The Biden administration is giving states and municipalities more flexibility to hoard money from a $100 billion pot of unspent pandemic relief through 2024, after billions already were spent on golf courses, lottery prizes in New Mexico for people who got the COVID-19 vaccine and legal services for asylum seekers in Illinois.
The White House is trying to light a fire under Congress to pass $106 billion in war aid for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, but the emergency funding isn't dire enough for Democrats to cut a deal with Republicans on border security.
An estimated 6.9 million users of the genetic testing company 23andMe had their personal information stolen by hackers in a recent data breach, a company spokesperson confirmed to The Hill on Monday. A spokesperson for 23andMe told The Hill an estimated 5.5 million users had their data accessed from the company's DNA Relatives feature, which...
The Republican National Committee (RNC) announced Monday night that four candidates have qualified to make the stage for the fourth GOP presidential primary debate. Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R), Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy are set to take the stage in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will address senators at a classified briefing Tuesday via a secure video conference feed, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced. Zelensky will brief senators on the state of the war in Ukraine and the need for another round of military aid a day before the Senate is scheduled to...
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Monday teed up the first procedural vote on President Biden’s $106 billion supplemental package to send aid to Ukraine, Israel, Indo-Pacific countries and for humanitarian purposes in Gaza. Schumer set up the planned cloture vote on a shell bill, which is slated to take place later in the...
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), one of the Senate’s most prominent progressives, on Monday stated his opposition to sending $10.1 billion to the “Netanyahu government to continue its current offensive military approach,” lambasting the siege and assault of Gaza as “immoral.” “I do not think we should be appropriating $10.1 billion for the right-wing, extremist Netanyahu...
Israel this week expanded the scope of its military operations in Gaza to include the south of the territory, where nearly 2 million Palestinian civilians are sheltering. Israeli forces are carrying out airstrikes in the southern city of Khan Younis and are marching south as they seek to destroy the Palestinian militant group Hamas. "Until we achieve victory,...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story In letter to Congress, White House urges lawmakers to support Ukraine White House Office of Management and Budget director Shalanda Young said the U.S. will run out of approved money for Ukraine at the end of...