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PoliticsPresident Trump noted on Tuesday he would be nominating Hung Cao for Navy Secretary after the predecessor to the role stepped down in April. The president declared his pick on Truth Social Tuesday night, saying “We need Patriots like Hung leading our Navy and Marine Corps, and I can think of no ...
PoliticsThe announcement came amid a purge of leadership at the Pentagon and a stalling war effort against Iran.
PoliticsVice President JD Vance’s answer to a question about conservative pundit Tucker Carlson left some in the audience disappointed.
PoliticsThe resignation of Daniel P. Driscoll, the secretary of the Army, had been likely but comes at a tumultuous time for the service.
PoliticsMichigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed on Monday shot back at Vice President Vance’s comment about him being “very, very evil.” Earlier Monday, Vice President Vance went after El-Sayed at a rally in Detroit, calling him “evil.” “There’s something about Abdul El-Sayed that is very, ve...
PoliticsRep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), who has been a key figure in a push to release files linked to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in the last few years, read off over a dozen names of what he noted were “Epstein coconspirators” on Monday. “On the House floor tonight, I read the names of multiple ...
PoliticsVice President JD Vance also told Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, Michigan’s Democratic Senate nominee, to “keep my wife’s name out of your mouth.”
PoliticsJoint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Dan Caine told Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) in a letter that there are no plans to send the military to the polls in November’s midterm elections. “Election administration and security remain the fundamental responsibility of state and local officials. The Joint ...
PoliticsLiberal candidate for Beaches-East York says 'let's get to work' 'Less division, more building': Liberal victory in North Vancouver-Capilano Win in Chicoutimi-Le Fjord 'means we can maintain Canadian unity,' Liberal candidate says In a related development, how is the Canada-U.S. trade war affe...
PoliticsFour Democratic lawmakers in the House of Representatives made a move Monday to publicly criticize socialism and the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) — as a counter to a Republican resolution that would do the same. The Republican resolution, which was introduced by Rep. Jeff Crank (R-Colo...
PoliticsTravis Fuller was from my hometown. I went back and talked with his family about how they made sense of his death, 25 years after Sept. 11.
PoliticsAt least $1 billion from anonymous donors is flowing into the midterm elections. Dark money is not new, but it now permeates nearly every key contest.