Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Iraq wants US military out Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani on Friday said he would set up a dialogue to discuss the removal of the U.S. military presence in his country after an American strike...

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Randy Roedema, a former Aurora, Colo., police officer, has been sentenced to 14 months of jail with work release and four years of probation after being convicted of criminally negligent homicide and third-degree assault in the death of Elijah McClain. Roedema was sentenced on Friday by Adams County District Judge Mark Warner. Roedema, who was convicted Oct. 13,...

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House Oversight Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) is looking into discussions between the office of U.S. climate envoy John Kerry and environmental advocacy groups in relation to its joining a group of countries that want to move away from coal. Late last year, Kerry announced that the U.S. would join the Powering Past Coal Alliance —...

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) called President Biden’s recent speech that went after former President Trump “remarkable” in an interview on MSNBC Friday. “Well, it was a remarkable speech which spoke directly to the moment and it was delivered with amazing passion and conviction and integrity,” Raskin said. “And it was the kind of speech, I...

Former President Trump on Friday accused President Biden of “fearmongering” with a speech earlier in the day in which Biden described Trump as a clear threat to democracy who could not be trusted with a second term. Trump, in remarks to supporters in Sioux Center, Iowa, called Biden’s speech in Valley Forge, Pa., a “pathetic...

All six of Kentucky's congressmen have filed for reelection in 2024, and all of them are facing challenges, in either the primary or general elections.

A group of 4 voters in Georgia has challenged Lt. Gov. Burt Jones' qualification to hold office, based on his service as a Trump elector; judge dismissed suit.