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The Pentagon’s second in command, Defense Deputy Secretary Kathleen Hicks, was unaware that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was in the hospital when she assumed some of his duties early last week, according to a senior military official. Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder revealed in a statement on Friday that Austin was admitted to … Read more

House and Senate negotiators reached an agreement on a government funding top line Sunday, taking a critical step toward avoiding a shutdown later this month.  The bipartisan deal will set the federal government’s discretionary spending at a maximum level of $1.59 trillion, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., wrote in a letter to colleagues. It would include … Read more

Former National Rifle Association official Joshua Powell admitted wrongdoing in a settlement with New York Attorney General Letitia James’ office that was announced just days before Monday’s trial seeking to dissolve the gun advocacy nonprofit group. Powell, who once served as NRA executive director of operations and chief of staff to recently resigned NRA Executive … Read more

The FBI on Saturday said it arrested three people for their alleged participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, riots at the U.S. Capitol.  The arrest, which the bureau said was at a ranch in Groveland, Florida in Lake County, came on the third anniversary of the Capitol riots.  The bureau identified the subjects as Jonathan … Read more

Former Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday argued that President Biden has been using the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol as the focus of his 2024 presidential campaign to distract Americans from his administration’s poor record that has “weakened America at home and abroad.” Pence appeared on CNN’s “State of the Union” from … Read more

A small city in Wisconsin is appealing to the White House for help with the influx of approximately 1,000 migrants who have come in since 2022, with issues ranging from housing to crime affecting the small community. City leaders of Whitewater, Wisconsin, have prepared a letter to President Biden, saying they have seen a “rapid … Read more

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the public face of the U.S. coronavirus pandemic response, will be grilled on the origins of the virus and how to manage future mass outbreaks during back-to-back marathon meetings with lawmakers. The longtime former head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases is sitting down for a closed-door interview with … Read more

Several politicians, media figures and professors raced to social media and television this week to amplify the message that racism forced former Harvard President Claudine Gay to resign from her position. Gay, Harvard’s first Black president, resigned after igniting controversy with comments regarding antisemitism on the university’s campus and facing several charges of plagiarism. The embattled leader … Read more

The Golden State is expanding its massive health care system this year, which means more taxpayer dollars will fund sex change surgeries for state residents, regardless of their citizenship status.  According to a memo first circulated in May 2022 and reported by the Daily Caller Foundation, California’s Medi-Cal covers costs for hormone therapy and procedures … Read more

The story of what happened at the Jan. 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol has been rewritten by former President Trump and other leaders who have a vested interest in a different version of the event. Now, a new polling shows that many Americans have bought it. NBC’s Ken Dilanian reports in this week’s Sunday … Read more