The Hills Defense & NetSec Newsletter {Beacon} Defense & National Security Defense & National Security Welcome to The Big Story. Trump has threatened a major operation in Iran. President Trump tells Axios he is close to a decision whether to launch a “massive strike” on Iran as the US expands its targets and deploys heavy…
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Committee on Compounded Drugs on Thursday broke with agency scientists and voted in favor of adding peptides to the list of substances that can be made by pharmacies, despite concerns raised over the lack of demonstrated benefits. FDA’s Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee (PCAC) heard public comments and viewed presentations…
{Beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment Big Story Oil prices surge amid tensions in Middle East Oil prices have surged as the conflict with Iran escalated, this time with attacks on ships in the Red Sea by the Houthi militia group aligned with Tehran. © EU Operation Espides via AP On Thursday,… Source link
The US Secret Service said Thursday it is investigating a member of Vice President Vance’s staff for allegedly leaking sensitive information. “A member of the Vice Presidential Security Division is the subject of an administrative investigation and possible criminal investigation, including allegations of compromising operational and information security,” Secret Service Chief of Communications Anthony Guglielmi……
Former Representative Mark Sanford (R-S.C.) is running for the seat of the late Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) following his death, Sanford announced Thursday morning. “Our country is at financial tipping point and I cannot sit on the sidelines while Washington adds a trillion dollars to the debt every 100 days,” Sanford said in a statement….
White House press secretary Carolyn Leavitt told reporters that President Trump and his administration have no plans to interfere in the extradition process of social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate. “No. We’ve already answered that question,” Leavitt told reporters at a White House press briefing on Thursday. The Tate brothers, known for… Source link
Lawmakers on the Senate Banking Committee took the unusual step Thursday of delaying a public hearing to consider three of President Trump’s nominees after Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said their FBI background checks raised “significant questions.” A hearing was to be held at 10am to consider the nomination of Christopher Phelan to chair the banking…
A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from ending deportation protections for thousands of Haitian immigrants living in the US, at least for the next few days. More than 300,000 Haitians were set to lose their Temporary Protected Status (TPS) on Friday following a Supreme Court ruling that found Trump… Source link
President Trump said Thursday that he would “hold Iran accountable” if Yemen’s Houthi rebels launch additional attacks on ships, after the group said its forces attacked a pair of Saudi Arabian oil tankers in the Red Sea. “A year ago the United States launched a very powerful attack on the Houthis for interference in commerce……
Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who has repeatedly voted for proposals to withdraw US troops from the military conflict with Iran, told reporters on Wednesday that the situation in the United States was “worse” than it was before President Trump initiated the war in late February. “I think the Iran war has not been successful. I…
