The Army doesn't have enough soldiers, the Navy's fleet is half the size it was during the Cold War, and Air Force pilots aren't getting the flight time needed to maintain their edge. That's the stark conclusion of the latest ranking of U.S. military strength from the Heritage Foundation think tank, which says a "decade of decline" has left America's armed forces with a "weak" rating for the second year in a row, despite Congress allocating more than $800 billion last year on national defense.
The Rev. Al Sharpton called Sen. Tim Scott's comments during former President Donald Trump's speech after winning the New Hampshire primary "humiliating."
Some observant public officials have taken note that the House has passed the Protecting Our Communities From Failure to Secure the Border Act of 2023, legislation championed by Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, New York Republican, and 16 co-sponsors. The legislation would prohibit federal funding from being used to provide housing for migrants on any federal park land and retroactively cancel the lease agreement at Floyd Bennett Field -- the first municipal airport in New York City. In November, that field became the site of a housing-tent complex for some 2,000 migrants seeking asylum in the U.S..
Barely 400,000 votes have been cast in two rural Republican primaries over the span of eight days. But both Donald Trump and Joe Biden are behaving like their parties' nominees already.
Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers promised to veto a redistricting proposal that the Republican-controlled Assembly passed on Wednesday and that largely mirror maps he proposed, but with changes that would reduce the number of GOP incumbents who would have to face one another in November.
Colorado Republican state Rep. Mike Lynch announced he's stepping down as minority leader Wednesday, a week after The Denver Post reported that Lynch was arrested in 2022 on suspicion of drunken driving and possession of a gun while intoxicated.
Despite losing both Iowa and New Hampshire to Donald Trump,Nikki Haley is nevertheless trying to frame those losses as a victory and vowing to head off a "coronation" of Trump as the 2024 Republican nominee.
The administration's border wall troubles are spreading and have now infected President Biden's nominee for undersecretary of the Air Force, who ran into trouble on Capitol Hill this week over her role in the Pentagon's hasty and wasteful sell-off of the construction materials.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Wednesday laid out the process to return the Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft to service after they were grounded earlier this month following a midair blowout during an Alaska Airlines flight. The FAA announced Wednesday it approved a "thorough inspection and maintenance process" that will be performed on each...