House Armed Services Committee Holds Defense Intelligence Enterprise Hearing

The House Armed Services Committee holds a hearing titled “Defense Intelligence Enterprise – Challenges, Priorities, and Resourcing for Fiscal Year 2027” at 3:30 p.m. ET on April 16. Witnesses: Bradley D. Hansell, undersecretary of defense for intelligence and security Gen. Joshua M. Ru… Original News Source Link – Epoch Times

Judge Limits Construction of White House Ballroom to ‘Below-Ground’

Architect Shalom Baranes shows a site plan for a new $400 million White House ballroom during a meeting of the National Capital Planning Commission in Washington on Jan. 8, 2026. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images A federal judge ordered on April 16 that construction of the White House ballroom be limited to underground. In a 10-page opinion,

House breaks with Trump, votes against ending deportation protections for Haitians

Washington — The House delivered rare pushback on President Trump’s immigration policies in a vote Thursday on a bill to stop the administration from ending temporary deportation protections for Haitian nationals living in the U.S.  Democratic Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts spearheaded the effort to force a vote through a procedural tool known as a

“Arc de Trump” receives preliminary design approval from arts commission

A Trump-appointed commission tasked with reviewing public buildings in Washington, D.C., raised questions about but ultimately gave preliminary design approval to one of President Trump’s architectural priorities: a 250-foot stone arch that would tower above the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery.  The commissioners questioned project architect Nicolas Charbonneau about the arch’s structural footings, pedestrian

Swalwell’s Exit Reshaping California Governor’s Race

Tom Steyer speaks during a gubernatorial candidate forum in Sacramento, Calif., on April 14, 2026. Godofredo A. Vásquez/AP Photo Democratic billionaire Tom Steyer has picked up endorsements from three California state Assembly members who previously backed former Rep. Eric Swalwell, marking one of the first signs of how Swalwell’s support is redistributing itself as the

California Teachers’ Union Endorses Billionaire Tom Steyer, Who Attended Elite Phillips Exeter Academy and Sent Kids to Private School

The union had backed disgraced California Democrat Eric Swalwell and now says Steyer has demonstrated a ‘depth of commitment to educator unions we expect’ Tom Steyer / Getty Images California’s largest teachers’ union has endorsed Tom Steyer for California governor, throwing its weight behind a billionaire hedge fund mogul who opposes school choice and sent

Hegseth Takes Aim at Iranian Regime ‘Pirates and Terrorists’ and ‘Legacy Trump-Hating Press’ in News Conference

Hegseth compared mainstream outlets to Pharisees who persecuted Jesus, saying their ‘politically motivated animus’ toward Trump blinds them to US military success Pete Hegseth (Win McNamee/Getty Images) Secretary of War Pete Hegseth taunted the Iranian regime as a group of “pirates and terrorists” during a Thursday morning press briefing and laid into the “legacy Trump-hating