President Trump plans to automatically sign up military draft-eligible men for a potential draft, an ominous decision to make in the midst of a war on Iran. While registration into Selective Service—the massive database that tells the U.S. how many men they can force into war
The irony of the century is that digital asset and crypto businesses, which were conceived out of a deep disdain for governments and banks, now want to become banks regulated by the government.
President Trump said he'll hold U.S. troops "in, and around, Iran" until the Islamic complies with the real agreement reached between the two countries. "If for any reason it is not, which is highly unlikely, then the “Shootin’ Starts,” bigger, and better, and stronger than
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Thursday that Israeli strikes on Lebanon are violations of the two-week ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran and “render negotiations meaningless." “The repeated aggression by the Zionist entity against Lebanon is a flagrant violation of
A wise first step would be a voluntary moratorium on new AI implementation contracts until independent researchers have assessed their impact.
Wholesale used car prices hit a nearly three-year high in March as tight supply meets tax refund season.
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Therapy should be guided by clients’ values and sound clinical practice, not government mandate.
President Trump late Wednesday warned that he will authorize more substantial strikes on Iran if the Islamic Republic does not reach and comply with an agreement to end the conflict. “All U.S. Ships, Aircraft, and Military Personnel, with additional Ammunition, Weaponry, and
Last month, a jury in California gave me something I have been fighting for since May 1, 2019, when I lost my son Mason at age 15: It gave me a small sense of justice in the fight to hold Big Tech accountable for the online harms it caused my son and many other young...
He shared world-class climber status with his identical twin, Lou, who led the first American expedition to scale Mount Everest's north face.
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the April 9 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here . Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic , produced and presented by the DSR Network. I’m your host, Greg Sargent. Now that Donald Trump and
Trump apparently lost his strategic patience and political will and handed a win to an Iran on the verge of collapse.
Morning Report is The Hill’s a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today’s issue: Vice President Vance has quickly become a central figure in trying to maintain a shaky ceasefire in a war that he has reportedly been skeptical about from the start. Vance is set to travel to
You can watch this episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon above or by following this show on YouTube or Substack . You can read a transcript here . Iran and the United States reached a ceasefire this week. It came after Trump threatened a “whole civilization will die tonight” as
This is a lightly edited transcript of the April 8 edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon. You can watch the video here or by following this show on YouTube or Substack . Perry Bacon: So now we have this two-week ceasefire. Talk about your immediate reactions to it. Ishaan
On November 5, 2008—the nadir of that year’s eponymous financial crisis—Queen Elizabeth II visited the London School of Economics to celebrate the opening of a new building. In a moment that made headlines around the world, she asked her hosts about the market crash: “Why did
Silicon Valley is embracing nontraditional media to sell its vision of technology as concerns mount over artificial intelligence’s impact on the workforce, economy and environment. Tech and business leaders are turning to everything from podcasts to Substack blogs to avoid the
OpenAI has a New Deal to sell you. On Monday, the embattled tech company released an “industrial policy” blueprint that lays out a series of progressive-sounding policy proposals meant to ease a supposedly inevitable “transition” toward something called superintelligence. The
A simmering battle for influence between Pete Hegseth and the Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has reached new heights with the Defense secretary’s purge of senior Army officials last week. Tensions flared when Driscoll was picked last year by President Trump to negotiate with
A plurality of New York voters approve of the job Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) is doing in office, but nearly 60 percent say their city is on the wrong track, according to a new poll released Thursday. In the survey, conducted by Emerson College Polling and PIX11, 43 percent of the
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) faces a tough task in the coming weeks in trying to lasso House Republicans to pass two high-stakes bills that are dividing and enraging the conference. Johnson will aim to pass a "clean" reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
We now have a ceasefire in Iran, at least for the moment , and President Trump will apparently not blow the country to kingdom come. But the volatility of the situation, and of Trump’s temperament, means we may be back to hostilities next week or tomorrow. The ceasefire is
Will there be a Supreme Court vacancy in 2026? The November midterms are inching closer—and with them, the slim but growing prospect of a Democratic Senate majority next January. If any conservative justices want to guarantee that a conservative president nominates their
Republicans are hailing President Trump’s two-week ceasefire deal with Iran, but many caution the temporary and fragile truce is only a first step and that the U.S. needs to do more to secure American interests and advance lasting peace. Trump sent shock waves across the nation
“Ye have the poor always with you,” says Jesus in Matthew 26:11, a statement that’s often said to express fatalism about the problem of poverty. Biblical scholars say that interpretation misses the point , but you can’t deny its predictive value: Two thousand years later, the
The fragile ceasefire with Iran is not silencing the mounting questions about Donald Trump’s threat to wipe out Iranian civilization. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt lost her temper under hard questioning on the topic. One reporter sharply grilled her, causing her
As Homeland Security chair, the Kentucky Republican has to decide whether to back party-line immigration enforcement funding.
