Trump’s hostage envoy Adam Boehler calls on Syrian opposition to release American captives to prove they’re not extremists. President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for special envoy for hostage affairs said Monday that Syrian opposition forces that have taken control of the Middle Eastern country should turn over any American hostages held there as a sign of
The House and Senate Armed Services Committees have released an 1,813-page bill, reconciling their differing National Defense Authorization Act proposals. The House of Representatives could vote this week on a compromise version of the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), with up to $895.2 billion in defense discretionary spending. This latest version of the NDAA,
The two legislators resigned from the House on Dec. 8 and begin serving their terms earlier than other newly elected senators. WASHINGTON—Former Reps. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) were sworn into the Senate on Dec. 9. The two lawmakers were sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris, who serves as president of the
The president has designated a new monument that will be located at the site of a former Indian boarding school in Pennsylvania. WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden on Dec. 9 designated a new national monument to memorialize the federal government’s oppression of thousands of native American children through the boarding school system founded in the late 19th
Washington — Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Defense Department, returned to Capitol Hill on Monday as he tries to solidify support among Senate Republicans as he faces allegations of sexual misconduct, financial mismanagement of veterans’ charities and excessive drinking. Hegseth met with at least two Republican senators on Monday who had
The ‘failures are serious enough and their pattern widespread enough to have shattered my confidence in your leadership,’ the Iowa lawmaker wrote. WASHINGTON—Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on Dec. 9 wrote a letter to Federal Bureau of Investigations Director Christopher Wray asking him to step down. The 11-page letter accuses Wray and Deputy Director Paul Abbate
Experts say the increase in health care costs is due to a combination of hospital consolidations, growing prescription drug prices, and an aging population. Medical care in the monthly consumer price index (CPI) report has risen by 143 percent since January 2000, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Additionally, medical care commodities—prescription