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The killing of one of Mexico’s most notorious drug kingpins over the weekend signals the start of a more forceful chapter in the country’s war against drug cartels, as President Trump has pressured Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum to take the fight to powerful criminal syndicates. The high-stakes

Mayor Zohran Mamdani has been given a bevy of nicknames by New York City’s tabloid newspapers and political class. Which will stick?

The Trump administration is proposing Obamacare plans that it says will lower health insurance premiums. But critics warn they would make care unaffordable.

Some officials in the Trump administration hope an attack would force Iran to give up its nuclear enrichment program. Others have doubts.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) on Wednesday defended transgender rights in her State of the State address, a day after President Trump criticized gender transition in his State of the Union address. “In Michigan, everyone deserves to be who they are and love who they love. I want to take a momen

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) said Wednesday that a bridge between the U.S. and Canada that President Trump previously threatened to block from opening is set to go ahead. “For the first time in over a century, a new bridge connecting Michigan to Canada, the Gordie Howe International Bridge, wi

Welcome to The Hill’s Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story  On eve of nuclear talks, Trump hits Iran with new sanctions  The U.S. is imposing new sanctions on Iranian individuals, companies and ships accused of enabling the countr

The Department of Justice (DOJ) said Wednesday that a former Air Force pilot was arrested because he provided “defense services” to Chinese military forces. In a press release Wednesday, the DOJ said 65-year-old Gerald Eddie Brown Jr. had been arrested in Jeffersonville, Ind., that day. The departme

Former Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday slammed her 2024 presidential election opponent President Trump over his Tuesday State of the Union address. “I watched it. It was full of lies. And, you know, when he wasn’t lying, he was — it reminded me of our kids going to show-and-tell at school.

President Trump used Tuesday’s State of the Union address to touch on the myriad reasons why an attack on Iran might be justified, from the regime’s history of attacks on Americans to its violent suppression at home, alleged nuclear ambitions and plans to build a missile that could reach America.  T

President Trump used much of his State of the Union address Tuesday night to promote GOP legislation likely to hit a wall with Democrats, turning up the heat on Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to pursue a complicated avenue to pass it with only Republican votes. Johnson may have only a narrow window to

Apple is rolling out an age verification tool in the U.S. and abroad to ensure users are at least 18. App developers in Brazil, Australia, Singapore, and the U.S. states of Utah and Louisiana are now able to use the company’s updated Declared Age Range Application Programming Interface (API) to dete

After months of delay, President Trump’s nominee for U.S. surgeon general, Casey Means, appeared before the Senate, facing intense questions over her qualifications, personal health care practices and career as a social media influencer.  Means appeared before the Senate Committee on Health, Educati

Blaming a partial government shutdown, officials suspended the expedited arrival program this week, but some travelers are seeing inconsistencies at airports.

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) said that her guest for the State of the Union was arrested by U.S. Capitol Police on “Unlawful Conduct” charges on Tuesday evening for standing during President Trump’s address.  In a post on the social media platform X, Omar said her constituent Aliya Rahman was “forcibly

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care   The Big Story  Trump’s surgeon general nominee weaves through contentious Senate hearing  Casey Means, President Trump’s second nominee to be U.S. surgeon general, finally appeared before the Senate for her confirmation hearing more than ha

Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), told The Hill on Wednesday that he has appointed retired four-star U.S. Army Gen. Jack Keane to serve on the Commission on the National Defense Strategy (NDS).  “General Keane has faithfully served our country s

Vice President JD Vance and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz announced on Wednesday the Trump administration will halt certain Medicaid funds to Minnesota as a part of the effort to crack down on fraud in the state. “We have decided to temporarily halt certain amounts

A federal appeals court on Tuesday denied a migrant advocacy group’s request to temporarily block the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from sharing immigrants’ data with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).  A three-judge panel on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals denied the request, filed by Ce

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Wednesday said some nations will face a 15 percent tariff or higher as President Trump looks to rewire trade policy in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling that struck down most of his sweeping tariffs. “Right now, we have the 10 percent tariff. It’ll go up

House lawmakers are preparing this week to grill former President Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as part of Congress’s investigation into the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The high-profile depositions, scheduled for Thursday and Friday in New York, come after months of ha

Mexican mothers with experience searching for missing people are helping Arizona and federal authorities amid their search for NBC “Today” host Savannah Guthrie’s mother. The Madres Buscadoras de Sonora — Spanish for Searching Mothers of Sonora — has distrubuted photos of Nancy Guthrie on social med

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is backing a primary challenger to Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas), a notable move against a fellow Lone Star State Republican incumbent. “I am proud to endorse @SteveTothTX for Congress in Texas’s 2nd Congressional District,” Cruz said in a Tuesday post on the social platform X.

U.S. service members were injured in a military aircraft training accident Tuesday in the Philippines, the Defense Department has confirmed. Philippine officials initially said Wednesday that an Air Force plane carrying five American personnel hit a concrete barrier while attempting to take off from