Saturday, October 10, 2026
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How much oil is actually getting through the Strait of Hormuz? And is the reward for the Pentagon worth the resources it is expending? Those are some of the key outstanding questions as the Trump administration touts some success in steering tankers through a southern channel of the strait along the coast of Oman. The…
NAACP President Derrick Johnson bashed the Navy Friday following reports that it planned to rename an aircraft carrier — currently named after a Black World War II war hero — and had considered President Trump’s name as a replacement. Johnson wrote in a social media post that the alleged talks surrounding the USS Doris Miller’s…
Trump signed a memorandum allowing vetted private U.S. companies to conduct cyber operations against foreign criminal organizations under oversight.
Flock cameras face vandalism and protests amid privacy concerns, leading CEO Garrett Langley to call for compromise between public safety and accountability.
On the latest episode of Equity, we wonder why the DOJ is investigating startup board seats.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stood in the Oval Office last week as President Trump proudly signed an executive order to reduce childhood vaccines, heavily implying a link between vaccines and autism. But when Kennedy made appearances in California and then hit the campaign trail for Republicans in Iowa over the…
The syndrome has long been linked to chronic use of marijuana.
Your Social Security number appeared in a breach, but exposure and identity theft are not the same. Here's how identity restoration actually works.
The streets of Washington will be filled with the roars of professional motor sports this weekend as the IndyCar Series brings its high-speed show to the nation’s capital for the first time ever during the final stretch of its 2026 season. The event, which spans two days and will close streets around the National Mall…
Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is looking to leave his role at the Pentagon around the end of 2026 following a months-long turf war with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, a former White House official and another source familiar with the discussions told The Hill on Friday. A third source familiar said Driscoll has long communicated that…
A teenager has dropped her lawsuit against Meta, YouTube and Snapchat, which was set to go to trial later this year as part of a broader series of cases accusing social media giants of designing addictive platforms. The teen, referred to as P.M.Y., previously settled with TikTok and “chose to dismiss the remainder so she…
The US Department of Justice announced on Friday that TikTok will pay $400 million to settle a lawsuit filed in 2024 over allegedly violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
The Pentagon fired the publisher, editor in chief and at least one reporter at Stars and Stripes, a historically independent military news outlet, Friday as the department has looked to reshape its coverage in recent months. The Department of Defense (DOD) dismissed Editor-in-Chief Erik Slavin, publisher Max Lederer and Middle East correspondent Lara Korte, Stars…
The Interior Department has recently shuffled at least 25 senior career staffers, giving them different roles at the department that oversees the nation’s public lands, parks and other resources, a source familiar told The Hill. The employees who were shuffled to new positions at the department belong to the senior executive service (SES), a group…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Friday that alfalfa sprouts are linked to a current E. coli and salmonella outbreak. The agency has tied several foodborne illness cases to the consumption of alfalfa sold under the Calco and Everything Sprouts brands, also urging Americans who have purchased the affected sprouts to throw…
TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, have agreed to pay $400 million to settle with the Department of Justice (DOJ) over allegations the platform violated a children’s online privacy law, the agency said Friday. The company will pay $300 million immediately and another $100 million after a court dismisses an earlier consent decree entered against…
Reports of sexual assault in the U.S. military dropped for the third year in a row in 2025, and the Pentagon received a slightly lower number of sexual harassment complaints last year compared with 2024, the department said in a report that was made public Friday. The Pentagon received a total of 7,998 reports of…
The name of Pearl Harbor hero Doris Miller could be removed from one of the U.S. Navy’s next aircraft carriers, with President Donald Trump’s name reportedly among those being considered as a replacement.
