Key Takeaways From Pentagon Leaders’ Testimony Before Congress

Acting Pentagon Comptroller Jules Hurst (L), Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (C), and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine (R) testify on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 30, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine faced

Iran war cost may be close to double what the Pentagon claims, officials say

Iran war cost may be close to double what the Pentagon claims, officials say – CBS News Watch CBS News U.S. officials told CBS News that the estimated price tag delivered to lawmakers on Wednesday is only about half the true cost of $50 billion. Ed O’Keefe has more. link.lazyload { position: absolute; } .content__meta-wrapper::before

Confrontation between authorities and alleged correspondents’ dinner shooter lasted 7 seconds

Shortly after 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, an alleged assassin burst through a set of double doors one floor above a ballroom where President Trump and roughly 2,600 other White House Correspondents’ Dinner guests were eating a salad course. Seven seconds later, he was apprehended by federal law enforcement, multiple sources familiar with the matter told

Harvard Cancels Conference That Was To Feature Keffiyeh-Wearing Israel-Demonizer Who Uses ‘Retard’ as a Slur

Harvard Business School, which had declared itself “thrilled” to host at an upcoming AI conference a businessman who was ostracized in Silicon Valley for social media posts that demonized Israel, has now canceled the event. The Washington Free Beacon wrote on April 28 about the conference under the headline, “Harvard Business School Is ‘Thrilled To