Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Hegseth forces out top Driscoll adviser Hegseth orders the ouster of top adviser to Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, who was in line for a promotion held up by the Pentagon chief. Alex Brandon, Associated Press Defense...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth commended the Trump administration’s recent boat strikes in the Caribbean in a Tuesday social media post. “Turns out President’s Day — under President Trump — is not a good day to run drugs,” Hegseth wrote on the social platform X. The secretary was replying to a mission report from the U.S....
Conservative commentator Megyn Kelly accused Rep. Randy Fine (R-Fla.) of going “full bigot” on Tuesday following the congressman’s weekend social media post that compared Muslim people to dogs. “If they force us to choose, the choice between dogs and Muslims is not a difficult one,” Fine wrote Sunday in a post on the social platform...
After more than 240 million gallons of sewage spilled into the Potomac River following a pipe bursting last month, politicians are both launching cleanups and playing the blame game. The pipe in question, known as the Potomac Interceptor, is a sewer line for DC Water, a water and wastewater utility that serves Washington, as well as...
Presented by Panasonic {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Trump to DC, MD, VA: 'I am awaiting your call' on spill President Trump pressured Washington-area officials to get to work on fixing the Potomac sewage spill, saying the federal government would also be able to assist in the process. © Cliff...
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Battle over AI regulation hits airwaves ahead of midterms Millions of dollars are flowing into advertisements seeking to move the needle on AI regulation ahead of the midterm elections amid a broader fight over who gets to determine the rules of the road for the industry. © Illustration...
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Utah governor blasts Trump admin on prediction markets Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) ripped a top Trump administration regulator Tuesday over its push to defeat state efforts to regulate prediction markets. © AP In a Tuesday...
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) fired back at President Trump on Tuesday, hours after the president said the governor is partially responsible for recovery efforts in the wake of a massive sewage spillage in the Potomac River. “Mr. President, this spill is basically contained,” Moore wrote on the social platform X. “So could you approve...
More than half of Americans in a new poll said they believe President Trump is attempting to conceal crimes committed by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In an Economist/YouGov poll released Tuesday, 53 percent of respondents said they believe Trump is “trying to cover up Epstein’s crimes.” Twenty-nine percent of those polled said they do...
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Cassidy releases FDA modernization plan Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, unveiled his proposal to modernize the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), calling for innovation and a focus on...
Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) urged Republican senators on Tuesday to find “some low-hanging fruit” among Democratic demands for reform within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to bring an end to the days-long partial government shutdown. During an appearance on MS NOW, Bacon suggested Republicans have two choices: “Play hardball” or identify potential areas of...
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has launched an investigation into the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) handling of whistleblower complaints following a string of complaints about DHS’s Office of Inspector General. According to an email obtained by the Project on Government Oversight, the GAO is reviewing the handling of whistleblower complaints from President Trump’s first term through...
ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith said Sunday he is not worried about racism affecting a White House run if he chooses to throw his hat in the 2028 presidential contest. “I know it [racism] exists. I know that you can’t escape it, but I do not believe it is as prevalent as some on the...
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) on Tuesday questioned why President Trump and other GOP lawmakers haven’t locked down the Texas Senate race with an endorsement in the three-way party primary. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) and Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-Texas) are vying for Cornyn's seat in the Senate. The frequently nasty...
Monsanto and thousands of people suing the company alleging its Roundup weedkiller caused them to develop cancer have reached a $7.25 billion settlement agreement. The proposed class action agreement would cover both current and future claims for people who were exposed to Monsanto’s Roundup and developed non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The settlement is not final; it would...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is coming out of the Munich Security Conference with fresh momentum after a well-received speech to world leaders. Rubio received a standing ovation for his 30-minute remarks that sought to ease European anxieties about U.S. foreign policy and emphasize the importance of the transatlantic partnership, a year after Vice President...
Air Force One jets are expected to receive a new paint job in President Trump’s preferred colors of red, white, gold and dark blue, The Hill's sister network NewsNation has confirmed. Both the luxury jet donated by Qatar and new VC-25B Boeing jets will feature the new colors, an Air Force spokesperson told NewsNation. The...
Vice President Vance on Monday slammed Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-N.Y.) response to a question at the Munich Security Conference about whether the U.S. should help Taiwan if China invades the country as “embarrassing.” “Look, that was embarrassing,” Vance told Fox News host Martha MacCallum on “The Story.” “If I had given that answer I would...
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Vice President Vance dismissed the idea that there is a “conflict” brewing between him and Secretary of State Marco Rubio amid speculation that both men are considering presidential runs in 2028. “I think it’s so interesting the media wants to create this conflict where there just isn’t any conflict,” Vance told Fox News host Martha...
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the two-time presidential candidate and activist who was the dominant figure in Black politics from the 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. until the emergence of former President Obama, died on Tuesday. He was 84. Perhaps the greatest political orator of his generation, Jackson’s words enraptured crowds at rallies and national...
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) requested that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) release “any and all” documents it may possess related to convicted sex offenders Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in a Tuesday letter to the agency’s director. “Congress needs to know what, if any, relationship the CIA had with Jeffrey Epstein and what information they're...
