The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Jay Clayton as director of national intelligence (DNI) in a 51-47 party-line vote, potentially reviving a stalled battle over renewing the nation’s warrantless spy powers. Clayton, currently a U.S. attorney who served as chair of the Securities
President Trump’s approval rating has hit its lowest mark in the poll conducted by The Economist/YouGov since he returned to office last year. In the poll, 34 percent of respondents said that they either “somewhat” or “strongly” back Trump’s job performance, while 62 percent
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) warned Dr. Anthony Fauci that the presidential pardon he received does not extend to his awaited hearing at Capitol Hill. The former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases is set to testify
Iran fired multiple ballistic missiles at a U.S. base in the Middle East on Tuesday evening, in what U.S. Central Command (Centcom) called an attempted surprise attack. It was the first publicly disclosed attack on U.S. service members in the region since President Trump
The US government is targeting China with a new import ban on "advanced robotic devices" and power inverters made in foreign countries, as reported earlier by Reuters. In an announcement on Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission says the ban will include "mobile"
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Nvidia's Huang hits Capitol Hill amid open-source debate Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang made a trip to Capitol Hill on Tuesday, as his company has become a key voice advocating for open-source models. © Jeffrey McWhorter, Associated
Former chief White House medical adviser Anthony Fauci is set to be under the microscope for a tough Senate hearing on Wednesday, just days after Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) released more than 1,000 pages of Fauci's diary entries from the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Energy eyes nuclear waste deal with five states The Trump administration is eyeing five states that could accept nuclear waste, disposal of which has been a longtime issue with nuclear power. AP Photo/Mark
Boeing’s contract to replace two aging Air Force One planes, a program that is now four years behind schedule, lost the defense contractor $280 million in the second quarter of 2026, according to its latest earnings report released on Tuesday. The company inked a contract with
A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) official insisted on the security of the American food supply as the number of American cases of cyclosporiasis hit 11,000. “The U.S. food supply is safe,” the FDA’s acting deputy commissioner for food, Donald Prater, said Monday during the
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Healthcare Health Care The Big Story Cyclospora concerns continue to dominate As federal health officials insist the U.S. food health supply is "safe" amid the ongoing cyclospora outbreak, concerns continue to sway American
New York Times opinion journalist Ross Douthat is reportedly set to join CBS News and "60 Minutes" as a correspondent. Douthat, a columnist at the Times and one of the leading voices of its opinion section, is reportedly one of a handful of new journalists who will join CBS
A new analysis released Tuesday shows corporate boardroom diversity among S&P 500 companies has dropped to its lowest level in more than a decade. The analysis from global advisory search firm Spencer Stuart found that diverse board appointments among S&P 500 companies have
The Trump administration is planning to scrap Medicare subsidies, which could leave seniors facing higher rates for their prescription coverage next year. After 2026, the government will stop providing billions in subsidies to insurance companies that keep premiums low for
A federal judge in Houston ordered the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Monday to release a man who witnessed federal immigration officers fatally shooting Lorenzo Salgado Araujo earlier this month. U.S. District Judge Keith P. Ellison wrote that the continued detention
eBay and three former executives will pay $55.7 million as part of a settlement with a Massachusetts couple targeted with a bizarre harassment and cyberstalking campaign in 2019, as reported earlier by CNBC. The settlement will resolve a lengthy legal saga that revealed how
Republican voters in South Dakota will once again head to the polls Tuesday to weigh in on a heated gubernatorial primary runoff. Gov. Larry Rhoden (R) is vying for a full term leading the Mount Rushmore State against Republican businessman Toby Doeden. Neither candidate
Voters in Georgia's 13th Congressional District are at the polls Tuesday for a special election to fill late Rep. David Scott's (D) seat. Scott passed away in April at age 80, leaving the seat in the blue stronghold open for the first time since 2002. The late Georgia
The ranking is based on scores across 71 metrics, from crime to infrastructure to economic opportunities.
President Trump on Tuesday said a teen lifeguard who saved a child from roaring waves in Santa Cruz, Calif. will be given the “highest civilian honor.” “We’re going to bring this heroic young man, and his family, into the White House with, perhaps, the boy he saved, to give him
President Trump’s former teleprompter operator, who bet on his speeches, is no longer working in the federal government. A White House official confirmed to The Hill on Tuesday that Gabriel Perez was no longer employed in the government. Earlier this month, the prediction
CBS’s 60 Minutes is getting another Trump-styled makeover. Conservative columnist Ross Douthat is leaving The New York Times to join the storied broadcast magazine in a new role, 60 Minutes executive producer Nick Bilton announced Tuesday. Douthat has served as one of the Times
The Kentucky senator believes the former Covid czar belongs in prison. A recent Trump administration prosecution suggests it might not be an idle threat.
