Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story New hope for cease-fire, hostage release in Gaza Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is sending a new delegation of negotiators to Qatar after
The Biden administration on Friday joined a chorus of criticism against Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s trip to Moscow to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying i twould do nothing to end the war. “We're concerned that Prime Minister Orban would choose to
Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Nvidia's rapid rise hits 'bumps in the road' After blowing past a $3 trillion market capitalization and briefly becoming the most valuable company in the world last month, Nvidia has
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Job market slows down with rate cuts on horizon Softer employment numbers for June highlight recent cautionary positions from the Fed’s interest rate-setting
An Arkansas organization announced Friday it has collected more than enough signatures to place a measure on the ballot this year that would ensure abortion access up to 18 weeks in the state. Arkansans for Limited Government said it will be delivering over 100,000 signatures,
In his first major rally since calls for him to drop out reached a fever pitch, President Biden fought back against his critics Friday, forcefully declaring that he is staying in the 2024 race despite calls for him to step aside. Biden gave his clearest indication yet that he
The outer bands of Hurricane Beryl — the earliest major hurricane on record — are on track to hit Texas Sunday morning. “This is a determined storm that is still strong,” Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) said Friday afternoon. “Now would be the time to prepare,” the National
An anonymous document titled “Unburdened by What Has Been: The Case for Kamala” is circulating in Democratic circles, according to CNN, as discussions for Biden to leave the Democratic ticket swirl among Democratic donors and party leaders grappling with his debate performance
A West Wing official is sounding the alarm over the aging president—and this time it has little to do with his health. The official, who refused to divulge their policy area, age, and gender in an interview with Semafor , feared that some policy decisions were “being made
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (D) has called on President Biden to “carefully evaluate” his candidacy as concerns about his ability to win the election persist, despite his team insisting he won’t step aside. In a statement obtained by NBC News, Healey said Biden saved
Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su laughed off a question about President Biden's Cabinet members invoking the 25th Amendment in an interview on Fox News following the latest jobs report Friday. “Has there been any conversation among the Cabinet members about invoking the 25th
Former Republican National Committee Chair Michael Steele criticized former President Trump's attempt to distance himself from the conservative governing plan known as Project 2025 on Friday. “Ok, let’s all play with Stupid for minute... so exactly how do you 'disagree' with
Former President Trump is beginning to leverage the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling in his classified documents criminal case. In court papers filed Friday, Trump asked U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon to halt most proceedings in the case until she resolves
The White House on Friday said President Biden had a "verbal check-in" with his doctor about the cold he had during the debate, after telling reporters earlier in the week that he did not get a medical exam — and had not had once since his yearly physical in February. Early
Epic Games said Friday that Apple’s decision to reject its proposed iOS app store for the European Union (EU) was “arbitrary" and "obstructive," accusing the iPhone maker of violating the bloc's Digital Markets Act (DMA). “Apple's rejection is arbitrary, obstructive, and in
Story at a glance Nearly 60 percent of U.S. adults below age 50 believe the American dream is dead, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. The poll found that more specifically, 57 percent of adults between the ages of 30 and 49 think the American dream — or the idea
Donald Trump’s advisers are reportedly already preparing a playbook for dealing with Vice President Kamala Harris, amid swirling rumors that she might be tapped to replace President Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee for president in 2024. Trump’s advisers seemed adamant that
Former Rep. David Jolly (R-Fla.), who left the Republican Party and become a critic of Donald Trump, says first-term Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) is “completely unqualified” to be the former president’s running mate. Jolly joined MSNBC on Friday to discuss the long-awaited
Dozens of business leaders have called on President Joe Biden to pull out of the 2024 election, urging the 81-year-old Democratic candidate to preserve democracy and “cement your legacy.” “We respectfully urge you to withdraw from being a candidate for reelection for the sake
California officials have approved a first-of-its-kind regulation that will set long-term limits on the amounts of water the state's urban utilities can use on an annual basis. The State Water Resources Control Board granted unanimous support Wednesday to sweeping conservation
Former MSNBC host and political analyst Chris Matthews said Friday that little is known about President Biden’s “condition” following last week's debate due to his having an incredibly tight circle. “There is a huge distinction between the people who are on the true inside —
Former Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) has been diagnosed with breast cancer, she announced in a social media post. “I have personal news that I want to share with you because we can all learn from it. I just became one of the 300,000 women per year who are diagnosed with breast
Ever since Donald Trump emerged as a presidential candidate in 2015, Democrats have underestimated his political appeal and relished facing him as an electoral opponent.
