An American citizen was held in a Florida jail at the request of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) despite the county judge being able to see a U.S. birth certificate in court. Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez, who was born in the United States, was detained Wednesday in Florida by the state’s highway patrol and…

Luigi Mangione was indicted on four charges by a New York grand jury in the December killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City. Mangione, 26, was hit Thursday with a four-charge indictment, which included two counts of stalking, firearms offense and murder through the use of a firearm. The charges would make…

Welcome to The Hill’s Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Another Pentagon official out Former top Pentagon spokesperson John Ullyot is resigning from the Defense Department at the end of this week, marking another shake-up in the building. © AP Ullyot was the acting assistant to…

President Trump said former President Carter died “happy” during a Thursday presser in the Oval Office. Carter died in December of 2024, earning the title of the longest living president in United States history. The former president from Plains, Ga., was revered by politicians on both sides of the aisles and earned a Nobel Peace…

The wife of a Maryland man who the United States government mistakenly deported to a mega-prison in El Salvador stood in defense of her husband while acknowledging that she filed for a civil protective order four years ago. “After surviving domestic violence in a previous relationship, I acted out of caution following a disagreement with…