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Zuckerberg yacht did not hear call for assistance, spokesperson says

MIRA BHAKTA

A yacht owned by Mark Zuckerberg is gaining controversy for not responding to a call for assistance made by a boat that ran out of fuel, but Brian Baker, a spokesperson for the Meta CEO, said that the crew did not hear the call. Baker added that by the time the crew aboard the ship...

Iran-backed Houthi rebels renew attacks on key port city

RYAN MANCINI

Iran-backed Houthi rebels have renewed their attacks on the Yemeni government-held city of Mokha, a key port city along the Red Sea, amid their blockade on Saudi exports in response to the Iran war. The attack was preceded by a deadly strike on a vessel off Mokha's coast in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, killing three...

Biden-era Air Force secretary says he'll sue over security clearance revocation

ELLEN MITCHELL

Former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall is “gonna sue” the Trump administration after the Pentagon revoked his security clearance last week over accusations he disclosed classified information to the media. The Defense Department on Friday pulled Kendall’s eligibility for access to classified information as well as his “ability to hold any sensitive position,” accusing him...

Supreme Court schedules November arguments in major religion case

ZACH SCHONFELD

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Nov. 3 in its major case asking whether Colorado can force Catholic preschools to enroll children of same-sex couples to receive public funds. The justices previously agreed to take up the case, which provides a pathway for the high court to narrow a major religious precedent. On Tuesday, the...

Live updates: Iran holds to demands on Strait of Hormuz; Trump evades Tehran threat

THE HILL STAFF

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tuesday the Strait of Hormuz won’t be reopened until the U.S. meets its conditions, after President Trump said he wants compensation from Iran “for all of the people that they have killed” in the past. He told reporters that Iran has “astonished the whole world” in the war against the United States and...

Trump faces backlash over childhood vaccines order

ABIGAIL WALKER,JOSHUA FELDSTEIN,ELLIOTT DAVIS

Click in for The Hill's midday newsletter with all the latest news. {beacon}   It's Tuesday: And it's shaping up to be a busy one, even with Congress on recess.   In today's issue: Critics respond to Trump's vaccine order Trump's reported Air Force One ruse GOP senators rally for Thune Trump backs FIFA's Infantino...

Francesca Hong asked about lack of AOC endorsement and the House Dem's remark about the 'Woke 1' era

Wisconsin state Rep. Francesca Hong, who is running in the Democratic gubernatorial primary, was asked about U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's "Woke 1" comment.

Trump cheers Alito staying for another Supreme Court term: 'One of the greatest of all time'

President Donald Trump praised Associate Justice Samuel Alito's decision to stay on the U.S. Supreme Court in a social media post on Truth Social.

Sherrill drops head-turning voter ID declaration in wake of registration fiasco: ‘Significant shift’

Gov. Mikie Sherrill says she would support voter ID in New Jersey, even as she blasts the federal SAVE Act that Donald Trump champions as suppression.

House Democrats press AI giants on rogue agents

SARAH DAVIS

A group of House Democrats are pushing two top artificial intelligence companies to disclose more information about reported incidents in which their AI models escaped containment and hacked into other companies during cybersecurity tests. The lawmakers cited the “serious risk that frontier AI models can pose” in separate letters to the top executives at Anthropic...

HHS bureaucrats accused of 'sabotaging' RFK Jr.'s efforts to expose Fauci records

Sen. Ron Johnson alleges career bureaucrats within HHS are sabotaging efforts to uncover pandemic-era information from Anthony Fauci's government iPhone.

Shipping traffic in Strait of Hormuz falls to 6 vessels

RYAN MANCINI

The Strait of Hormuz saw its traffic drop from about 11 vessels a day to six over the weekend, as reopening talks between the United States and Iran drag on. Trade intelligence company Kpler reported Monday that, from Friday to Sunday, a total of 32 ships passed through the strait — 17 of which used...

Deficit will be $200B more than initially anticipated: CBO projection

MAX REGO

The fiscal year deficit for the federal government will be $200 billion more than the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) initially projected, the federal agency revealed Monday. In its monthly budget review, the CBO projected the fiscal 2026 federal deficit will be $2.1 trillion. In February, it projected the deficit would be $1.9 trillion. The change...

Texas sterile fly facility set for spring opening

SARAH DAVIS

A sterile fly facility is set to open in Texas this spring amid a New World Screwworm (NWS) outbreak that has affected two states, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Monday. The USDA social media account dedicated to providing updates on the federal response to the NWS spread said the facility will open seven...

Socialist Wisconsin governor candidate referred to America as 'abundance of suffering,' resurfaced post shows

Fox News Digital found Francesca Hong's X posts calling America "an abundance of suffering" and urging police abolition in her governor campaign.