Gonzales drops reelection bid after pressure over affair

By: The Hill

Published on: March 6, 2026, 4:49 am

Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) dropped his reelection bid on Thursday after coming under pressure from Republican leaders and other GOP colleagues to do so after admitting to an affair with his staffer who later died by suicide. He indicated he would stay in office through the end of his term. “After deep reflection and with...

Airline threatens to remove, ban passengers who don't use headphones

By: The Hill

Published on: March 6, 2026, 4:18 am

Listening to music or watching a movie without headphones could now get you removed from a United Airlines flight and potentially permanently banned, according to the airline’s updated passenger guidelines. The airline’s “Contract of Carriage” rules were reportedly updated in late February to include passengers “who fail to use headphones while listening to audio or...

Vance indefinitely postpones CBS town hall 'due to the war,' network says

By: The Hill

Published on: March 6, 2026, 3:40 am

Vice President Vance has postponed a town hall with CBS News that was scheduled for next week “due to the war” in the Middle East, the network announced on Thursday. “A new date and more details to come soon,” a network statement posted on the social platform X said. Vance was supposed to participate in...

FBI searches home west of Nancy Guthrie's house

By: The Hill

Published on: March 6, 2026, 3:18 am

FBI agents searched a home west of Nancy Guthrie’s house as the investigation entered Day 32.

Austin police release body-cam footage, 911 calls from Sixth Street mass shooting

By: The Hill

Published on: March 6, 2026, 2:47 am

Austin Police released new information and video about the deadly mass shooting at a bar on West Sixth Street during a news conference Thursday.

Anthropic CEO vows to fight risk designation, insists ‘vast majority’ of customers won’t be affected

By: The Hill

Published on: March 6, 2026, 2:07 am

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said Thursday that the company would fight the Pentagon’s supply chain risk designation in court, while suggesting the “vast majority” of its customers would be unaffected. The Pentagon confirmed the designation, which Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced last week, in a letter to the AI firm Wednesday, Amodei noted. “As we...

Senate Democrats restart energy bill negotiations

By: The Hill

Published on: March 6, 2026, 1:38 am

Senate Democrats will return to the table to negotiate an energy and infrastructure bill, they announced Thursday night. “After discussions with our colleagues, we have decided to reopen negotiations on permitting reform,” said Sens. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) in a written statement. Whitehouse and Heinrich, the top Democrats on key energy and...

Teamsters leader who nearly brawled with Mullin praises DHS nomination

By: The Hill

Published on: March 6, 2026, 1:18 am

Teamsters President Sean O’Brien offered unexpected praise on Thursday for Sen. Markwayne Mullin’s (R-Okla.) nomination to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the latest sign of reconciliation between the two men who nearly came to blows during a Senate hearing in 2023. “If anyone is willing to stand their butt up to protect America,...

Hegseth on Noem's ouster: 'We all serve at the pleasure of the president'

By: The Hill

Published on: March 6, 2026, 12:29 am

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday that Kristi Noem did an “excellent job” at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), hours after President Trump announced he had tapped Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) to replace her as the department's secretary. “We all serve at the pleasure of the president,” Hegseth told reporters during a briefing on...

Pentagon officially informs Anthropic of supply chain risk designation

By: The Hill

Published on: March 6, 2026, 12:26 am

The Pentagon officially informed Anthropic leadership Thursday that the company and its products are deemed a supply chain risk “effective immediately,” a senior Pentagon official told The Hill. “From the very beginning, this has been about one fundamental principle: the military being able to use technology for all lawful purposes,” the official said. “The military...

US military sets Iranian drone carrier ship on fire 

By: The Hill

Published on: March 6, 2026, 12:13 am

The U.S. military struck and set on fire an Iranian drone carrier ship Thursday as forces continue to degrade the Islamic Republic’s navy and continue pummeling the nation with missiles and bombs. Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of U.S. Central Command (Centcom), said during a Thursday press conference that the vessel was roughly the size of...

Texas lieutenant gov rips Hunt for entering Senate race: 'He had no business'

By: The Hill

Published on: March 5, 2026, 11:59 pm

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) on Thursday slammed Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-Texas) for entering the GOP Senate primary in the Lone Star State. “Wesley Hunt should have never gotten in this race,” Patrick said on “The Mark Davis Show.” Hunt came in a distant third in Tuesday’s primary, garnering 13.5 percent of the vote....

How Kristi Noem finally lost Trump’s trust

By: The Hill

Published on: March 5, 2026, 11:58 pm

Kristi Noem’s assertion at a Senate hearing Tuesday that President Trump had given his blessing to a $220 million Department of Homeland Security (DHS) advertising campaign promoting Noem’s leadership was the final straw that cost the DHS secretary her job on Thursday, according to Republican senators and other sources familiar with the events. Trump considered...

Hegseth suggests Iran strikes creating conditions for revolution

By: The Hill

Published on: March 5, 2026, 11:52 pm

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday said there will “come a moment” when President Trump or the Iranian people decide to rise up against the country's government, though he stressed they should not protest during the ongoing U.S.-Israeli military campaign against the regime. “No one's done more than President Trump to reopen the opportunity for...

Here are the 4 Democrats who opposed the war powers resolution

By: The Hill

Published on: March 5, 2026, 11:35 pm

Four Democrats defied party leaders on Thursday to oppose a resolution curbing President Trump’s war powers in Iran. Some defections had been expected headed into the vote, given the thorny nature of the conflict and its relationship to Israel, which has divided Democrats on and off of Capitol Hill for years. Before Trump struck Iran...