The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday issued opinions overturning two laws limiting access to abortion, with the court finding again that the state constitution protects the right to personal autonomy, which includes a woman's decisions about her own health, body and family
The 2024 Copa América was supposed to be a coming-out party for the United States Men’s National Soccer Team. Team USA had boasted a strong performance at the 2022 World Cup—and was gearing up to host the sport’s biggest tournament in 2026. Instead, it crashed out of the
On Friday, Donald Trump claimed that the Heritage Foundation’s radical Project 2025 plan—which lays out a course for uprooting American democracy as we know it, and has been elevated by Trump’s allies—has “nothing to do” with his run for president. “I know nothing about Project
President Donald Trump is continuing to insist that he never called neo-Nazis “very fine people,” after a fact-checking site declared that his remarks from 2017 were misconstrued. The presumptive Republican nominee posted on Truth Social Friday, sharing pieces of a report from
President Biden is slated to deliver remarks Friday at a presidential campaign event in Madison, Wis. The event is scheduled to begin at 2:15 p.m. EDT. Watch the video above.
Biden’s party planned to run on “Dobbs and democracy,” but their pro-abortion push is losing steam.
Elon Musk has asked a federal judge in New York to dismiss a lawsuit brought by shareholders of Twitter, the platform now known as X, arguing the delayed disclosure of his stake in the social media company was a “mistake.” The billionaire was sued by Twitter shareholders in
Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.) said Friday posters outside his Capitol Hill office that featured pictures of hostages being held in Gaza were vandalized in what he called a “vile act of hate.” “My Capitol office was vandalized yesterday in a vile act of hate in which the posters
Story at a glance (NewsNation) — Self-driving trucks sound like something out of a science fiction movie set far in the future but they could be on Texas highways before the end of this year. Uber Freight recently expanded its partnership with autonomous technology developer
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During an appearance on Philadelphia-based WURD Radio broadcast Thursday morning, Biden appeared to refer to himself as the “first Black woman” to serve in the White House. “By the way, I’m proud to be, as I said, the first vice president, first Black woman, to serve with a
Former President Trump sought to distance himself from the conservative Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 on Friday, saying he has “nothing to do” with the initiative and disagrees with some of its aspects. Trump said in a post on Truth Social that he is not involved in the
Donald Trump's presidency saw the destruction of key nuclear arms control agreements, the beginning of a new nuclear arms race, and a threat of nuclear war against North Korea, all of which have contributed to the increasing likelihood of nuclear war.
The United Kingdom’s newly appointed foreign secretary for the Labour Party called then-President Trump a “neo-Nazi-sympathizing sociopath” in a 2018 opinion piece for Time magazine. David Lammy, a Labour lawmaker from Tottenham, was appointed Secretary of State for Foreign,
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) suggested nine questions ABC anchor George Stephanopoulos should ask President Biden in their highly anticipated Friday prime-time interview, in a post on the social platform X. “Ever bang a porn star? Ever bribe one?” the list started. “Been
The uptick in the June unemployment rate along with significant downward revisions in the job additions for April and May are the latest signs that the economy may be slowing down under high Federal Reserve interest rates. The Friday numbers from the Labor Department showed the
As the rest of the country obsesses over Joe Biden’s fitness for office, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has dared, once again, to say what absolutely no one was thinking. The conspiratorial independent candidate had strong words to share about 9/11 on Friday, announcing that, as an
It’s hard to see how Biden can benefit from this interview.