The order came after Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Sunday, discussing efforts to deter Iran.

He digs for survivors in the rubble of Russian air strikes, she sings on the basement stage of Kharkiv’s opera house. Together, they work to keep their city alive.

Police in Cairns, in Queensland, Australia, said the flight was “unauthorized” and are investigating. Two guests at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel were injured.

An ad campaign in South Asia tried to distance Coca-Cola from Israel. Instead, it became a case study in misguided corporate messaging.

A team of NPR reporters and editors reviewed the transcript of last Thursday's news conference and found at least 162 misstatements, exaggerations and outright lies in 64 minutes.

Ayesha Curry, the wife of Warriors star and Team USA Olympics hero Steph Curry, appeared to tear up after an encounter with French police Saturday.

President Biden’s decision to bow out of the presidential race has denied him the chance at a second term, but it's also fueling new hopes among Democrats that he'll be bolder in the remaining months of his first. The lawmakers say Biden's newfound status as a lame-duck president — a position few would have predicted...

If Vice President Harris is campaigning as an underdog, former President Trump is exasperated that his once top-dog perch destabilized after President Biden bowed out. Republicans are telling Trump to take their advice and stick to a script that exploits Harris’s vulnerabilities on policy, not her race or personal attributes. He has not. “We can take nothing for granted in this moment,” Harris told...

A tropical system east of Antigua could become Tropical Storm Ernesto on Monday night, then skirt Puerto Rico by midweek.

Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.), Vice President Harris’s running mate, will launch his first solo fundraising swing this week, a Harris-Walz campaign official first confirmed to The Hill. Walz will start the swing through five states on Tuesday with a trip to Newport Beach, Calif. He will then travel to Denver and Boston on Wednesday before...

The order came after Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, discussing efforts to deter Iran.

Republican vice presidential candidate, Sen. JD Vance (R-OH), fact-checked CNN’s Dana Bash, telling her that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) “knew he was going to Iraq.”

The U.S. is sending an additional guided missile submarine to the region.

The mayor of Philadelphia ordered all city employees back to the office full-time this summer. Now some workers are wondering whether their jobs are worth the flexibility they're giving up.

The U.S. is sending the USS Georgia guided missile submarine to the Middle East "in light of escalating regional tensions," the Pentagon said.

The House task force formed to investigate the assassination attempt on former President Trump made its first official moves on Monday, making requests for documents and briefings from key agencies involved with and investigating the shooting. Task Force Chair Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) and Ranking Member Jason Crow (D-Colo.) sent one letter to Homeland Security Secretary...

The reluctance of consumers to keep paying more has forced companies to slow their price increases — or even to cut them.

The reluctance of consumers to keep paying more has forced companies to slow their price increases — or even to cut them.

California’s strongest summer COVID wave in two years is still surging, fueled in part by the rise of a particularly hyperinfectious FLiRT subvariant known as KP.3.1.1.

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) on Monday launched its first paid advertising blitz to promote their new presidential ticket of Vice President Harris and Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.). The blitz will include an ad on a billboard in the middle of the Las Vegas strip, as well as ads on over 80 billboards across seven...

Washington has to prepare for a multitheater war in East Asia as China and North Korea, plus friend Russia, join together as comrades in battle.

Vice President Harris’s campaign is touting her record on immigration policy in a new ad arguing that she will be tough on the hot-button issue of the southern border. The 30-second ad, entitled “Tougher,” highlights the vice president’s work as a prosecutor in California before she became a senator. “Kamala Harris has spent decades fighting...

As Trump struggles to find his footing in a new campaign against Harris, the former US house speaker sounds alarm bells about Trump’s attack strategies

More voters say they trust Vice President Harris to handle the economy than they do former President Trump, according to a new poll from the Financial Times and the University of Michigan Ross School of Business. Harris leads Trump by 1 point, 42 percent to 41 percent, in the August poll, when respondents were asked...

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant criticized Netanyahu's use of "absolute victory."

