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The National Security Agency, the U.S. government’s electronic spy agency, is looking at cutting up to 2,000 civilian jobs as part of the Trump administration’s effort to greatly reduce the federal workforce. The NSA, which is within the Defense Department, must eliminate 8 percent of its civilian roles, or between 1,500 and 2,000 positions, by […]

A federal jury in California ordered Israeli cyber-intelligence firm NSO Group on Tuesday to pay Meta and WhatsApp nearly $170 million for hacking about 1,400 users on the instant messaging platform.  The spyware vendor, which created the Pegasus surveillance tool, has to pay $167,256,000 in punitive damages and another $440,000 in compensatory damages. The verdict, […]

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Tuesday said one controversial proposal to cut federal Medicaid funding was off the table and another would likely be excluded from the bill containing President Trump’s domestic policy priorities. Both had been red lines for a number of moderate and vulnerable Republicans, leaving the GOP closer to an agreement on […]

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Tuesday the Pentagon has not responded to his inquiries about last week’s Army helicopter that forced two commercial passenger jets landing at Reagan Washington National Airport to shift course. When Fox News host Martha MacCallum asked if he had any additional information from the Pentagon about the flyover, Duffy said, […]

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Treasury Department Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer will meet with their Chinese counterparts in Switzerland this week to discuss trade amid a standoff between the world’s two largest economies. Bessent will travel to Switzerland on Thursday, his office announced, where he will meet with the Swiss president. He will also meet […]

President Trump on Tuesday weighed in on reports of India striking Pakistan in the disputed Kashmir region, calling it a “shame” and expressing hope that the skirmish between the two nations ends quickly. “It’s a shame. We just heard about it just as we were walking in the doors of the Oval,” Trump said during […]

More than a dozen House Republicans are pressing the newly confirmed Social Security Administration (SSA) chief Frank Bisignano on the recent staff cutbacks at the agency.  The 15 House GOP lawmakers said in a letter to Bisignano, who was confirmed by the Senate in a 53-47 vote on Tuesday, that they are concerned about the […]

Republicans are divided over President Trump’s budget, which lays out his preferred vision for how the government should be funded for most of 2026. Hard-line conservatives have cheered the plan as a key step in the right direction and a roadmap for Republicans to follow when they begin crafting annual funding legislation in the coming […]

President Trump on Tuesday announced Andrew Giuliani, an ally and son of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, would lead a task force overseeing the 2026 World Cup, which will take place in North America. Trump convened a meeting of that task force at the White House with a host of FIFA and administration […]

Two co-hosts of the popular liberal podcast “Pod Save America” mocked President Trump over comments he made Monday about their ex-boss, former President Obama. During a Monday meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Trump commented on the building of the Obama Presidential Center. “He’s building his library in Chicago,” Trump said of Obama during […]

The Trump administration is cutting the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Energy Star program, which highlights energy efficient home appliances, an agency source told The Hill on Tuesday. According to the source, at a meeting Monday, staffers were told that Energy Star was being eliminated, as is the Climate Protection Partnerships division that houses it.  Staffers […]

Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) said Tuesday that he will not seek the top Democratic seat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee if and when the spot opens up before the next Congress. Frost last week had indicated he was interested in the position, but was awaiting a decision from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), […]

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) is dismissing a recent report detailing extensive concerns from some of his current and former staffers over his mental state. “It’s a one-source story with a couple of anonymous sources, a hit piece from a very left publication,” Fetterman told NBC News when asked about the story, which was published in […]

Three major crypto trade associations are urging the Senate to bring stablecoin legislation to the floor for debate this week, even as crypto-friendly Democrats threaten to vote down the bill over recent moves by Republican leadership.  The heads of Blockchain Association, Crypto Council for Innovation and The Digital Chamber called on senators to support a […]

Two United Airlines planes clipped wings at San Francisco International Airport just after midnight on Tuesday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The United flight heading to Sydney was pushing back from the gate when its right wingtip hit the left wingtip of a separate plane going to Hong Kong, the FAA shared in […]

President Trump on Tuesday said the United States will “always” protect Canada militarily, even as he lamented about the cost of doing so. “We protect Canada militarily, and we always will – we’re not gonna, you know, that’s not a money thing – but we always will. But it’s not fair,” Trump said alongside Canadian […]

The Senate voted Tuesday to confirm Wall Street veteran Frank Bisignano to head the Social Security Administration despite strong opposition from Democrats. He was confirmed on a 53-47 vote. The final confirmation vote came a day after the Senate advanced Bisignano, 50-45, on a procedural vote. Bisignano’s nomination drew strong pushback from Democrats after Elon […]

When President Trump issued an executive order withdrawing from the World Health Organization on his first day in office, he pledged to “identify credible and transparent United States and international partners to assume necessary activities previously undertaken by the WHO.”  Since that time, the president’s supporters have doubled down on the idea that we can […]

The White House has removed the vice chair of the independent National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), The Hill learned Tuesday. Vice Chair Alvin Brown was pulled out of the NTSB Monday, according to Reuters reporting that was confirmed by a White House official to The Hill. On the NTSB’s website, he no longer appears among […]