War Secretary Pete Hegseth suggested Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) make a visit to U.S. Central Command to speak with troops after the outgoing senator called the Trump administration‘s war with Iran “an utter and complete failure.” The exchange unfolded during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing in which Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of […]

A federal appeals court in Washington on Tuesday upheld White House trade adviser Peter Navarro‘s felony contempt of Congress conviction, rejecting his claim that former President Donald Trump‘s executive privilege protected him from complying with the House Jan. 6 committee’s subpoena. In a unanimous 37-page opinion, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals […]

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 […]