by KellyDec 12, 2024 Pete Hegseth, nominated by Donald Trump for Secretary of Defense, faced accusations that he was not accepted into West Point, as initially claimed by the academy. In fact, Hegseth was accepted to West Point but did not attend. Instead, he went to Princeton University, where he graduated in 2003 with a bachelor’s […]
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by KellyDec 12, 2024 Secretary of State Antony Blinken did attend the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing yesterday. He testified before the committee regarding the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, marking it as his last appearance before this committee on this topic. Secretary of State Antony Blinken yesterday admitted that U.S. tax dollars had reached the Taliban […]
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Russia’s 2015 military intervention in Syria was a bold assertion of its great power ambitions, rescuing Bashar al-Assad’s regime and projecting influence in the Middle East. However, recent rebel advances and Assad’s sudden deposal threaten to isolate Russia’s Khmeimim airbase and Tartus naval facility, undermining both the practical and symbolic foundations of Moscow’s global power […]
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Young blood is here. President-elect Trump has gone full throttle for a new generation of leaders. Consider these nominees: Lee Zeldin, 44, EPA administrator Pete Hegseth, 44, Secretary of Defense Kash Patel, 44, FBI Director Tulsi Gabbard, 43, Director of National Intelligence Though he withdrew his bid to lead the Department of Justice, Matt Gaetz, 42, fit the profile as well […]
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Editor’s note: This article uses the generic “he” to refer to all sources who requested anonymity, but this use doesn’t necessarily mean the person cited is a man. Pete Hegseth, the Fox News Channel host and veterans advocate who is President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, has been hard at work on Capitol Hill seeking […]
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By Julie Kelly Even as President-elect Donald Trump promised on Sunday to act “very quickly” on pardons for many of the protesters involved in the events of January 6, the Biden administration’s Justice Department is continuing to arrest and try people for actions that occurred almost four years ago while opposing motions to delay trials […]
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By Paul Sperry Democratic election lawyer Marc Elias had a rough election. Several of his clients, notably Kamala Harris and Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey, fell to defeat. But instead of accepting their losses, Elias disputed the presidential and senatorial results in Pennsylvania, leading to charges that Elias, a self-advertised “democracy defender,” is what he’s accused […]
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Government — especially the IRS — is very good at tracking your money. Heaven forbid there’s one penny of uncollected tax out there. Unfortunately, they aren’t so good at tracking the money they’ve already taken from you. This is way past unbelievable. The White House: We’re unable to track $6.2 billion dollars sent to Ukraine. […]
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President-elect Donald Trump has not even been sworn into office yet but he is already shaping the landscape to come by engaging directly with his soon-to-be counterparts in Mexico and Canada to immediately begin taking steps to secure U.S. borders with each of the neighboring countries, using tariff threats to compel the countries to begin […]
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President Biden is trying to somehow convince us that his Middle East policies brought about the coup against Bashar al-Asad. But it’s not working… President Joe Biden delivered remarks on the situation in Syria, highlighting the fall of the Assad regime as a “fundamental act of justice” after decades of repression, while acknowledging it as […]