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Morning Report is The Hill's a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today's issue: ▪ Trump World rallies around Susie Wiles ▪ Jack Smith heads to Capitol Hill ▪ Hegseth rebuffs calls to release video ▪ Trump expands travel ban President Trump will leverage the bully pulpit Wednesday in a speech to the…
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President Donald Trump ordered a blockade of sanctioned oil tankers going into and leaving Venezuela, ratcheting up pressure on Caracas as the US builds up its military presence in the region.

Venezuela said in its statement that its ambassador to the United Nations would immediately denounce what …
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Data: Axios research; Chart: Kavya Beheraj/AxiosVoters swung left in every major election this year since President Trump's return to power in January.Why it matters: The off-cycle election results — combined with low approval ratings on Trump's handling of the economy — are red flags for Republican…
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Monday that "the dam is breaking” on President Trump’s influence over the Republican Party. “I think the dam is breaking. Many Republicans may not have called him out, but last week, 13 Republicans voted with Democrats to overturn one of President Trump's exe…
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Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story No Sept. 2 boat strike video release for you Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Democrats are battling over publicly releasing the video of the U.S. military’s Sept. 2 at…
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) slammed briefings on recent strikes on alleged drug boats, calling them “a joke.” “Were you satisfied with the answers that — you’ve gotten so far today in these classified briefings —” journalist Pablo Manríquez asked Ocasio-Cortez in a clip posted to the soci…
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The Trump administration will recruit 1,000 artificial intelligence experts in the coming months through a new program aimed at modernizing the federal workforce. The effort, called US Tech Force, aims to hire early career technologists into roles across the government — one of the administration’s …
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President Trump will participate in a Hanukkah celebration at the White House Tuesday evening. The event comes as Jewish groups in the U.S. have urged their counterparts to increase security precautions after an attack during a Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, over the weeke…
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Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said that Tuesday’s classified briefing with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirms that the Trump administration has no legal or national security justification for the strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific…