The flags have been at half-staff since Dec. 29, the day of former President Jimmy Carter’s death, and will be returned to that status on Jan. 21, Johnson said. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said on Tuesday that flags at the U.S. Capitol will be returned to full-staff for Inauguration Day and then to half-staff
Defense secretary hopeful Pete Hegseth pushed back on what he called a “coordinated smear campaign” against his nomination during a combative Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday, saying it was time for someone with “dust on his boots” to serve as Pentagon chief. The former Fox News host and Army National Guard officer faced a barrage
‘How many senators have shown up drunk to vote at night? Have any of you guys asked them to step down and resign from their job?’ Mullin asked Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R., Okla.) questioned Tuesday how many senators had “shown up drunk to vote” and cheated on their wives after Sen. Tim Kaine (D., Va.)
According to court documents, a CCP-linked hacking group used PlugX to infiltrate and control targeted computers, stealing information from infected systems. The FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ) have removed China-linked malware from more than 4,200 U.S. computers in a court-authorized operation targeting a Beijing-sponsored hacking group. The court-authorized operation, conducted with French law enforcement
The House of Representatives passed legislation Tuesday that prohibits biological men from competing in women and girls’ sports. The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act amends Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which forbids sex-based discrimination in federally funded education programs, to define sex as “based solely on a person’s reproductive
Russiagate purveyors continue to advance in mainstream media Rosalind Helderman (Washington Post/YouTube) The New York Times has poached a Washington Post reporter behind many of the embattled newspaper’s botched stories based on the Steele dossier, the salacious report that falsely accused Donald Trump of colluding with Russia. Rosalind Helderman will join the Times after a
In this episode of NTD’s “Profiles of Service,” we sit down with California state Sen. Josh Becker. A veteran of the private and nonprofit sectors, he brings a unique touch to public office. He says a big thing he’s working on is accountability. “In the private sector, there’s a lot of measurement and metrics, and