Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.), the ranking member on the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, sent a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday, asking him to clarify his use of the phrase “G2” to describe the U.S. and China. In the letter, obtained by The Hill, Krishnamoorthi said the term “carries…
The House on Wednesday advanced the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), teeing it up for a final vote after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) managed to win over several holdouts in a dramatic vote. The vote on the rule, which sets up debate and final passage of the bill, was held open for more than an…
The chair of the House Armed Services Committee, Rep. Mike Rogers (Ala.), will end the panel’s inquiry into the U.S. military’s controversial Sept. 2 alleged drug boat attack in the Caribbean, where the two survivors were killed in a follow-up strike. The classified briefings from the Pentagon and the video of the Sept. 2 operation,…
A machine-learning analysis found Texas border cities carry the highest migrant risk scores.
President Trump said Wednesday that the U.S. has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, the latest escalation in what has become an increasingly tense relationship between the two countries. “We’ve just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela. A large tanker, very large,” Trump told reporters. “And other things are happening.”…
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered U.S. embassies and consulates to use Times New Roman font for diplomatic communications, reversing the Biden administration’s switch to Calibri. “Typography shapes how official documents are perceived in terms of cohesion, professionalism and formality,” Rubio said Tuesday in a cable to diplomatic offices. Rubio added that his predecessor,…
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating whether the COVID-19 vaccines were associated with any deaths across all age ranges. “FDA is doing a thorough investigation, across multiple age groups, of deaths potentially related to COVID vaccines,” Health and Human Services (HHS) Department spokesperson Andrew Nixon said in a statement. FDA Commissioner Marty Makary…
Health professionals are noting a surge in a norovirus called “winter vomiting disease,” which spreads through contaminated food and water. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) monitors wastewater surveillance testing, which has indicated that the virus is spreading earlier and faster than usual. Reported cases, particularly in Louisiana, Michigan and Indiana, have been…
Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) expressed fear Tuesday that President Trump is “sleepwalking us into a war” with Venezuela in the wake of recent tension between the U.S. and the South American country. “I’m afraid that Secretary [Pete] Hegseth and President Trump are sleepwalking us into a war with Venezuela, and that regime change and access…
Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) expressed fear Tuesday that President Trump is “sleepwalking us into a war” with Venezuela in the wake of recent tension between the U.S. and the South American country. “I’m afraid that Secretary [Pete] Hegseth and President Trump are sleepwalking us into a war with Venezuela, and that regime change and access…