Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) suggested the Trump administration is preparing the Texas National Guard for deployment to Chicago amid the president's threats to federalize law enforcement in the Windy City. "We have reason to believe that the Trump administration has already
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Trump’s use of US military in LA illegal, judge rules A federal judge ruled Tuesday that National Guard troops ran afoul of the law in Los Angeles
The Pentagon has approved the transfer of some of its military and civilian lawyers to the Justice Department to serve as temporary immigration judges, the Defense Department confirmed to The Hill on Tuesday. Chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said the Department of
California’s biggest irrigation district is throwing its support behind a controversial water diversion project that aims to help relieve the Golden State’s historic battle with drought but also faces widespread local opposition. The Imperial Irrigation District — the biggest
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Google avoids a breakup A federal judge declined to order the search giant to sell off its Chrome browser, as sought by the DOJ. © Jeff Chiu, Associated Press U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta on Tuesday barred Google from entering
Two senior homeland security and cyber officials have left their roles at the Department of Defense (DOD) in another shake-up at the executive department. Ashley Manning, the principal deputy assistant secretary of Defense for cyber policy, and Jonathan Owen, the acting deputy
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) said he plans to call a special session of the state Legislature to consider tougher gun laws after a shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school last week left two children dead and nearly two dozen people injured. Walz told reporters on Tuesday he
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Tuesday said a gay leader at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) who resigned last week in protest of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had "no business being in government" due to the "lifestyle" he led.
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story House GOP seeks to cut HHS budget A House appropriations subcommittee was poised to advance legislation Tuesday that includes deep cuts to many health agencies and programs. © The Hill,
House GOP leaders are racing to squash any internal rebellion over Jeffrey Epstein, launching a series of moves designed to appease the Republicans demanding more information be released on the late financier and convicted sex offender. GOP leaders on Tuesday added a
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Tuesday made public a batch of files it said it received from the Justice Department (DOJ) in response to its subpoena for documents related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The committee said the information
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) on Tuesday left early from a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee meeting with victims of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, appearing visibly upset when she emerged from the committee room. Mace wiped tears from her face and averted
A bipartisan group of House members is set to unveil a compromise bill to ban stock trading by individual members of Congress and their families on Wednesday. The legislation, titled the Restore Trust in Congress Act, is expected to combine and reconcile several previously
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Court axes order halting climate spending clawback A federal appeals court has overturned a lower court’s ruling that prevented the Trump administration from clawing back billions of dollars in climate
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story GOP plots second act on tax President Trump and Republican lawmakers passed their major tax-and-spending cut bill earlier this summer, faster than almost anyone
A federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., has for the second time this week decided against indicting a defendant accused of threatening President Trump. Public defender Elizabeth Mullin confirmed to The Hill on Tuesday that a grand jury returned a "no bill" against her client,
Unions representing employees of the National Weather Service and U.S. Patent and Trademark Office sued President Trump on Tuesday over an executive order that sought to end employee rights to collectively bargain with the government. Last week, Trump issued an order ending
Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) launched her campaign for Senate on Tuesday, hours after Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) announced she would not seek reelection in next year’s midterm elections. “I’m all in. I’m running for the United States Senate to fight alongside President Trump and
The bipartisan Colorado congressional delegation issued a joint statement on Tuesday condemning President Trump’s decision to relocate the U.S. Space Command's headquarters from their state to Alabama. "Today's decision to move U.S Space Command's headquarters out of Colorado
In her latest seeming appeasement to President Donald Trump amid his federal takeover of Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser on Tuesday ordered that the city work with federal law enforcement indefinitely. With the one-month limit (sans congressional approval) on Trump’s
Democratic lawmakers of the House Oversight Committee will brief reporters following the committee's closed-door meeting with victims tied to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. House Oversight Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) launched an investigation into the late disgraced
President Trump returned to public view on Tuesday after a weeklong break from appearances led to wild online speculation he was sick — or in the case of some baseless posts, even dead. Trump was asked directly about reports he was dead during an Oval Office appearance
Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Tuesday that rising electricity prices are what he “worries about most” as Americans face high power bills. “It's what I worry about most — seven days a week. We want to stop the rise in electricity for Americans and reshore jobs and
A federal judge on Tuesday largely sided with Google in the penalties phase of its search monopoly case, declining to order the breakup sought by the Department of Justice (DOJ). U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta barred Google from entering into exclusive agreements to prioritize
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) announced his engagement Tuesday, calling his fiancee “one of the greatest unearned blessings of my life.” The senior New Jersey senator, famously a lifelong bachelor, made the announcement in posts on his social media accounts. He said his fiancee,
President Donald Trump ended his press conference in a huff Tuesday, after snapping at a reporter who asked him about his administration’s legal loss in California. The journalist asked the president to respond to a federal judge’s ruling that the Trump administration’s
I hold one belief that never changes: politics is about addition.
