U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth attends a meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group, after a meeting of NATO defense ministers at the alliance’s headquarters, in Brussels, Belgium, on Oct. 15, 2025. Reuters/Yves Herman SIMI VALLEY, Calif.—Secretary of War Pete Hegseth articulated the emerging “America First” national defense strategy of President Donald Trump’s second
U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks during the Reagan National Defense Forum in Simi Valley, California, on Dec. 6, 2025. Caylo Seals/Getty Images Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said on Dec. 6 that he supports the decision in early September to initiate a second strike on a drug boat in the South Caribbean that
David Rein presumed punishment would follow after a bully on the school bus shoved his middle school son around, ordered him where to sit, and broke his glasses. Months later, after learning three other students had received the same treatment at the school in upstate New York, Rein was told the tormentor got a free
Shoppers are seen in a Kroger supermarket in Atlanta, Ga., on Oct. 14, 2022. Elijah Nouvelage/AFP via Getty Images President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Dec. 6 establishing security task forces within the Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to protect competition across the U.S. food supply chain. The security task forces
FBI “Cyber Division” Assistant Director Jana Monroe attends a news conference to unveil an FBI anti-piracy seal and warning text, to be displayed on digital and software intellectual property, in Los Angeles on Feb. 19, 2004. David McNew/Getty Images As one of the first female agents in the FBI’s Behavioral Science Unit and a key
U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Rwandan President Paul Kagame during a peace agreement signing ceremony between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda at the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace on December 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. As part of his campaign to portray himself as a peacemaker, Trump invited Kagame and
President Donald Trump (L) speaks as he presents Sylvester Stallone, George Strait, KISS, Gloria Gaynor, and Michael Crawford with their Kennedy Center Honors medals in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Dec. 6, 2025. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo The King of Country Music, the Italian Stallion, and Broadway’s original Phantom of