The Senate is muscling Pete Hegseth's nomination as defense secretary toward confirmation Friday, prioritizing his vow to create a "warrior culture" at the Pentagon over allegations of heavy drinking and aggressive behavior toward women.
President Donald Trump's new Justice Department leadership issued an order Friday to curtail prosecutions against people accused of blocking reproductive rights facilities, calling the cases an example of the "weaponization" of law enforcement.
The mayor of New Jersey's largest city on Friday accused Homeland Security's deportation agency of a warrantless "raid" on a local business after officers questioned employees and arrested three suspected illegal immigrants.
Key lawmakers who previously told The Washington Times that President Trump should pick an outsider to lead the embattled Secret Service after two attempts on his life are accepting his decision to tap a 23-year insider as the agency's next director.
The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Archbishop Timothy Broglio, slammed several of President Trump's recent executive orders, calling them "deeply troubling" for their potential harm to vulnerable communities, but he praised Mr. Trump's directive on biological sex.