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Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Dan Caine told Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) in a letter that there are no plans to send the military to the polls in November’s midterm elections. “Election administration and security remain the fundamental responsibility of state and local officials. The Joint Force has no plans to send Federal military…
The governor of the Bank of England warned of AI's “volatility” caused by energy shocks from the US-Iran war.
The US Treasury secretary will attempt to sell Washington’s economic agenda at this week’s G20 finance meeting.
Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is set to depart his role at the Pentagon in the coming days, leaving the Trump administration after being embroiled in a months-long turf war with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, according to two sources familiar with internal deliberations. Driscoll spoke with President Trump about the “current state” of the Army and…
President Trump announced last week that the U.S. would team up with a Venezuelan company to pump oil from a large swath of the South American nation’s reserves — but actually getting that petroleum out of the ground could come with significant hurdles. Announcing the agreement with Venezuela, Trump said Friday evening it would “substantially…
Welcome to The Hill’s Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Pentagon inks 7-year deals to bolster interceptor production The Pentagon announced on Monday that it reached two seven-year framework agreements with General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems and Lockheed Martin to bolster production of interceptors. ©…
Japanese companies are doubling down on India amid a shrinking domestic market and rising risks in China.
The FTC and 22 state attorneys general filed a lawsuit against Amazon claiming it used a “secret” surcharge to push up its advertising prices.
A federal judge on Sunday paused a lawsuit seeking to revoke the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of the abortion pill mifepristone until after the midterm elections. Judge Reed O’Connor, of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, granted a request by the Department of Justice to delay the lawsuit filed…
Oil prices jumped more than two percent on Monday, with the Brent international benchmark rising above $90 a barrel after a fresh flare-up in the US-Iran war...
The Trump administration on Monday announced new Medicaid drug pricing agreements with nine mid-sized biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. Every drug “will be at the lowest prices available anywhere in the world,” President Trump said in the Oval Office, surrounded by company executives. Under the agreements, the companies will charge state Medicaid programs the same…
The Pentagon announced on Monday that it brought on Starshield AI’s Grok for Government and OpenAI’s ChatGPT for unclassified military use, expanding the number of AI assistants on the department’s platform. According to the Pentagon, Grok for Government will provide the department with “immediate productivity gains, stronger knowledge continuity and more secure and efficient collaboration.” …
Securities and Exchange Commission has taken a step toward eliminating its requirements for shareholder proposals at public companies and giving new powers...
President Trump is expected to meet with fuel refiners and distributors Tuesday as gasoline prices remain stubbornly high and are expected to be a major midterm issue. The president is expected to discuss how to expand U.S. refining capacity as part of an effort to lower gasoline prices, according to a White House official. Small,…
The company, which distributes medicines and medical devices to hospitals and healthcare practices across the U.S., said it was hacked and expects intermittent service degradation.
Prediction market Kalshi has suspended GOP House candidate Laurie Buckhout from its platform for three years, after it determined she wagered on her own race. After launching her candidacy in North Carolina’s 1st Congressional District last December, Buckhout purchased less than $1,000 worth of contracts related to her race against Rep. Don Davis (D-N.C.), according…
He probably thinks he’s invincible at this point, but Trump is actually now wading into a place that may even (sadly) be more dangerous for him than living in the Epstein files. Data centers, like Flock cameras, are remarkably unpopular among Americans of all stripes. He always manages to wiggle out of consequences, but this will be a compelling new test of how far people will go to drink his Kool-Aid. [Media: https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117190477440173795]
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Monday his department is shutting down 110-plus driving schools that gave licenses to drivers who failed English language proficiency (ELP) tests. In a release, the Department of Transportation (DOT) said it is shutting down the schools after they issued driver’s licenses to more than 5,000 individuals who failed ELP exams.…