Large counterprotests have pushed back on anti-immigrant riots. But for people of color and immigrant groups, the riots exposed a worrying undercurrent.

A pair of violent migrants are charged with raping a 46-year-old woman on Coney Island Sunday night — and slugged the victim’s boyfriend when he tried to intervene.

A team of NPR journalists spent more than two weeks covering the Paris Summer Olympics. Here are some of our highlight moments from seeing the Games up close.

Former President Trump is seeking $100 million in damages from the Justice Department following the search of his Mar-a-Lago residence, the latest in a string of challenges to the retrieval of classified records from his home. The claim, filed last week but first reported Monday, was made just a day before the two-year window for...

California’s strongest summer COVID wave in two years is still surging, fueled in part by the rise of a particularly hyperinfectious FLiRT subvariant known as KP.3.1.1.

President Donald Trump released an ad on X / Twitter that showed a vision of what victory in November would look like.

President Donald Trump released an ad on X / Twitter that showed a vision of what victory in November would look like.

The acting governor of the Kursk region said the situation is “complicated,” with Ukraine’s forces now in control of more than two dozen Russian villages.

Iran seeks to project a show of force while avoiding a regional war, a task that has become more difficult after its first direct attack on Israel, which occurred in April.

California’s strongest summer COVID wave in two years is still surging, fueled in part by the rise of a particularly hyperinfectious FLiRT subvariant known as KP.3.1.1.

Cancer cases and deaths among men are projected to skyrocket by 2050, according to a new study, especially for those aged 65 and older.  The research, published in the journal Cancer, showed the current sharp disparity in cancer mortality and cases among men is likely to increase without interventions. Between 2022 and 2050, cancer cases among...

Geomagnetic storm conditions observed over the weekend strengthened Monday morning, creating a "major disturbance in Earth's magnetic field," the Space Weather Prediction Center said.

Photos and videos show a large crowd attended a recent Kamala Harris campaign event​​ in Detroit. Donald Trump falsely claims it was AI-generated.

A pair of violent migrants are charged with raping a 46-year-old woman on Coney Island Sunday night — and slugged the victim’s boyfriend when he tried to intervene.

A New York Fed survey shows rising job insecurity and growing debt concerns, signaling increasing challenges for US consumers.

Former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro on Monday recommended former President Trump put more focus on contrasting his policy differences with Vice President Harris, rather than repeated personal attacks. "He needs votes, and the current rally formula is simply not sufficiently focused on the very stark policy differences — policy differences — between him...

Despite profound disagreements with Trump and his running mate, some suburban Republicans aren’t ready to vote for Harris

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. JD Vance have been subject to online attacks about their military records, highlighting the disconnect between veterans and the rest of America and the need for understanding and respect for their service.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Monday fired back at Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) after the GOP vice presidential candidate defended his previous attacks on Democrats for being "anti-family." Vance, during appearances on three Sunday morning political shows, was asked about his past criticism. He defended the comments and threw out policy proposals, including expanding the...

Los Angeles was hit by an earthquake centered near Highland Park. The quake was felt over a wide swath of Southern California, but there were no immediate reports of damage.

The proposal risks focusing on short-term growth over economic health.

A U.S. Navy submarine and several destroyers have been sent as concerns grow in the region about a potential Iranian attack on Israel.

Los Angeles was hit by an earthquake centered in Eastside, in El Sereno. The quake was felt over a wide swath of Southern California, but there were no immediate reports of damage.

Two migrants were arrested for a knifepoint rape in Coney Island – including one who charged in a previous sexual assault case just four months after he illegally crossed into the US, law-enforcement sources said Monday.

{beacon} Evening Report   © Associated Press Trump returns to X as Republicans urge him to get back on message Former President Trump is back on X. Trump has barely used the social media site since he was banned by the previous management regime in 2021, opting instead to use the TruthSocial platform that...

