Trump’s defense secretary nominee, Pete Hegseth, will begin the Senate confirmation process on Jan. 14. The U.S. Senate is set to begin hearings on Jan. 14 to consider the first of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees. Much of the attention during the hearings is likely to focus on Pete Hegseth, a former Minnesota Army National
Weeks after President Joe Biden pardoned his son back to 2014, David C. Weiss disputed Biden’s assertion that ‘raw politics’ influenced his prosecution. The special counsel assigned to investigate Hunter Biden defended his work and criticized President Joe Biden’s pardon for his son in a final report made public days before the president is slated
Biden maligned DOJ prosecutors ‘based solely on false accusations,’ special counsel report says Special counsel David Weiss savaged President Joe Biden for his attacks on the Justice Department’s prosecution of Hunter Biden for tax and gun crimes, writing in a report delivered to Attorney General Merrick Garland and made public on Monday that the president’s
‘We have zeroed in on an American offering outrageous prices,’ CNN correspondent Alex Marquardt wrote PANAMA CITY, Fla.—CNN chief national security correspondent Alex Marquardt refused to apologize Monday for falsely accusing a Navy veteran of operating in a “black market” to profiteer off Afghans fleeing their homes. Instead, Marquardt gave conflicting testimony, boasted about his
House Speaker Mike Johnson said alleged failures of state and local leaders should be a factor that determines any conditions on federal aid. WASHINGTON—Any disaster relief funding issued by Congress in response to recent wildfires in Los Angeles may come with policy conditions, House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Jan. 13. The wildfires, which began
A raging war in Ukraine and a smoldering Middle East did not stop outgoing president Joe Biden from touting his foreign policy successes in a farewell State Department speech on Monday. His administration, Biden said, successfully averted major conflicts across the globe and left the United States “more capable” and “better prepared” than ever before.
Jacob Soboroff has appeared on NBC more than 30 times since the outbreak of the California fires Jacob Soboroff (Monica Schipper/Getty Images for NYU Langone Medical Center) An NBC News reporter at the center of a defamation lawsuit is leading the network’s coverage of the California wildfires. Jacob Soboroff, a national correspondent for NBC News,