Washington — The Senate is set to vote Monday evening on the confirmation of Scott Bessent as treasury secretary, as Senate Republicans work to quickly install President Trump’s picks for top administration posts. Bessent, 62, is the founder of Connecticut-based hedge fund Key Square Group and would be the first Senate-confirmed openly gay Cabinet member
The DEA said that about 49 illegal immigrants were arrested, connected with the Tren de Aragua gang. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has said it arrested dozens of people during a recent raid in Colorado that targeted the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang. The DEA’s Rocky Mountain division, in a post on Sunday night,
Sen. Patty Murray of Washington state proposed the resolution. Senate Democrats on Jan. 27 unveiled a resolution that condemns President Donald Trump’s pardons of people who were convicted of being violent on Jan. 6, 2021. “Resolved, that the Senate disapproves of any pardons for individuals who were found guilty of assaulting Capitol Police officers,” the
The former Fox News host and decorated U.S. Army veteran was confirmed by a thin margin last week. New Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth recently confirmed that the Pentagon will be implementing a mandate to remove diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies from his agency. In a post on X over the weekend, Hegseth wrote:
The order said there were concerns that FEMA used resources to support missions beyond its scope, including activities that ‘welcome illegal aliens.’ President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Jan. 24 calling for the creation of a council to review the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), citing concerns over political bias within the agency.
4 viruses on the rise across the U.S. Latest news on 4 viruses on the rise across the U.S. 04:03 China said Monday it was “extremely unlikely” COVID-19 came from a laboratory, after the CIA said it believed the virus had more likely come from a lab rather than natural transmission. “The conclusion that a
President Donald Trump hit the ground running on immigration, deploying 1,500 active-duty troops to the southern border and ordering military deportation flights to Central and South America. Two of those flights were to arrive in Colombia on Sunday. Gustavo Petro, the nation’s president and a former member of the Marxist M-19 guerrilla group, stopped them