The Pentagon said Thursday that it is changing the independent military newspaper Stars and Stripes so it concentrates on “reporting for our warfighters” and no longer includes “woke distractions.” That message, in a social media post from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s spokesman, is short on specifics and does not mention the news outlet’s legacy of
An Iranian vessel sails in False Bay, near the Simon’s Town Naval base for naval exercises in South Africa’s waters, in Cape Town, South Africa, on Jan. 16, 2026. Esa Alexander/Reuters The United States has accused South Africa of undermining regional maritime security by allowing Iranian military participation in naval exercises held in South African
A bipartisan congressional delegation was to meet with Danish and Greenlandic officials Friday in an effort to show support for Greenland’s territorial integrity despite President Trump’s continued push to acquire the island. The White House had claimed Thursday that discussions involving Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Danish officials earlier this
James McCrery, once President Trump’s handpicked architect for the White House ballroom, has been appointed to serve on a commission that will review the project he once led. The appointment was noted in a court filing late Thursday, which confirmed that President Trump appointed four people to serve on the Commission of Fine Arts. McCrery served on
Major teachers union NEA spent millions on far-left groups and ballot initiatives, according to federal filings, which is resulting in pushback from a nonpartisan watchdog.
California Secretary of State Shirley Weber speaks in Los Angeles on April 15, 2024. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times A federal judge on Jan. 15 dismissed the Department of Justice’s (DOJ’s) bid to access California’s voter registration databases, ruling that the demand for voter data from California Secretary of State Shirley Weber was “unprecedented and illegal.”
GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, who was just in Israel last month, noted in a Thursday post on X that he is traveling there to meet with the primer minister and his team.