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Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa, the first female combat veteran elected to the Senate and a member of the Armed Services Committee, has signaled toward supporting President-elect Trump’s nominee for defense secretary. After meeting on Monday for a second time with Pete Hegseth, Ernst wrote in a statement that…

: Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., is looking for answers from the FBI after President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the bureau was reportedly targeted by Iranian hackers.  ‘For an Iranian-backed group to have targeted the potential next Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is extremely alarming,’ the North…

Pro-life leaders are sounding off about the ‘serious and growing threat’ of chemical abortion pills after President-elect Trump said he would not restrict access to the pills as president. Abortion pills, also known as chemical abortion, are now the most common abortion method, accounting for over 60% of all U.S.…

The fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, the culmination of years of civil war, has given way to a power vacuum with different factions protecting their own interests – and vying for power in the Middle Eastern nation.  The U.S., worried about the resurgence of an ISIS stronghold, has struck…

Republican Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley doubled down that he believes Christopher Wray has failed his ‘fundamental duties’ as FBI director in a blistering letter expressing he has ‘no confidence’ in Wray’s continued leadership over the agency.  ‘For the good of the country, it’s time for you and your deputy to…

The Pentagon unveiled a new counter-drone strategy after a spate of incursions near U.S. bases prompted concerns over a lack of an action plan for the increasing threat of unmanned aerial vehicles.  Though much of the strategy remains classified, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will implement a new counter-drone office within…

Billionaire business tycoon Elon Musk, who President-elect Donald Trump tapped to lead the new cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), agreed with former Rep. Ron Paul’s suggestion that the U.S. should end foreign aid. ‘Here’s an easy one for @DOGE !’ Paul declared in a post on X. ‘ELIMINATE foreign…

Progressive Democrats are frustrated with how President Biden is handling his lame duck era, with President-elect Donald Trump dominating the news cycle with Cabinet nominations and meetings with world leaders. Biden has remained relatively quiet in the weeks since Trump won re-election and has allowed Trump to steal the show…

President-elect Trump’s nomination of Kash Patel as FBI director has sparked a frenzy of outrage from the fake news media. I’m sure none of this surprises Kash, who has faced it all before.  Fake news outlets don’t typically attack congressional staffers by name, but years ago they made an exception…