Vice President Harris has taken the lead over former President Trump in the national polling average kept by Decision Desk HQ/The Hill, underscoring how the new Democratic presidential candidate has quickly seen polls move in her favor. The Harris lead in the DDHQ/The Hill poll is just a narrow 0.3 points as of Monday, but...

Two women filed federal complaints against Texas hospitals they allege refused to terminate their ectopic pregnancies, which lead to both women losing a fallopian tube, compromising their future fertility. Abortion is banned in Texas, but terminating an ectopic pregnancy, where a fertilized egg implants in a fallopian tube instead of the uterus, is explicitly allowed under...

Russia has evacuated some 180,000 people from Kursk as President Vladimir Putin decried a Ukrainian offensive in the border region and accused Kyiv of seeking to "create discord" and "instill fear" in his country. Putin on Monday held a security meeting with the governors that oversee border regions with Ukraine and promised the Ukrainian troops...

Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Elon Musk interviews Trump Tech billionaire Elon Musk will interview former President Trump on social platform X, marking the former president's latest effort to take the spotlight in a tight race against Vice President Harris. © AP Photo/Alex Brandon It also seems...

The idea has caught fire with hospitality and service workers. But economists on the left and right cite unintended consequences.

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Biden backs bill to lift tip taxes President Biden would “absolutely” sign legislation to eliminate taxes on tipped wages if Congress sends a bill to his desk, the White House said Monday. © AP Photo/Evan Vucci...

A new wave of migrants is expected to flee Venezuela after President Nicolás Maduro claimed re-election while the opposition has continued to dispute the outcome as fraudulent.

An international sporting court rejected an appeal by Team USA on Monday against an Olympics decision to strip American gymnast Jordan Chiles of her bronze medal, claiming it has no way to reverse the move. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) stripped Chiles of the bronze medal on Saturday, claiming that a coach appeal to her...

The FBI launched the probes of the hacking of the Trump and Biden-Harris campaigns in the early summer.

Musk endorsed Trump following the July 13 assassination attempt.

The virus has continued to spread in many parts of the country, according to the latest wastewater data.

The historically black sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha, can now raise money from its members and their families for some political purposes.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is wrestling with a "record-breaking backlog" of cases that has led to roughly $1.1 billion in improper payments, according to a new report by the SSA Office of the Inspector General (OIG).

Monday’s highly anticipated conversation between former President Trump and Tesla founder Elon Musk on X was delayed by tech issues, which Musk blamed on an apparent cyberattack. Musk, who owns X and has endorsed Trump in the 2024 presidential race, posted that there appeared to be a “massive DDOS,” or denial-of-service attack, targeting the platform....

Musk endorsed Trump following the July 13 assassination attempt.

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will not appear on New York’s presidential ballot in November, a state judge ruled Monday, finding he falsely claimed residency in the state. Judge Christina Ryba said the room in the New York City suburbs that Kennedy used to claim residency wasn’t a “bona fide and legitimate residence,...

Suspected Iranian hackers may have used access to the Trump operative’s account to hack and leak documents from the Trump campaign

The Green Party will appear on Nevada’s presidential ballot in November, a state judge ruled Monday, tossing out an appeal from state Democrats and setting up the potential for the third party to bleed votes from Vice President Harris. The Green Party has not appeared on Nevada ballots since 2008. The party’s 2024 petition for...

A former county clerk in Colorado who had become an icon among election deniers was convicted of election interference on Monday for a breach of her county’s voting systems. Tina Peters, the former clerk of Mesa County, was found guilty of four felonies after a lengthy criminal trial. She was cleared of three lesser charges....

Legislators have no agreement on the content of spending bills, the total amount to be spent, or the terms of a continuing resolution to avert a shutdown.

It was typical Trump fare in an X conversation between the former president and Tesla CEO Elon Musk Monday night. Starting late due to technical issues, the friendly political chat lasted two hours.

Former President Donald Trump and X owner Elon Musk agreed that the United States does not “have a president right now.”