Welcome to The Hill’s Defense & NetSec newsletter {Beacon} Online Defense & National Security Defense & National Security View Big Story Iran’s Waiting Game A high-level meeting between U.S. and Iranian officials to extend the ceasefire and avoid returning to open conflict is looking tenuous with two days until the current agreement expires. AP Photo/Jacqueline……
Dozens of veterans and military family members protesting the Iran war were arrested by US Capitol Police on Monday after occupying the Canon House office building in Washington, DC. At least 62 people were arrested during the demonstration, which was organized by several veterans groups including About Face, Center on Conscience and War… Source link
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) introduced a resolution Monday to expel Rep. Corey Mills (R-Fla.) from Congress, who faces sweeping allegations. The House Ethics Committee is investigating whether Mills violated campaign finance laws, received special favors in his position, engaged in sexual misconduct and misused congressional resources. He has faced for a long time… Source link
President Trump made a last-minute appeal to Virginians on Monday evening, urging voters to reject a redistricting ballot measure that could give Democrats four pickup opportunities in the House this November. “This referendum is a blatant partisan power grab the likes of which nobody has really seen before,” Trump said on a telecall with Speaker…
A distress call captured on Saturday details an Indian ship’s crew member pleading with Iranian forces as their ship comes under fire in the Strait of Hormuz. “Sipah Navy,” the crew member said, referring to a specialized unit of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) navy. “Motor Tanker Sanmar Herald. Sanmar Herald. Sipah Navy. You…
Representative Mike Quigley (D-Ill.) pushed back at Senator John Fetterman (D-Pa.), saying that some Democrats are “cheering” for Iran amid the ongoing war. “No, I think what we’re hearing from our constituents when we go back is that they don’t want another bloody, endless, costly war,” Quigley told host Kasie Hunt on CNN’s “The Arena”……
Representative Chip Roy (R-Texas) on Monday introduced an immigration bill he dubbed the “Mamadani Act.” The Measures Against Dangerous Followers of Marxism and Harmful Islamists Act proposes to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act, which directs federal immigration law, to prevent deportation, denaturalization, denial of citizenship, or entry to any member immigrant… Source link
Rep. Annalia Mejia (D-N.J.) was officially sworn in Monday to represent the Garden State’s 11th Congressional District, further shrinking the GOP majority in the lower chamber. Mejia, a top aide to Senator Bernie Sanders’s (I-VT) 2020 presidential campaign, defeated Republican Joe Hathaway in a special election last week to replace New Jersey Governor Mickey… Source…
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on Monday accused President Trump of violating the ceasefire between the US and Iran and said his country’s armed forces are “ready to turn new cards” if fighting resumes. “Trump, by imposing siege and violating the ceasefire, wants to turn this negotiating table – in his imagination – into……
A new round of peace talks on Iran is tentatively scheduled this week in Islamabad, Pakistan — but there is growing evidence that President Trump has suffered a political injury from the conflict that will not be easily healed. Trump and key aides like Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth insist that the US military is already……
