A behind-the-scenes rivalry between Vice President J.D. Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, which sources say has been brewing since the early days of the Trump administration, could be culminating in real time as Republicans seek someone to blame for the Iran war and the GOP's disastrous showing in last week's midterm elections.
Democratic nominee Scott Colom has defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi's closely contested U.S. Senate race after a prolonged ballot counting process, giving the state its first Black U.S. senator since post-Civil War Reconstruction.
The warning a Tomb of the Unknown Soldier sentinel called out to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's group on Veterans Day reflects a standard of decorum every visitor to Arlington National Cemetery is expected to meet, no matter their rank.
Democratic veterans in Congress are vowing to continue the fight to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth next year after Republicans blocked an attempt to charge him with high crimes and misdemeanors this week.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and an accompanying group on Veterans Day were scolded for a breach of decorum by a soldier standing watch at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Sen. John Fetterman faces at least one challenger so far in the 2028 Democratic primary, an "anti-Zionist" from Gaza who has spent the last three years in a tirade against Israel, its people and U.S. officials who support providing aid to the country in its ongoing war against the terrorist group Hamas.
Members of the hard-line conservative House Freedom Caucus laid out their proposals on Tuesday to strip the incoming Democratic Congress of some of its power.
