Hegseth Testifies at House Defense Budget Hearing

The House Appropriations Committee holds a Department of Defense budget hearing at 8 a.m. ET on May 12. Witnesses: Pete Hegseth, secretary of defense, Department of Defense Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Department of Defense Jules W. Hurst III, acting assistant secretary of defense (… Original News Source Link –

LIVE NOW: Hegseth Testifies at House Defense Budget Hearing

The House Appropriations Committee holds a Department of Defense budget hearing at 8 a.m. ET on May 12. Witnesses: Pete Hegseth, secretary of defense, Department of Defense Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Department of Defense Jules W. Hurst III, acting assistant secretary of defense (… Original News Source Link –

Trump urges House to pass Senate’s housing bill over conservative opposition

President Trump on Monday urged the House to pass a sweeping housing affordability bill that has stalled in the lower chamber amid divisions over certain provisions, including a ban on large institutional investors buying single-family homes. The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, aimed at lowering housing costs, overwhelmingly passed the Senate in an 89-10…

Trump to Undergo Annual Dental, Medical Evaluations Later in May: White House

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to deliver remarks during a Mother’s Day luncheon in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on May 8, 2026. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images President Donald Trump is scheduled to undergo his annual dental and medical evaluations on May 26 at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland,

Interior Department Eliminates Rule That Made Conservation a Use of Public Lands

Fish Creek through the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, managed by the Bureau of Land Management on Alaska’s North Slope, on July 8, 2004. David W. Houseknecht/United States Geological Survey via AP The Department of the Interior repealed a Biden-era regulation on May 11 that had placed conservation on par with drilling, mining, and grazing on roughly