🌌 Plus: Space Command HQ to move to Alabama {beacon} REP. THOMAS MASSIE (R-Ky.) filed a discharge petition Tuesday seeking to force the release of all government files pertaining to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, setting up a new confrontation with Speaker Mike Johnson
This weekend, the internet hummed with rumors that President Donald Trump, 79, had died. The half-joking gossip was spurred by a week-long stretch with no public appearances, as well as comments by Vice President JD Vance about his readiness to assume the presidency should a
A federal judge ruled that Amazon must face a class action lawsuit accusing the e-commerce giant of imposing inflated fees on third-party sellers that have been passed along to consumers. U.S. District Judge John Chun allowed the lawsuit to move forward in an early August
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is replacing immigration judges with hundreds of military lawyers, following the Trump administration’s months-long purge of immigration courts. Hegseth approved more than 600 military lawyers from the Department of Defense to serve as temporary
President Trump gave a strange, clearly made-up answer when asked about a viral video of someone tossing black trash bags out of a White House window. “There’s a video that is circulating online now of the White House where a window is open to the residence upstairs, and
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday warned GOP leaders that House Democrats will oppose any government spending bill negotiated by only Republicans. Behind Jeffries, House Democrats had voted almost unanimously in March against the Republicans’ 2025
Sure, we want traditional intermediaries and online bank payment systems to work better and process quicker. But cyberspace has turned out to be a much more dangerous place than the real world.
Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) teased a run for Iowa’s Senate seat Tuesday after Sen. Joni Ernst (R) formally announced her retirement. “As we look forward, President Trump needs a fighter in the Senate who will always have his back to continue to cut spending, deport illegal
President Trump suggested Tuesday that Colorado's embrace of mail-in voting played a role in his decision to move Space Command's headquarters from Colorado Springs to Huntsville, Ala. "The problem I have with Colorado, one of the big problems, they do mail-in voting. They do
The internal watchdog for the Department of Homeland Security issued the first of several reports evaluating the U.S. Secret Service in the wake of the attempted assassination of President Trump in Pennsylvania last year, determining its countersniper team is chronically
The largest single measles outbreak the country has endured in more than 30 years is being hailed as a success story by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. In a Wall Street Journal opinion article published Tuesday defending his overhaul of the Centers
The U.S. military on Tuesday conducted a lethal strike on a boat allegedly carrying drugs in the Caribbean after departing Venezuela, according to President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Trump mentioned the strike at the White House on Tuesday, saying the U.S.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday defended the independence of the Federal Reserve but insisted President Trump has the right to fire Fed governor Lisa Cook over mortgage fraud allegations. "The Fed should be independent. The Fed is independent, but I, I also think
President Trump on Tuesday responded to the social media frenzy over the weekend about his health when asked by Fox News’s Peter Doocy about reports he had died. Doocy asked Trump if he saw over the weekend that he was dead and replied, “no.” He said that he didn’t see
President Trump said Tuesday it was a matter of when, not if, he would send the National Guard into Chicago, citing the city’s issues with gun violence. “Well, we're going in. I didn’t say when. We’re going in,” Trump said when asked if he had made up his mind about sending
There are more than 60 jobs that will qualify for President Trump’s "no tax on tips” law ushered in through his "One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act." Service industry workers ranging from bartenders to golf caddies will have the opportunity to receive the full payment of their
California Democrats celebrated a federal judge’s Tuesday ruling deeming President Trump’s use of military troops in Los Angeles illegal when they were deployed over immigration protests that at times turned violent. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer barred the Defense
President Trump on Tuesday said the administration will appeal the latest appeals court decision that rejected his assertion that emergency powers justify his worldwide tariffs as soon as Wednesday, calling the situation an “emergency.” The president warned about the impact of
President Trump’s federal takeover of Washington, D.C., may have helped a Republican congressman get off scot-free after he allegedly assaulted a woman. In February, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department arrived at Mills’s luxury penthouse on the Wharf in response to a call
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) formally filed a long-promised discharge petition Tuesday to force action on his bill with Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) to require the Trump administration to publicly disclose files and information related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The