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Navy Women Fear Hegseth Cuts May Hurt Promotions
After Secretary of War Pete Hegseth cut nine Navy officers, including all the women, from a promotion list, several female officers say the unusual intervention as a sign their careers now have a ceiling and they worry for the future generation of female military leaders.
Sat, 06 Jun 2026 09:19:50 EDTNew GOP Resistance Emerges for Trump in Congress
Donald Trump is facing widening opposition within his own party as Republican lawmakers in Congress, long reluctant to defy him, are showing a greater willingness to break ranks with the U.S. president. Just over the past week, multiple factions of Republicans in the Senate...
Sat, 06 Jun 2026 09:09:19 EDTHegseth: Europe Faces 'Invasion' of Dangerous Ideas
U.S. War Secretary Pete Hegseth warned on Saturday that Europe faced what he called an invasion of dangerous ideologies arriving by sea, linking immigration to the legacy of the D-Day landings in remarks in Normandy.
Sat, 06 Jun 2026 09:08:34 EDTRep. Sessions' Chief of Staff Charged in D.C. Gun Case
The chief of staff to Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, has been charged with carrying a pistol into a House office building in December 2025, court records show.
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 22:09:21 EDTJudges Press DOJ on Trump Ballroom Project
Two Democrat-appointed judges on a three-judge federal appeals court panel appeared sympathetic Friday to the plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging the construction of President Donald Trump's White House ballroom.
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 22:18:33 EDTRep. Luna: Epstein Had Intelligence Connections
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., said in an interview Friday she believes evidence has shown that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was working in intelligence.
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 21:58:17 EDTNasdaq Suffers Historic $1.7 Trillion Market-Cap Loss, Biggest Drop Ever
The Nasdaq composite suffered one of its sharpest selloffs in years Friday, wiping out $1.71 trillion in market capitalization in a single day - the biggest drop in value ever recorded for the exchange.
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 20:47:14 EDTDOJ: 3 US Citizens Tried to Fund ISIS Attacks on Troops
Three American citizens have been arrested on allegations they used cryptocurrency to fund what they believed would be weapons purchases for attacks on U.S. service members overseas.
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 20:29:31 EDTJudge: Can't Tie Funds From USDA to Compliance With Other Policies
A judge on Friday blocked the U.S. Department of Agriculture from withholding tens of billions of dollars in federal funds from states unless they complied with the Trump administration's policies on immigration enforcement, trans people and other issues.U.S. District Judge...
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 20:28:38 EDTReport: Iran World Cup Team Issued Visas to Compete in US
Players from Iran's World Cup team have been granted visas to enter the United States, Reuters reported on Friday.A White House official confirmed the news to Reuters, offering that the players had received their visas overnight, shortly after Iranian ambassador to Mexico...
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 20:21:45 EDTDems Want to Halt Production of Trump Coin
Senate Democrats are calling on the Trump administration to stop production of a commemorative 250th anniversary solid gold coin that would feature President Donald Trump.
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 19:20:28 EDTUS Attorney Opens Investigations Into California's Elections
The U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles said Friday it had opened "multiple election fraud investigations" related to California's elections and sent a prosecutor to the county's vote-counting center.
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 19:39:38 EDTGov. Abbott: 'No Food Safety Issue' From Screwworm
Gov. Greg Abbott told Texans on Friday there is "no food safety issue" tied to the first U.S. detection of the New World screwworm in decades, signing an expanded statewide disaster declaration in the fight against a parasite.
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 19:13:06 EDTFBI Fires 5 Analysts Tied to 'Catholic Ideology' Memo
Several FBI analysts tied to the creation of a 2023 memo warning of a potential threat from Catholic "violent extremists" were fired Friday, according to their lawyer, the latest wave of terminations under the leadership of its director Kash Patel.
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:49:41 EDTTrump Calls for Military to Accelerate Use of AI
President Donald Trump issued a memo Friday that calls for the U.S. military and national security agencies to accelerate their use of artificial intelligence, while acknowledging the need to protect civil liberties and maintain oversight over autonomous weapon systems.
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:05:02 EDTUS Warns Ebola Outbreak on Scale of Largest 'Is Possible'
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday urged strong public health interventions against the current Ebola outbreak, citing their models that show it could otherwise rival the scale of the 2014 West Africa outbreak.That eruption of the virus resulted in...
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:57:25 EDTMaine Senate Hopeful Platner Splits Democrats
Many Democrats have had enough of Graham Platner, their presumptive nominee for senator in Maine, amid more damaging revelations about his past.
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:49:09 EDTReport: Trump Envoys Meet With Nuke Experts at Tenn. Lab
U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and White House adviser Jared Kushner traveled to Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee on Thursday to consult experts who could play a role in negotiations with Iran over its nuclear ambitions.
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:22:28 EDTCornyn Drops Bid to Rename Highway for Trump
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, is no longer pursuing legislation to rename a 1,800-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 287 the "Trump Interstate," saying the proposal is unlikely to remain a priority after his Republican primary defeat.
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:53:56 EDTTrump Calls Tillis 'a Loser' Over Blanche Opposition
President Donald Trump ripped Sen. Thom Tillis on Friday after the North Carolina Republican said he would not support Todd Blanche's nomination for attorney unless Blanche condemns the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, reports The Hill.
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