not only that antisemitism is bad, but who...