As the country heads into November and the end of daylight saving time, the federal government remains shut down, with no signs of when it will reopen. The 35-day shutdown in 2018-2019 was partial. Congress had passed, and President Donald Trump, in his first term, signed several appropriations bills. This one is similar to 2013, […]
The September 1977 to August 1981 entry on Kevin Hermening’s LinkedIn profile dramatically downplays an event during his early-career military service. “Sergeant, United States Marine Corps,” it reads. “Okinawa, Japan/Tehran, Iran/Milwaukee, WI.” Left out of that middle location is the 444 days Hermening spent in captivity, held by Iranian revolutionaries. The then-20-year-old Hermening was among […]
The U.S. Air Force flew two supersonic bombers off the coast of Venezuela in a training flight on Thursday. Two B-1 Lancer bombers departed from Dyess Air Force Base in Abilene, Texas, on Thursday, traveling to the coastline of Venezuela, the Wall Street Journal reported. It was the second such training operation involving U.S. bombers […]
Foreign agents paid handsomely by Middle Eastern autocrats to represent their interests before Congress have fielded dozens of in-person meetings, phone calls, and emails in Washington in recent months, hoping to win concessions for their benefactors as lawmakers debate the National Defense Authorization Act of 2026, Department of Justice records show. Between February and August […]
Top Trump administration officials from multiple agencies are taking steps behind the scenes toward further exposing what they say was a far-reaching scheme to weaponize the government against President Donald Trump, as one of his top allies hints the evidence could soon come together before a grand jury in Florida. Federal prosecutors in South Florida […]
At the risk of Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) throwing a comb at another staffer, I must point out that she may have accidentally given the shutdown game away for congressional Democrats. They have held the federal government hostage for nearly a month now over Republicans’ refusal to extend former President Joe Biden‘s enhanced, COVID-19-era subsidies […]
Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX) said he’s not worried about ruffling feathers with his Senate primary bid, even as his decision to jump into the already intense race against incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton draws eye rolls and sharp criticism from fellow Republicans. Hunt, first elected in 2022, is a […]
Twenty-two days into the federal government shutdown, the White House and its allies circulated these words by House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA) far and wide. “Shutdowns are terrible,” she told a reporter. “Of course, there will be families that are going to suffer. We take that responsibility very seriously. But it is one of […]
The NFL had Ballers, Dwayne Johnson’s five-season saga of unsportsmanlike conduct. High school football had Friday Night Lights — at its peak, one of the best shows on TV. But not since Craig T. Nelson’s Coach put down its whistle nearly three decades ago has the college game put serious points on the scripted-television board. […]
If you grew up in the 1970s with a poster of a band that looked like they’d just stepped off a UFO — faces smeared in greasepaint, outfits stitched from leather and lightning bolts, guitars that belched smoke like malfunctioning rockets — you probably owe a chunk of your teenage rebellion to Ace Frehley. Not […]
