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Central US faces multiday severe weather threat

Millions of Americans in the Central U.S. could see severe thunderstorms and tornadoes Monday night through Wednesday. Severe thunderstorms are expected to touch down across the Central Great Plains and parts of Virginia and Maryland starting Monday night and continuing

What Iran learned from Russia

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense & National Security Defense & National Security The Big Story Iran’s attack on Israel built on lessons from Russia Iran’s missile and drone attack on Israel showed that the Islamic Republic has learned key

House sends foreign surveillance reform bill to Senate

The House on Monday settled its procedural business on a bill to reform the nation's warrantless surveillance powers, kicking the controversial reauthorization over to the Senate. The Monday vote came after a tie in the chamber on an amendment that would have added a warrant

5 takeaways from first day of Trump’s criminal trial

The first criminal trial of an American president got underway in downtown Manhattan on Monday. Former President Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records. The underlying events revolve around a $130,000 payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels in the

Congress turns its eye to health care cybersecurity

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Congress turns its eye to health care cybersecurity Lawmakers in both the House and Senate are ramping up probes into health care cybersecurity following the Change Healthcare ransomware

Trump hush money trial gets off to sluggish start

NEW YORK — Former President Trump became the first former commander in chief to stand trial on criminal charges Monday, but it got off to a sluggish start with even Trump himself appearing to nod off at times. For hours, the parties battled over a series of pending legal