Former President Trump on Wednesday predicted there would be a stock market crash if he does not win the presidential election in November. Trump was asked at a Fox News town hall in Iowa about his previous comments in which he said he hoped any economic downturn would happen in the next 12 months because … Read more
Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis vowed to issue a mass deportation of migrants coming into the United States if he is elected president. DeSantis said at the CNN GOP presidential debate in Iowa on Wednesday that migrants are coming from “all over the world” and represent a “ticking time bomb” for the country. “They all … Read more
Three Republican state attorneys general demanded Wednesday that the House impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, calling him the “architect” of “destruction” caused by the mass migration crisis along the southern border. Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, Oklahoma AG Gentner Drummond and Missouri’s Andrew Bailey told members of the House Homeland Security Committee that Mayorkas … Read more
“The challenges that we face in terms of responding to criminal events and not being able to show some of that on an ongoing basis with the media has created a void.” Demonstrators protest the recent removal of homeless camps outside the Edmonton Police Service headquarters on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024.Photo by David Bloom /Postmedia … Read more
Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley hit Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over the state of his campaign at the CNN Republican debate in Des Moines on Wednesday. “The best way to tell about a candidate is to see how they run their campaign,” Haley said. “He has blown through 150 million dollars,” she added, referring to … Read more
{beacon} Welcome to The Hill’s Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story China takes hard line on Taiwan as defense talks with US resume China told the U.S. that it will “not make … Read more
The Department of Justice (DOJ) released guidance for specialized police units Tuesday, concluding a yearlong effort started that began after the murder of Tyre Nichols in Memphis last January. Memphis officers of the city’s SCORPION unit beat and killed Nichols after a traffic stop last year. The city later scrapped the SCORPION unit. Wednesday marked … Read more
While spring has the most notorious reputation for severe thunderstorms and destructive tornadoes, a twister can spin up somewhere in the U.S. during any month. But the areas most vulnerable to tornadoes change throughout the year as the jet stream migrates north and south. Applying a statistical analysis to the locations and frequencies of confirmed tornadoes in … Read more
Chris Christie urged GOP primary voters to not support former President Trump after the former New Jersey governor dropped out of the race Wednesday. Christie announced at a New Hampshire campaign event Wednesday that he would be suspending his campaign for the presidency, saying that he sees no viable path for him to clinch the … Read more
OpenAI officially rolled out the GPT Store on Wednesday, two months after the company first debuted GPTs – customized versions of the popular artificial intelligence chatbot, ChatGPT. Since then, OpenAI said in a blog post Wednesday, users have created more than 3 million custom versions of ChatGPT. After initial delays from leadership tumult in the … Read more