Sports commentator Stephen A. Smith said he thinks the hiring of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is an example of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) amid backlash surrounding the removal of Jackie Robinson’s military career from the department’s website. “Pete Hegseth is the head of the Defense Department. He has served our country with honor. I am not trying to knock him or denigrate him in any way, we got to…
The Justice Department (DOJ) plans to create a process for those with criminal convictions to restore their gun rights, sparking alarm it will return firearms to those convicted of violent crimes. The interim rule, posted in the Federal Register Thursday, follows a February executive order from President Trump directing a review of the country’s gun restrictions to “assess any ongoing infringements.” The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) has the…
A Georgetown University postdoctoral scholar has been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), making him the latest foreign student inside the country legally who’s been caught in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown at universities. Badar Khan Suri, an Indian national, was arrested Monday night in Arlington, Va., Politico first reported Wednesday from a legal filing in the case. Officers told Suri his visa had been revoked. Homeland Security…
The Pentagon has restored webpages detailing the contributions of Navajo Code Talkers and other Native American veterans after widespread backlash to their initial removal. Webpages highlighting the Code Talkers and Native American wartime contributions had been removed from the site in an effort to purge any diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs as part of compliance with President Trump’s executive order ending all federal DEI programs. In addition to the…
Trump administration border czar Tom Homan signaled Wednesday that deportations of migrants under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act will continue, but he clarified he will obey a judge’s orders and let the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the courts “fight this out,” “I’ll wait until the DOJ and the courts fight this out as far as the Alien Enemies Act [and] how far we will go,” he told NewsNation’s Chris…
Over the weekend, the U.S. took a different approach to the Yemen problem. It launched airstrikes against Houthi rebel positions in response to a warning the Houthis would target “Israeli” ships traveling through Mideast waterways like the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea. On Sunday morning, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth commented in an interview that “This campaign is about freedom of navigation and restoring deterrence. The minute the Houthis say, ‘We’ll stop shooting at your ships, we’ll stop…
The Republican chairs of the House and Senate Armed Services committees issued a joint statement Wednesday criticizing the idea of the U.S. drastically changing its military combatant command structure, saying they “will not accept” those changes without coordination with Congress and other agencies. The statement marks one of the first major instances of Republican lawmakers pushing back on President Trump in his second term. House Armed Services Committee Chair Mike…
House Democrats on the Homeland Security Committee are asking the Government Accountability Office (GAO) for an accounting of the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) impact at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). “Since hijacking the U.S. Digital Service to establish DOGE, Elon Musk’s unqualified staff have fanned out across the Federal government. They have embedded themselves within departments and agencies, including DHS, to seize sensitive data, purge civil servants, and…
Purdue Pharma has filed a new bankruptcy plan as part of a $7.4 billion settlement to resolve thousands of lawsuits over the company’s alleged role in the opioid crisis, months after the Supreme Court blocked a prior deal. The bankrupt company announced Tuesday it had filed a Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. In June of last year, the…
Dengue fever cases have been rising among U.S. travelers and are expected to climb this year, according to a warning from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A “record number” of dengue fever cases were identified among U.S. travelers last year — a total of 3,484, an 84 percent increase compared to the year before. “This trend is expected to continue with increased dengue activity in…