Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Wednesday that Russia would use all military means at its disposal to conquer Ukrainian lands if a peace deal is not reached. Speaking to an audience of senior military officers during an annual meeting, Putin gave one of his most maximalist speeches in recent months, mocking European leaders and reaffirming […]

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr faced intense criticism Wednesday from Senate lawmakers over concerns he used government power to promote the stifling of free speech. Carr was grilled by Democrats on the Senate Commerce Committee over controversial statements he made about comedian Jimmy Kimmel that critics viewed as federal attempts to crack down on […]

President Donald Trump traveled to Dover Air Force Base on Wednesday for the dignified transfer of two Iowa National Guard members killed in Syria. Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, 25, of Des Moines, and Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29, of Marshalltown, along with Ayad Mansoor Sakat, a U.S. civilian interpreter from Macomb, Michigan, were killed in […]

The Senate confirmed entrepreneur Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator on Wednesday, marking one of the last major agency heads to be placed in their positions since the beginning of the second Trump administration. The Senate voted 67-30 to confirm Isaacman as the agency’s 15th administrator. Before the confirmation vote, the Senate agreed to invoke cloture […]