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NEWSNATIONNOW (The Hill Staff) - Watch live: Hegseth faces Senate heat over Iran war, Pentagon budget

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is back on Capitol Hill on Thursday morning to testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee on President Trump's $1.5 trillion defense budget and the administration's operation in Iran and blockade on the Strait of Hormuz. The hearing comes a day after he faced heat in the House over the Middle [...]

NEWSNATIONNOW (The Hill Staff) - Watch live: Trump holds farewell ceremony for King Charles, Queen Camilla

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump will host King Charles III and Queen Camilla at the White House for a farewell ceremony on Thursday morning.

AXIOS (Avery Lotz) - Supreme Court supercharges the death of competitive districts

The 2026 midterms are expected to have fewer competitive House districts than past elections, and the Supreme Court just blessed a redistricting war that will only squeeze races further. Why it matters: That means more often the real race happens in primaries, which cater to a party's most devout members and not the electorate at large. - "It means that elections are just no longer really a barometer of how how the public feels about politics," says Robert Boatright, a political science professor at Clark University who studies presidential primaries. What they're saying: Nick Troiano, the executive director of election reform group Unite America , tells Axios that the midterm elections "will be the least competitive elections of our…

AMERICANGREATNESS (Bryan Hyde) - Gallup: High Cost of Living Is Top Financial Concern for Most Americans

A recent Gallup survey shows that the top financial concern for most Americans is the high cost of living, followed by energy costs, the cost […] Source

YOUTUBE (Newsmax) - New map would give GOP all nine of Tennessee's congressional seats: Sen. Blackburn | Wake Up America

Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn joined “Wake Up America” to discuss the plan to redraw the state’s congressional maps following a landmark Supreme Court ruling on Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

YOUTUBE (The Hill) - After SCOTUS' Voting Rights ruling, how will redistricting impact November's midterms? | Sunrise

The Hill's Zach Schonfeld discussed how the SCOTUS ruling on the Voting Rights Act could impact November's midterm elections. The vagueness in some of the language brings into question the timing of redrawn maps. With primaries fast approaching, can states still make changes? #SCOTUS #VotingRightsAct #Redistricting

YOUTUBE (The Hill) - Watch live: Hegseth faces Senate heat over Iran war, Pentagon budget

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is back on Capitol Hill Thursday morning to testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee on President Trump’s $1.5 trillion defense budget and the administration’s operation in Iran and blockade on the Strait of Hormuz. The hearing comes a day after he faced heat in the House over the Middle East conflict as it nears the 60-day mark, recent leadership firings and $400 million in withheld funds for Ukraine. The event is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. EDT.