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Ukraine’s officials say three people were killed by a Russian drone attack early Friday, less than a day after President Trump urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to “STOP” the assaults and focus on peace negotiations.  The drone hit an apartment building in the southeastern city of Pavlohrad, killing three people and injuring at least 14, […]

President Trump blamed Ukraine for initiating the war with Russia by eying a NATO membership, adding that he thinks Crimea will stay under Moscow’s control as part of a deal to end the war. In an interview with Time magazine published on Friday, Trump expressed optimism that Russian President Vladimir Putin will make a peace deal […]

President Trump in an interview published Friday was adamant that he was serious about his talk of adding Canada as the 51st state, something Canadian leaders have outright rejected. The president sat down for an interview with Time Magazine, where a reporter suggested Trump may have been “trolling a little bit” with his repeated comments […]

If he continues his current negotiating approach with Iran, President Trump risks being the second coming of Barack Obama. Thanks to fantastic Israeli military achievements, Trump inherited unprecedented leverage to drive a hard bargain with Iran over its nuclear program. Instead, he appears on the cusp of repeating Obama’s fatal mistake by cutting a weak […]

The phone number used in the Signal chat could also be found in a variety of places, including on social media and a fantasy sports site.

Faculty and classmates are stepping up to protect the close to 1,400 foreign students who have had their names taken off the international tracking system by the Trump administration, including new safety measures on campus as well as coordinated legal efforts. Campus communities have created buddy systems for international students, started GoFundMe pages for those […]

When former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) was getting to know Nayib Bukele, the young Salvadoran president foreshadowed an offer that has since become central to the Trump presidency: “When you need security, call the experts,” the lawmaker recalled him saying with a wry smile. The country is now holding in one of its most notorious […]

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Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here’s an offering of the best […]

An updated lawsuit filed in Washington was the latest in a flurry of suits challenging the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to send migrants to a prison in El Salvador.

Former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) said he’s prepared to receive the maximum 87-month prison sentence that prosecutors are seeking when he appears for his sentencing on Friday, but said he hopes the judge extends him some grace. “Right now, my expectation is I’m going to prison for 87 months,” Santos said in a phone interview […]

The longtime Trump ally is lobbying Congress to change the law that the crypto entrepreneur Roger Ver was charged with violating.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents did not have a warrant when they arrested Mahmoud Khalil, according to court documents in which the Trump administration argues their action was legally justified. Khalil’s attorneys asked an immigration judge in Louisiana, where he has been detained for weeks, to terminate his case since ICE agents arrested him […]

The Trump administration said it is “cautiously encouraged” by Yale University’s actions to combat antisemitism on campus amid the administration’s crackdown on Ivy League universities. According to the Department of Health and Human Services (HSS) Task Force to Combat Antisemitism, the administration has noticed the university has taken actions against a new “antisemitic encampment” on […]

Younger Americans are more likely than older Americans to say they’re doing better financially than they were a year ago, according to the latest “NBC News Stay Tuned” poll. In the mid-April survey, released Thursday, 27 percent of respondents aged 18-29 say their personal finance situation is “better today” than it was one year ago. […]

The order declares that employees will only attain full employment status if their managers review and sign off on their performance, adding a new obstacle for probationary workers to clear.

Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said in a new interview that the United States proposal for a peace deal with Ukraine is “moving in the right direction,” but there are still details that “need to be fine-tuned.” In a Thursday preview of an interview set to air on CBS News’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday, […]

An explosion near a UNESCO world heritage site in Yemen’s capital on Sunday killed 12 people, according to health authorities tied to the Houthi-led government.

A declaration by an ICE official says an English-language form was “read and explained” to the detainees and that they had “no less than 12 hours” to express the intent to challenge their deportations.

96 Welcome to The Hill’s Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security <!–   The Big Story  Europe, US ‘agree’ on Russia threat: NATO chief  The NATO Secretary General on Thursday said the U.S. and its European allies have agreed that Russia is a long-term threat, even as Washington has seemed […]