House Democrats are under pressure to support a resolution condemning the spate of anti-Israel protests on college campuses, but doing so could hurt Democrats' standing with their most consistent supporters: young voters.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Tuesday said he believes the risk of a terrorist attack in the United States is the highest since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks due to the ensuing war between Israel and the militant group Hamas. “I believe we're at greater risk today for a major terrorist attack in the United...
The Bolivian government announced Tuesday that it would be cutting diplomatic ties with Israel over the country’s war with Hamas, making it the first country to sever ties with Israel since the start of its conflict. María Nela Prada, a minister in President Luis Arce’s administration, announced the decision at a press conference. “We demand...
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Israel airstrike hits Gaza refugee camp A series of Israeli airstrikes hit the densely packed Jabaliya refugee camp in Gaza Tuesday in what Israel said was an attempt to take out a senior Hamas commander in...
Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said that he is most disappointed in former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) for backing former President Trump. The Atlantic published the transcript of a conversation between Kinzinger and its Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg held earlier this month at a conference sponsored by the Karsh Institute, where the former...
The heads of the State Department and Pentagon on Tuesday warned senators that should lawmakers approve funding for Israel but not Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin will win. Speaking during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin urged senators to keep intact the Biden administration’s $106 billion supplemental...
The Ethics Committee on Tuesday said it will “announce its next course of action” in its investigation into Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) on or before Nov. 17. The panel’s scheduling update comes days before the House is set to vote on a resolution to expel the embattled freshman lawmaker, who is facing 23 criminal counts...
Almost eight years after Donald Trump defended his hand size — and more — during a Republican presidential primary debate, the infamous moment is set to loom large at Supreme Court oral arguments Wednesday. California-based attorney Steve Elster’s bid to make “Trump too small” a registered trademark for use on shirts he sells mocking the...
The rise of the staunchly conservative Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) to the House Speakership has united the GOP conference but may alienate moderate voters and imperil the Republican majority — a political opening Democrats are racing to exploit. While House Republicans are hailing Johnson as a unifying force for their fractured party, the Speaker’s unique...