A recent Military.com investigation has revealed that soldiers selected to appear behind President Donald Trump during his visit to Fort Bragg were chosen based on political allegiance and physical appearance, raising concerns about the politicization of the military. According to internal 82nd Airborne Division communications obtained by Military.com, event organizers […]
Hundreds of current and former staff at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have authored and signed the “Bethesda Declaration,” a public call to NIH and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) leadership to reverse recent policies they say undermine scientific excellence, academic freedom, and the very mission of […]
U.S. employers added 139,000 jobs in May 2025, a modest increase that signals continued, but slowing, growth in the nation’s labor market. The unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.2 percent, according to the latest report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The health care sector led job creation […]
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has fired all 17 members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. The decision, announced through a Wall Street Journal op-ed on Monday, June 9, is the most aggressive action to date by the vaccine-skeptical […]
A federal judge in Maryland has issued a preliminary injunction halting the Trump administration’s sweeping effort to dismantle AmeriCorps, the nation’s federal agency for national service and volunteerism. The order, handed down Thursday, came in response to a lawsuit led by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and a coalition of […]
California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Governor Gavin Newsom have filed a lawsuit challenging former President Donald Trump’s recent order to federalize the California National Guard, calling the move an unprecedented and unlawful overreach of presidential authority. On June 7, President Trump issued a memorandum titled “Department of Defense Security […]
The Trump administration has escalated its response to ongoing protests in Los Angeles by mobilizing approximately 700 U.S. Marines, joining thousands of National Guard troops already deployed in the city. President Trump authorized the deployment of 2,000 National Guard members over the weekend, bypassing the usual requirement for a governor’s request and invoking federal authority under a rarely used […]
President Donald Trump has escalated his feud with California Governor Gavin Newsom, publicly supporting the idea that Newsom should be arrested. On June 8, Tom Homan, Trump’s border czar, warned that legal action could be taken against any official obstructing immigration enforcement, specifically naming Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen […]
Military equipment is on its way to Washington, D.C., as the United States government plans a dual celebration of the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary and President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday on June 14. The parade will feature a formidable arsenal of military equipment, with approximately 7 million pounds of machinery […]
Rep. Mary Miller (R-Ill.) is under intense scrutiny from both Republican and Democratic colleagues after posting—and then deleting—a statement on social media criticizing a Sikh chaplain for leading a prayer in the U.S. House of Representatives. Miller initially misidentified the chaplain as Muslim and asserted that such a prayer “should […]
