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NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said the alliance is not looking to trigger Article 5 on Thursday after Iran fired a missile that entered Turkey’s airspace.  “Nobody’s talking about Article 5,” Rutte told Reuters.  “The most important thing is that our adversaries have seen yesterday ‌that ​NATO is so strong and ⁠so vigilant, and even ⁠more…

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is giving previously scheduled remarks in Nashville, Tenn., shortly after President Trump announced he was removing her from Department of Homeland Security leadership. Trump, in a post on Truth Social, said he will replace her at the department with Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.). Noem will be shifting to the role…

White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller on Wednesday defined President Trump’s “America First” policy as meaning that the U.S. will be an “unmatched power in the world.” “The president has made clear that he believes America’s awesome military might should be used to protect and defend America’s interests,” he told Fox News’s Sean…

On Sunday, gas was below $3 a gall in 39 states. As of Thursday, only 17 states are below that mark.

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday launched a new partnership with more than 50 medical schools across the country on teaching nutrition education. “Together, with the Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon, I’m pleased to announce a transformative breakthrough in medical education that will reshape the way that we…

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) suggested Thursday that he would be open to dropping out of the hotly contested Texas Senate primary against Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) if Senate Republicans met several conditions. Paxton said on Thursday he would consider exiting the race if Senate leadership eliminated the filibuster — the 60-vote threshold needed…
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Two investors sued President Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday over the administration’s approval of a deal that saw TikTok spun off into a separate American-owned entity in order to continue operating in the U.S. Zhaocheng Anthony Tan, a shareholder in Google’s parent company Alphabet, and Garrett Reid, a Meta shareholder, argue the…

Republican strategist Karl Rove said Thursday that Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) has a chance of winning if Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) becomes the GOP nominee. “[Democrats] haven’t won a Senate race here since 1988, they haven’t won a statewide race since 1994, but everybody believes that this year is the year…

12:30 Report is The Hill’s midday newsletter. Subscribe here. 🍩 Plus: RFK Jr.’s war on Dunkin’, Starbucks {beacon}   It’s Thursday. Have you heard that the FBI is taking over the Reagan Building in Washington? That means the National Children’s Museum will be forced out. I’m so bummed.   In today’s issue: Iranian leaders call…

President Trump said Thursday that he must be personally involved in the process of selecting a new leader in Iran.  In an interview with Axios published Thursday, Trump said the son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Mojtaba Khamenei, is most likely to succeed his father, but that the pick would be “unacceptable” to him. …

House Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain (Mich.) and other top Republicans spoke with reporters Thursday afternoon as funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) remains in limbo nearly three weeks after appropriations lapsed. Republicans have revamped their push for Democrats to support legislation to reopen the DHS after the U.S. military launched a joint…

Officials in Azerbaijan said Thursday it would retaliate against Iranian drone strikes on its territory as tensions in the Middle East escalate.  Its foreign ministry said Tehran targeted portions of land within the exclave of Nakhchivan and successfully struck the Nakhchivan International Airport while another drone crashed near a school building in the village of…

House Armed Services Committee Chair Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) on Thursday went after Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby for not keeping Congress in the loop on force posture changes in Europe. In a hearing on the National Defense Strategy, Rogers accused the Trump administration of sidelining Congress in its decision to pull a U.S. combat brigade…

CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins defended herself following a spat with White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Wednesday over media coverage of the deaths of six U.S. service members as part of President Trump’s ongoing military operations in Iran. “Needless to say, our coverage of Americans who have made the ultimate sacrifice for their country…

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Thursday called for the U.S.-Israeli military operations in Iran to de-escalate while agreeing that Iran must not acquire a nuclear weapon. The two leaders met in the Australian capital Canberra during what was Carney’s first visit to the island nation, his office said…

The House Agriculture Committee voted to advance this year’s farm bill early Thursday morning after more than 20 hours of deliberation. The legislation will now proceed to the House floor for a full vote.  The Republican-backed legislation passed 34-17 with the support of seven Democratic members. The committee adopted several amendments introduced by both sides…

Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Wednesday said the impact on energy from the ongoing conflict in Iran is a “small price” for toppling Tehran’s regime. “Are we going to have a transient bump up as we’ve seen in gasoline prices, we do a little bit, but I think [it is] a very small price to…

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) late Wednesday cast doubt on the Trump administration’s ability to manage the ongoing military operation in Iran. “I’m thinking, you could pick a random group of people off the street tonight here in Washington, D.C. — just a random group — and they could probably do a better job than our…

Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.), an Army veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, on Wednesday expressed his frustration with the U.S. operation against Iran. “I learned when I was fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan that when elites in Washington bang the war drums, pound their chest, talk about the costs of war and act tough,…

Elbridge Colby, the Pentagon’s under secretary of Defense for policy, will testify before the House Armed Services Committee Thursday morning on the U.S. national defense strategy. The hearing comes two days after he faced questioning in the Senate. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, criticized the Trump administration‘s National Defense…
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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will speak with reporters Thursday morning about pushing medical schools to teach more about nutrition as part of the Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” agenda. The press conference comes weeks after Kennedy unveiled new dietary guidelines and an upside-down food pyramid that places more importance…

Iranian leaders are calling for President Trump’s “blood” after the U.S. and Israel launched an attack on Tehran over the weekend, vowing to take action over the “atrocity.” Ayatollah Abdollah Javadi Amoli said Iran was looking to shed “Trump’s blood” on state television, according to The Associated Press. American forces have led assaults on land…

Former Vice President Mike Pence, who served under President Trump in his first term, said Wednesday that Trump “made the right call” on the U.S. operation against Iran. Pence credited the Trump team, which he has sometimes broken with on tariffs and other issues, for seeking to find a diplomatic solution after strikes last summer…

Just more than half of registered voters say they think the U.S. should not have taken military action against Iran, according to an NBC News poll released Wednesday. The outlet found 52 percent of respondents said they are against the military action, compared to 41 percent who said the U.S. should have taken action. Another…

If the U.S. administration doesn’t act soon, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will have outmaneuvered Trump and derailed America’s efforts in Gaza.