The U.S. military prides itself on discipline, merit, and readiness. But when politics infects leadership, even the strongest institutions can be compromised. As a Navy service member serving under multiple administrations, I saw firsthand how misguided policies can ripple through the force long after the headlines fade. Nearly four years after the failed Biden administration […]
Markets nosedived on Monday as President Donald Trump blasted Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell for not cutting interest rates amid waning economic sentiment spurred by Trump’s tariff policies. Trump escalated his war of words against Powell in a Truth Social post on Monday morning. Trump called Powell “a major loser” after nicknaming him “Mr. Too...
Donald Trump Jr. said Monday that the former Pentagon official who publicly detailed the department's “chaos” under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s leadership in a new op-ed is “officially exiled” from President Trump's political movement. “This guy is not America First,” Trump Jr. wrote on social platform X. “I’ve been hearing for years that he works...
President Trump on Monday directed all federal and state flags to fly at half-staff in commemoration of Pope Francis, who died at the age of 88 earlier that morning. The president said he signed an executive order to put the flags at half-staff just before exiting the White House for the traditional Easter Egg Roll...
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Minnesota seeking the revival of the state's ban on gun-carry permits for young adults. The justices said they would not consider whether the state's law barring 18-to-20-year-olds from obtaining permits to carry firearms in public violates the Second Amendment, leaving intact a lower court's ruling that...
Nathan Sage, a Democratic candidate for Iowa's 2026 Senate election, has stated his intention to "tear the Democratic Party down and build it back up from the studs" and focus on helping people who are struggling.
President Trump on Monday ramped up his pressure on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to lower interest rates, calling him a "major loser" and suggesting previous rate cuts were aimed at helping former President Biden. The statement by Trump was watched closely by Wall Street, where markets reopened on Monday after a three-day holiday break....
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said Sunday that the U.S. is getting “closer and closer” to a constitutional crisis as President Trump tests the judicial system, but is “not full-blown in one.” In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Klobuchar cited the pushback the Trump administration has faced from courts, constituents and a handful...