A woman told police she was sexually assaulted in 2017 by Pete Hegseth after he took her phone, blocked the door to a California hotel room and refused to let her leave, according to a detailed investigative report released late Wednesday. Hegseth, a Fox News personality and President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be defense secretary,
A congressional hearing focused on 323,000 children who have dropped off the radar since being placed with sponsors. In testimony before a congressional subcommittee, Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS) Xavier Becerra denied that 323,000 unaccompanied minor children who entered the country illegally are unaccounted for. Becerra testified on Nov. 20 before the House Judiciary
‘They can either do business with the BDS movement, or they can do business with the American Jewish community,’ rabbis write Tel Aviv rally for Hamas to release hostages (Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images) More than 100 rabbis from across the country are blasting the left-wing city council of Portland, Maine, for voting to divest from
Nominee for attorney general brushes off questions about Ethics Committee report, saying his focus remains on reforming the Justice Department. Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, said Wednesday that he’s focused on reforming the Department of Justice (DOJ), brushing off questions about the House Ethics Committee’s decision not to
NEW YORK—New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday appointed sanitation chief Jessica Tisch as police commissioner. A city government stalwart and ex-NYPD official, she’ll be just the second woman in the high-profile, high-pressure post. The move comes at a critical time for the nation’s largest police department, shoring up its leadership after a tumultuous
The longtime Trump ally also served under the president-elect’s first administration. Former Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker is Donald Trump’s pick to serve as U.S. ambassador to NATO, the Western alliance the president-elect once said was in danger of making itself “obsolete.” In a Nov. 20 statement announcing the nomination, Trump described Whitaker as “a
Vermont socialist’s resolution to block tank cartridges to Jewish state fails 79-18 Senate Democrats failed on Wednesday to implement an arms embargo on Israel, with the upper chamber swatting away three measures led by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.). Lawmakers voted overwhelmingly against three separate disapproval resolutions that called for an immediate pause on American