Californian officials have announced the cancellation of the remaining days of the salmon season due to lingering drought issues. In a news release on Friday, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) said that salmon fisheries that were originally scheduled to open on April 1 will remain closed through May 15.  “The actions were...

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Pentagon budget puts focus on munitions production The Pentagon is looking to grow its munitions industrial base as Russia’s war in Ukraine has rapidly depleted U.S. stockpiles of missiles and ammunition. © AP The details of the...

House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) has issued a subpoena for the bank records belonging to associates of Hunter Biden. The news was first disclosed in a letter that Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the ranking member of the Oversight committee, sent to Comer expressing concerns about the panel’s investigation into presidential ethics....

An arrest warrant has been issued for Roy McGrath, who served as chief of staff to former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R), after he was a no-show for the start of his criminal trial in federal court on Monday, according to multiple reports. The Washington Post reported that law enforcement have searched McGrath’s Florida home...

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Washington reacts to New York, California bank failures President Biden on Monday sought to assure Americans that the banking system is on solid footing following the second and third-largest U.S. bank collapses in history. © AP...

The inescapable reality is that Biden's skill at compromise does not work with nature.

Silicon Valley Bank wasn't the only major financial firm to collapse over the weekend. Just two days after Silicon Valley Bank became the largest bank failure since the 2008 financial crisis, state regulators closed Signature Bank in New York, marking the third-largest bank failure in the country’s history. The failures have shaken the financial landscape...

Former President Trump on Monday claimed former Vice President Mike Pence was responsible for the violence on Jan. 6, 2021, two days after Pence took aim at his old boss for his conduct around the riots at the Capitol that day. Trump, speaking to a group of reporters aboard his personal plane en route to...

The second week of March officially marks three years since the first stay-at-home order was issued in the U.S. {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Three years later, COVID-19 efforts increasingly waning This week marks three years since the first stay-at-home orders were issued in the U.S. Roughly three-quarters of all counties...

Democratic members of the House Homeland Security Committee bailed from attending the first field hearing in Texas about the border crisis, just two days before.