Former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.), who had a brief but notable stint in Congress in 2023, said he is becoming a parent for the first time. “So, we are having kids next year, and that's a big deal for us,” Santos said on Meghan McCain’s livestreamed show “Citizen McCain.”
President Trump went after the NATO alliance following a meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte -- comments that came after the Trump administration had recently expressed frustration with members of the alliance. “NATO WASN’T THERE WHEN WE NEEDED THEM, AND THEY WON’T
While spring has officially begun, concerns about respiratory viruses are lingering longer than usual, with cases of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) cropping up later than expected and a new COVID-19 variant spreading across much of the country. The Centers for Disease
French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday criticized recent Israeli strikes in Lebanon and said he’s spoken with its leaders, following a U.S.-Iranian ceasefire being on shaky ground do to the strikes. “I have just spoken with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Prime
A federal appeals court has rejected Anthropic's bid to temporarily halt the Pentagon's labeling of the artificial intelligence company as a supply chain risk, finding the firm failed to meet the strict requirements for an emergency stay. The order, issued Wednesday evening by
An ex-Army employee that had top-secret clearance has been charged with leaking classified information, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). In a Wednesday press release, the DOJ said that 40-year-old Courtney Williams of North Carolina was arrested by the FBI on
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Trump’s fragile ceasefire with Iran already showing cracks Israel launched a barrage of attacks without warning in Lebanon on Wednesday as a fragile
Amid the tenuous two-week ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran, it is unclear what exactly is in the 10-point plan from the Iranian government that President Trump deemed a "workable basis" on which to negotiate. While the Iranian government publicly released a 10-point proposal
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SpaceX, Elon Musk’s spacecraft and satellite communications company, is preparing to go public after reportedly filing paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). After months of speculation, the company has confidentially filed for an initial public offering
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Oil prices drop amid ceasefire Oil prices plummeted Wednesday after President Trump announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran. © AP Photo Futures for international benchmark Brent crude were down about 12
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin gave the keynote speech Wednesday at a conference hosted by a climate denial group. Zeldin told the attendees of the conservative Heartland Institute’s conference to “celebrate vindication.” He claimed that in the
There are huge questions hanging over the Trump administration’s strategic objectives in Iran, especially now that a tentative ceasefire has hit immediate turbulence. Global relief on Tuesday evening, when President Trump backed off his ominous threat to lay waste to Iranian
Last month was the hottest March on record in U.S. history, according to data released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on Wednesday. Average temperatures across continental America in March 2026 topped the 20th-century average by 9.4 degrees
Within 24 hours this week, President Trump jumped from threats to wipe out Iran’s civilization to announcing that Tehran had presented a plan that led him to agree to a 14-day ceasefire — less than two hours before his deadline to attack Iranian infrastructure. About 24 hours
Conflicting messages from U.S. and Iranian officials about the status of the Strait of Hormuz are raising questions about what’s actually happening with the key oil shipping lane. The waterway has largely been closed since American and Israeli attacks on Iran began nearly six
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) on Wednesday echoed Democratic calls to hold former Attorney General Pam Bondi in contempt if she failed to comply with a subpoena to testify before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee about the Jeffrey Epstein files. The Justice
Eligible men will automatically be registered into the military draft pool by December as part of an effort to streamline the previous process of self-registration and save money. The Selective Service System (SSS) — the government agency that maintains a database of men to be
Delta Air Lines and Southwest Airlines announced this week they are raising prices for checked bags, joining a growing number of U.S. carriers grappling with higher jet fuel costs linked to the war in Iran. The two airlines raised prices by $10 for the first and second checked
The speaker of the Iranian Parliament on Tuesday issued a statement that said the U.S. had violated key parts of its 10-point proposal for peace, concluding that "in such situation, a bilateral ceasefire or negotiation is unreasonable." The statement came from the Iranian
Fewer people in both the U.S. and Canada said it was a good time to find a job in 2025 in comparison with the year before, according to a new report from Gallup. In the Gallup State of the Global Workplace report, 47 percent of respondents in the U.S. and Canada called it “a
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Take It Down Act sees first conviction A Columbus, Ohio man pled guilty Tuesday to cybercrimes involving real and AI-generated sexually explicit images, marking the first conviction under the Take It Down Act, signed into law last