Defense secretary hopeful Pete Hegseth pushed back on what he called a “coordinated smear campaign” against his nomination during a combative Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday, saying it was time for someone with “dust on his boots” to serve as Pentagon chief. The former Fox News host and Army National Guard officer faced a barrage
‘How many senators have shown up drunk to vote at night? Have any of you guys asked them to step down and resign from their job?’ Mullin asked Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R., Okla.) questioned Tuesday how many senators had “shown up drunk to vote” and cheated on their wives after Sen. Tim Kaine (D., Va.)
The House of Representatives passed legislation Tuesday that prohibits biological men from competing in women and girls’ sports. The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act amends Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which forbids sex-based discrimination in federally funded education programs, to define sex as “based solely on a person’s reproductive
Russiagate purveyors continue to advance in mainstream media Rosalind Helderman (Washington Post/YouTube) The New York Times has poached a Washington Post reporter behind many of the embattled newspaper’s botched stories based on the Steele dossier, the salacious report that falsely accused Donald Trump of colluding with Russia. Rosalind Helderman will join the Times after a
President Joe Biden is spending his final days in office shutting down domestic oil and gas production in actions that will act as roadblocks for the incoming Trump administration and its “drill, baby, drill” agenda while solidifying Biden’s legacy as a president hostile to energy producers. The Biden administration has moved forward with fossil-fuel leasing
Biden maligned DOJ prosecutors ‘based solely on false accusations,’ special counsel report says Special counsel David Weiss savaged President Joe Biden for his attacks on the Justice Department’s prosecution of Hunter Biden for tax and gun crimes, writing in a report delivered to Attorney General Merrick Garland and made public on Monday that the president’s
‘We have zeroed in on an American offering outrageous prices,’ CNN correspondent Alex Marquardt wrote PANAMA CITY, Fla.—CNN chief national security correspondent Alex Marquardt refused to apologize Monday for falsely accusing a Navy veteran of operating in a “black market” to profiteer off Afghans fleeing their homes. Instead, Marquardt gave conflicting testimony, boasted about his