Senate advances bill to block lawmakers’ pay during government shutdowns

A federal appeals court grilled the Trump administration on Wednesday over its policy of deporting immigrants without permanent legal status to countries other than their country of origin, a policy the Supreme Court has twice allowed while litigation proceeds. A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit questioned DOJ lawyer […]

The remains of a second U.S. Army soldier who went missing in Morocco during a training exercise have been recovered. The U.S. military in Europe and Africa said 19-year-old Spc. Mariyah Symone Collington of Tavares, Florida, was recovered Wednesday after going missing earlier this month. COAST GUARD AGREES TO CONTRACT FOR NEW CLASS OF ARCTIC […]

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s appearance before House and Senate appropriators on Tuesday hasn’t settled the debate in Congress over two mounting questions about the Iran war: whether U.S. stockpiles are dangerously low and how much firepower Tehran maintains. Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday remained dubious of Hegseth’s claims that the U.S. military’s weapons stockpiles remain strong...

EXCLUSIVE — Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Bill Cassidy (R-LA) said the new acting Food and Drug Administration commissioner, Kyle Diamantas, does not have the prerequisite expertise to oversee the agency’s complex medical device and pharmaceutical oversight.  President Donald Trump’s first commissioner, Dr. Marty Makary, abruptly resigned from office on Tuesday afternoon […]