A soldier who was hit by a stray bullet during an exchange of fire between the U.S. Secret Service and a gunman outside the White House is suing the agency over his injuries. Pfc. Benjamin Del Real Jr., a 25-year-old active-duty soldier, was struck in the stomach during an incident at the White House in […]

House GOP leaders are promising a fourth reconciliation bill to address missed priorities as they try to muscle third-party-line spending legislation across the finish line before departing for the August recess. Leadership is hoping that by dangling a fourth spending package, hard-line Republican holdouts will vote to advance the third reconciliation bill. But a handful […]

President Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, Todd Blanche, has yet to win over key Senate Republicans for his handling of the Justice Department’s canceled “anti-weaponization fund” and Jeffrey Epstein survivors. Outgoing Sens. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) remain noncommittal, either of whom could sink Blanche from advancing from the Senate Judiciary Committee […]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky fired Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrsky, the second man in the position since Russia’s invasion of the country. Syrsky was appointed to the position on Feb. 8, 2024, after the sacking of Valery Zaluzhny, his more publicly visible predecessor. He soon made a name for himself as one of the […]