Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth defended his past comments about women serving in combat, saying he is focused on standards that have eroded for such roles, not the gender of the service member.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut cast doubt Tuesday on nominee Pete Hegseth's ability to run the Department of Defense, pointing to claims of financial mismanagement when President-elect Donald Trump's pick ran a pair of veterans' groups.
Former first lady Michelle Obama will skip the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, the second time in two weeks that she is not attending a gathering of former U.S. leaders and their spouses, but former Presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush will be there.
The top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee told Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth he's unsuitable to lead a department with 3.5 million service members and civilian employees and an annual budget of nearly $900 billion.
LYNDORA, Pennsylvania — Lourenco Goncalves, the CEO of steelmaker Cleveland-Cliffs, said he wants to make a new bid to acquire U.S. Steel, calling his pitch an “all-American solution” to save the corporation. At a nearly hour-long press conference Monday at the company’s facility in Butler, Pennsylvania, Goncalves said he would make Pittsburgh the headquarters of […]
Inauguration Day will be filled with a variety of ceremonies, including the traditional Presidential Parade, which will feature thousands of participants. Among them will be the emotional presence of Butler County, Pennsylvania, first responders, who are attending in honor of former fire chief Corey Comperatore, who tragically lost his life during the attempted assassination of […]
Benny Johnson, a podcaster and so-called conservative Republican influencer, and Alina Habba, a former attorney and incoming counselor to President-elect Donald Trump, decided to co-host an episode of Johnson’s show to interview controversial social media personality Andrew Tate, a man who has become famous for espousing masculine credences all while living in a metaphorical house […]
The Los Angeles wildfires have been an incredible display of incompetence by city leaders, but there is at least one adult actually running things: Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman. The recently-elected Hochman has made crime illegal again in Los Angeles, announcing charges against nine looters taking advantage of the fires to steal from […]
Democrats’ conduct in confirmation hearings just starting for President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees reveals their strategy to restore their electoral fortunes and credibility. Campaign guru James Carville admitted recently that Democrats “lapsed into stupidity” by focusing on their opponent and not on voter concerns. “We made it about Trump, and we didn’t make it about […]
Sen. Jim Justice (R-W.Va.) was officially sworn into his seat on Monday, putting Republicans closer to having their full 53-member majority. Justice was sworn in by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the chamber’s pro tempore and was joined by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.). He delayed his swearing in until West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrissey (R)...
Utah Republican politicians are attempting to strip protections for 18.5 million acres of Americas’ public lands, which would open the door to privatization of public lands in states from New Mexico to Washington, Montana to California.
Donald Trump praised Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) for calling for a special state legislative session to implement the president-elect's immigration agenda. “Thank you Ron, hopefully other governors will follow!” Trump posted on Truth Social on Tuesday. The president-elect was responding to a proclamation DeSantis posted on X calling for a special session on Jan....
America urgently needs a dramatic shift in maritime policy. A bipartisan bill introduced at the end of the last Congress could help provide that turnaround.
An ex-Democratic National Committee official who helped finance President Biden and Vice President Harris’s White House campaigns says she's now fundraising for President-elect Trump. In an interview with The Daily Mail this week, Lindy Li, a former DNC official who raised money for high-profile Democrats, said that she is turning her attention to Republicans, aligning with the...
