House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is calling for Congress to investigate top Trump administration officials in the wake of a bombshell revelation that The Atlantic’s top editor was included in a group chat discussion detailing the Pentagon’s plans to strike Yemen. Jeffries said the details of the breach, outlined by The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg on...
The Senate on Monday voted to confirm John Phelan, a private investment firm founder and a major Trump campaign donor, as the next Navy secretary. The Florida businessman, who has no prior military experience, was confirmed in a 62-30 vote in the full Senate. While Phelan did not draw outright opposition during his Feb. 27...
Reps. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) and Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif). introduced the “Pakistan Democracy Act” on Monday, seeking to sanction the country's Army chief for “persecution of political opponents” including former Prime Minister Imran Khan. The Hill obtained a copy of the bill, which would place sanctions on Pakistan's military boss within 180 days, under the Global...
Washington was rocked Monday by a truly extraordinary story. The editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, recounted how he had — apparently inadvertently — been added to a group chat featuring some of the most senior members of the United States government. Even more dramatically, the purpose of the chat, on the messaging app Signal,...
Team Trump is “giving Columbia University the $400 million back in exchange for just a handful of basic concessions,” fumes National Review’s Jim Geraghty.
As congressional lawmakers scramble to respond to President Donald Trump's slashing of the federal government, one group is already taking a front and center role: military veterans.