Senate Panel Advances Nomination for Trump’s Budget Chief as Democrats Boycott Vote

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) says Russell Vought is a ’threat to democracy.” Russell Vought, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), inched one step closer to being the White House budget chief. Following a closed Jan. 30 business meeting, Senate Budget Committee Republicans voted 11–0 in favor of Vought’s

Transportation Secretary Duffy responds to plane crash in first days on job

Washington — Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy had been sworn in for only a few hours when the first major commercial plane crash in the U.S. in more than a decade shocked the nation late Wednesday. The Senate confirmed Duffy, President Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Transportation, on Tuesday with significant bipartisan support, and

Armed Hamas Terrorists Lead Angry Mob of Gazans in Stage-Managed Hostage Release, Enraging Israeli Officials

JERUSALEM—Hamas’s stage-managed release of Israeli hostages on Thursday was nearly derailed by an angry mob of thousands of Gazans. In the third round of hostage releases by Hamas, the Palestinian terrorist group released Agam Berger, a 20-year-old Israeli soldier, in a bizarre ceremony. Hours later, Hamas released Israeli civilians Arbel Yehoud, 29, and Gadi Moses,