Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story White House threatens veto of GOP military construction bill The White House on Monday threatened to veto a proposed spending bill for military construction and veterans’ affairs, arguing Republicans are pursuing a partisan proposal that deviates...
House Republicans are bracing for fights over spending as GOP leadership aims to bring the first two of 12 appropriations bills to the floor this week, despite vocal criticism from the party’s right flank over not cutting enough spending. Democrats are not expected to give the GOP any help with passing the funding bills, leaving...
Surging labor activity across the U.S. is laying the groundwork for the “summer of strikes,” as hundreds of thousands of workers get ready to hit the picket line. After more than two years of rising prices and corporate profits, workers across major industries are taking a stand for better compensation and working conditions. 5 things...
A pair of GOP lawmakers are blocking the State Department from providing $75 million in food assistance for Palestinian refugees, as civil society groups raise alarm over a worsening humanitarian crisis compounded by grain shortages from Russia’s war in Ukraine. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), the top Republican lawmakers on the...
“There is no time to waste.” These are the final six words of the 2022 National Security Strategy—a clarion call for every American. The scale and scope of the challenges and opportunities we face as a country are exactly why the National Security Strategy calls this time the “decisive decade.” Those challenges and opportunities, our...
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah.) called on Republican donors to urge non-competitive GOP presidential candidates to drop out of the race by February 2024 so that former President Trump cannot run against a crowded field. Opponents of Trump have consistently worried that a crowded primary field could hand the contest to Trump, who has a big...
North Carolina’s Democratic party chairwoman is urging President Biden’s reelection campaign to address its “showing up problem” in the state in the run-up to the 2024 election. Anderson Clayton, who at 25 is the youngest state party leader, told Washington Post Live on Monday that Democrats were taking the wrong lesson from recent losses in...
The politicization of COVID-19 vaccines may have led to a higher excess death rate among Republicans in Ohio and Florida during the coronavirus pandemic, a new study found. According to the study, published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine, registered Republicans had a higher rate of excess deaths than Democrats after COVID-19 vaccines became widely available...