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) filled in as guest host on former Rep. Matt Gaetz’s primetime show at the pro-MAGA network One America News (OAN). The Monday night broadcast featured Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), election lawyer Cleta Mitchell, comedian Rob Schneider,
Former Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) received an emotional send-off Wednesday at two memorial services, where political allies and foes, some of whom had shifted back and forth during the South Carolinian’s long career, bid him tribute. “He was a force of nature, and I will miss
Sens. Ted Cruz and Maria Cantwell want a Senate floor vote as soon as next week.
President Trump couldn’t stay awake at Lindsey Graham’s funeral Tuesday. As several well-wishers eulogized the former senator at the Washington National Cathedral, Trump could barely hold his face up and keep his eyes open. It didn’t take long for him to start dozing off,
House Republicans blame the failure of a major veterans measure earlier this month on missteps by the VA leader.
Nearly half of Americans believer the U.S. should arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over his actions in Israel’s war in Gaza, according to a new poll from The Economist/YouGov. When asked if the U.S. should enforce an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest
President Donald Trump has made a habit of insulting our northern neighbors, and it’s coming back to bite him. Canadians are boycotting travel to the United States in record numbers, costing the U.S. economy upward of $3.3 billion, the Canadian government reports . Tourism is
A longtime Department of Homeland Security official has resigned, citing the Trump administration’s “brazen corruption” and the “war on immigrants.” Over the weekend, Marc Rosenblum, who serves as executive director for the Office of Homeland Security Statistics, announced he
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Tuesday cast doubt on Congress’ ability to pass President Trump’s top voter reform policy bill before they break for August recess. DeSantis wrote in a post on the social platform X that the chances of this bill passing before this scheduled
A former aide to California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is revisiting their decades-old affair that rocked San Francisco politics, sharing details of the relationship in a Vanity Fair essay published Tuesday. The essay by Ruby Rippey, who worked as Newsom’s appointments secretary
President Trump lauded the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) Tuesday for his work in the Senate and for his friendship. "Today we gather in the deepest gratitude and profoundest sorrow to honor a beloved friend, a devoted brother, a respected statesman, a giant of the United
A Georgia man was charged with a felony for allegedly wiping his phone while being questioned by Customs and Border Protection. Samuel Tunick had something in common with others who have had their devices searched at airports: He was an activist. Unlike others who have had
The president couldn’t resist taking issue with his speechwriters again Tuesday—even as he was in the midst of delivering a eulogy for late South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham. Graham’s funeral drew TV personalities, top lawmakers, and foreign heads of state, including
In June, Nintendo announced a new version of the Switch 2 that should let you easily replace its battery pack - but only for Europe. Logitech will do much the same. User-replaceable batteries will be the law in Europe in February 2027, but instead of bringing them to the rest
Mellencamp, who references the Gulf of Mexico in the lyrics of his song “Pink Houses,” criticized the change during at least two recent performances on his “Dancing Words Tour.”
More than two hours of audio recordings that former President Biden fought to keep private were released on Monday. In 2016 and 2017 home interviews with memoir ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer, the former president acknowledged that some of the notes he kept at his home included
The Wall Street Journal editorial board on Monday said President Trump is wrong in his pressure campaign to get rid of the Senate filibuster for the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act. “Bad ideas are everywhere in Washington, but here’s one that belongs in
The Pentagon will reportedly rename a South Carolina military base after the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), an Air Force veteran, citing his “decades of distinguished service” to Congress and the armed services. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink in a July 27 internal memo
In years’ worth of journal entries, Dr. Anthony Fauci wrote about the uncertainty surrounding the origins of COVID-19, the media attention he received during the pandemic and his “unique” relationship with President Trump. The office of Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) released the
Canadians’ trips to the U.S. declined by $3.3 billion last year as citizens remained wedged in the midst of a new economic and political arena sparked by President Trump’s second term. Our neighbors up north spent $18.8 billion on trips to the U.S. in 2025, according to a
President Trump’s top officials for peace negotiations, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, are in talks to visit Ukraine, a Ukrainian official told The Hill, likely reviving U.S. efforts to reach a settlement to end Russia’s war against the country. A trip to Moscow is expected
Mediators in the U.S.-Iran war negotiations have reported progress in a potential ceasefire after both American and Iranian forces paused attacks, despite continued fighting by other forces in the Middle East. Discussions led by Qatar and Pakistan hope to bridge the gap between
In a blow to voters everywhere, a federal appeals court just made it easier for President Donald Trump to suppress mail-in voting. The midterms are three months away. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit affirmed a lower court’s decision Tuesday, arguing that a
The recalled cookies were distributed to all of the German supermarket chains' U.S. locations.
The Pentagon has stripped the name of former Director of National Intelligence (DNI) James Clapper from an auditorium named in his honor at the headquarters of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). The Defense Department (DOD) removed Clapper’s name from the “Clapper
Crowds were gathered on Seabright State Beach in Santa Cruz to enjoy warm July weather last weekend when lifeguards jumped into action for a heart-pounding water rescue.
Starting Tuesday, the Trump administration will cut off asylum seekers’ access to an interview to weigh their claims, instead allowing officers to funnel migrants into immigration court for deportation proceedings. The new rule from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services