‘He’s given me his side of the story. It makes sense to me. I believe him,’ Sen. Lindsey Graham said. A top Republican senator said on Dec. 15 that he believes Pete Hegesth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, will be confirmed unless people who have made accusations against Hegseth without publicly disclosing their
The Iron Dome refers to a missile-defense system used by Israel to shoot down rockets. President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming national security said the United States needs an “Iron Dome” amid a rash of recent drone sightings in New Jersey and New York. Top officials, including Alejandro Mayorkas, the outgoing secretary of the Department of Homeland
The new monument will include the 57-acre Frances Perkins Homestead National Historic Landmark site in Newcastle, Maine. President Joe Biden will sign a proclamation on Dec. 16 establishing a monument for Frances Perkins, the first female cabinet secretary, the White House said on Monday. The monument to Perkins, who served as the U.S. labor secretary
The new monument will be erected in Newcastle, Maine. WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden signed a proclamation on Dec. 16 establishing a monument for Frances Perkins, the first female Cabinet secretary. The monument to Perkins, who served as the U.S. labor secretary from 1933 to 1945 and died in 1965, will be erected in Newcastle, Maine, according
Trump campaign adviser Alex Bruesewitz worked with Barron Trump to boost the former president’s outreach to young people. Trump campaign adviser Alex Bruesewitz, 27, collapsed on stage while speaking at the New York Young Republican Club gala on the evening of Dec. 15. Bruesewitz, the CEO of consulting firm X Strategies, has been credited with
The amendment, which provides protections on the basis of gender preference, exists in a legal gray area and would be extensively litigated. Over 120 House Democrats are calling on President Joe Biden to conclude the process for adding the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the U.S. Constitution. The push, spearheaded by outgoing Rep. Cori Bush
The Human Rights Campaign, which lauded Buttigieg as ‘historic,’ suggested Bessent is a ‘threat’ to ‘LGBTQ+ people’ Scott Bessent meets with lawmakers on Capitol Hill. (Getty Images) President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, is about to make history as the nation’s highest-ranking gay official. And yet America’s top LGBT groups, which celebrated