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With the military facing a recruitment crisis, Rep. Nancy Mace called the Pentagon’s ‘failure’ to rehire these troops ‘unacceptable.’ The House Armed Services Committee adopted an amendment in the annual defense policy bill on Wednesday that, if cleared through Congress, would force the Pentagon to rehire U.S. troops who were fired for refusing a COVID-19

Payments ranged from nearly $39,000 to over $100,000 each, the report found. A group of Republican senators is calling for nearly $11 million in “unjustified” bonuses paid to senior executives within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to be recouped and for those responsible for distributing them to be fired. The group, led by Senators

President Trump said on social media that he would ‘never advocate imposing restrictions on birth control or other contraceptives.’ Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced on May 22 that the Senate will vote on a bill to protect access to contraception in the coming weeks. The bill, led by Sens. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and

Justice Alito has said he had ‘no involvement whatsoever in the flying of the flag.’ A Tennessee congressman has introduced a House resolution to censure U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito—a George W. Bush appointee—over an inverted American flag hung outside his Virginia home between the Jan. 6, 2021, ‘Stop the Steal’ protests and