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Trump says Israel should hit Iran’s nuclear facilities, slamming Biden’s response

Former President Trump said Friday that Israel should attack Iran's nuclear facilities, mocking President Biden's response on the subject earlier this week. While speaking at a campaign event in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Biden was asked about Israel's attack on Iran, and he said, “'As long as we don't do a nuclear attack,'” Biden said. That’s […]

Debate rages over Israeli response to Iran

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec Newsletter {beacon} Defense &national security Defense &national security Full text   Democrats suspect Netanyahu is trying to tilt the race between Trump and Harris. Democrats say Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to interfere in U.S. internal affairs by ignoring President Biden's calls to negotiate a peace […]

North Carolina senators call for military leader to lead Helene response

Two Republican senators urge the Biden administration to appoint military leaders to lead recovery efforts from Hurricane Helen, as some continue to criticize the federal response to the disaster. I am asking you to do so. Republican Sens. Thom Tillis and Ted Budd, both of North Carolina, released a joint statement on response operations Friday […]

Senators fear FEMA ‘entanglement’ with border crisis could hurt disaster response mission

Fox's first appearance: A group of senators led by Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) says the Federal Emergency Management Agency's “tangles” with the southern border limit its effectiveness in responding to emergencies. They are warning that this is a possibility — just as the Biden administration is suppressing the claims. Disaster relief and immigrant resettlement are […]

Buttigieg dismisses Musk's Helene federal response claims

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Friday criticized tech giant Elon Musk for falsely claiming the federal government was blocking delivery flights to Hurricane Helen victims. Musk posted a screenshot of a conversation with someone who said airspace was “closed” and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was “curtailing flights.” “The level of incompetence of this belligerent […]

Criticizing Biden, Harris Is Trying to ‘Inject Politics Into’ Helene Response

On “CNN News Central” Thursday, co-host John Berman said “there was an effort to bring politics into” news stories surrounding the response to the aftermath of Hurricane Helen, adding that “President Biden “Enough is enough,” said former 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign, with accusations that FEMA's immigration spending hurt the agency's ability to […]