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White House officials meet with crypto leaders

White House officials participated in a conference call with about a dozen cryptocurrency leaders on Thursday morning in the Biden administration’s latest outreach to the industry. Also on the call were White House Deputy Chief of Staff Bruce Reed and National Economic Council Director Lael Brainard, along with Christine Lucius, senior adviser and legislative director […]

NY Jewish leaders say Josh Shapiro was ‘vilified’ in veepstakes

Jewish leaders in New York are outraged that Josh Shapiro has been “smeared” in an “ugly anti-Semitic campaign” after Vice President Kamala Harris narrowed down her running mate field and ultimately rejected the Pennsylvania governor in favor of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. They argued that Shapiro, who is Jewish, faced greater scrutiny and criticism than […]

Surge in threats against US leaders demands urgent action

Threats against our nation’s leaders have increased significantly in recent years. The most notorious are The 2017 shooting of Rep. Steve Scalise (R-Louisiana) and other Republican members of Congress. Virginia baseball field conspiracy Three years later, they kidnapped Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer.Armed man arrested in Maryland Killing Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2022; of […]

Faith Leaders Weigh In on Kamala Harris’ Selection of Tim Walz as VP

Christian leaders are reacting to Democratic candidate Kamala Harris’ selection of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate. Harris, who was selected as President Joe Biden’s running mate last month amid concerns about her mental and physical health, publicly named Walz as her running mate at a rally in Philadelphia on Tuesday. “He’s the […]

Secret Service leaders didn’t want to ‘burn through’ budget for extra Trump security, GOP lawmaker says

Exclusive: A former Green Beret appointed to the House Select Committee investigating the assassination attempt on former President Trump has questioned whether U.S. Secret Service leaders repeatedly rejected requests for increased security due to funding concerns. Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.) told Fox News Digital that sources within the USSS are “unhappy” with its leadership, including […]

Taiwanese Leaders Cheer for Olympic Boxer Fighting Women After IBA Gender Test Fail

Taiwanese government officials, including its first female president and former president, Tsai Ing-wen, came to the defence of Olympic boxer Lin Yu-ting on Tuesday after an international controversy erupted over allegations that she was ineligible to compete in women’s boxing matches. The International Boxing Association (IBA) reiterated on Wednesday that Lin and Algeria’s Imane Khelif […]

Ex-Marine leads plea for Congress to hear exiled Afghan resistance leader’s warnings

A former reconnaissance Marine, a former Navy SEAL and a former Pentagon chief who conducted civilian rescue missions inside Afghanistan are urging Congress to listen to top leaders of the Afghan resistance movement and end direct and indirect financial support for the Taliban government in Afghanistan. The US withdrawal coincided with the return of National […]

With Right Leaders, We Can Get ‘Pathway to Citizenship’ for 11 Million Like ‘We Need to’

Discussing 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris’ border record on NBC’s “MTP Now” broadcast Wednesday, Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) said that “with the right leadership in Washington” immigration can be addressed “like we did with the Gang of Eight bill, border security, a path to citizenship for 11 million people, the DREAM Act, […]

Middle East tensions escalate after Hamas leader’s assassination

Welcome to The Hill’s defense and national security newsletter {beacon} Defense andInternational Security Defense andInternational Security Full text   UN report finds Palestinian detainees mistreated in Israeli prisons Palestinian detainees have been tortured and ill-treated in Israeli custody, according to a UN report released on Wednesday. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights report looked […]