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January 21, 2025
Politics
Pentagon pulls down portrait of Gen. Mark Milley hours after Trump’s inauguration
The Pentagon pulled down a portrait of retired US Army General and frequent Donald Trump critic Mark Milley just hours after Trump’s Monday inauguration in Washington, DC, witnesses told...
January 21, 2025
Politics
Trump yanks John Bolton’s Biden-approved Secret Service detail day after pulling former adviser’s security clearance
Bolton received the detail from then-President Joe Biden in 2021 in response to Iranian assassination plots. Bolton received the detail from then-President Joe Biden in 2021 in response to...
January 21, 2025
Congress
GOP leaders’ White House summit takes shape
A broad group of House and Senate GOP leaders will meet with President Donald Trump at the White House today at 3 p.m., according to two people familiar with...
January 21, 2025
Congress
Senate panel advances Bessent nomination
The move clears the way for a Senate floor vote in the coming days.
January 21, 2025
Congress
Johnson wary of pardoning violent Jan. 6 rioters
Speaker Mike Johnson suggested Tuesday he isn’t fully on board with President Donald Trump’s sweeping pardons of Jan. 6 rioters, particularly the violent offenders. "I haven't looked at it...
January 21, 2025
Congress
Democrats press VA secretary nominee on abortion, Project 2025
Abortion politics took center stage at the Tuesday morning confirmation hearing for President Donald Trump’s pick to run the Department of Veterans Affairs. VA Secretary nominee Doug Collins, a...
January 21, 2025
Congress
Stefanik paints a grim picture of a UN she wants to reform
Trump’s pick to be UN ambassador faced a generally cordial panel of senators on the Foreign Relations Committee.
January 21, 2025
Congress
GOP senators criticize Trump over pardoning violent Jan. 6 rioters
Several Republican senators are roundly criticizing President Donald Trump's pardons of Jan. 6 rioters — particularly those convicted of violent crimes, like assaulting law enforcement officers. “I’m disappointed to...
January 21, 2025
Politics
Dem DC bishop lectures Trump on migrants during prayer service, irking The Don
“I ask you to have mercy, Mr. President, on those in our communities whose children fear that their parents will be taken away,'' Episcopal Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde said...
January 21, 2025
Politics
Trump ‘not confident’ Gaza cease-fire deal will last through final phase
President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House on Monday he’s not confident that Israel’s cease-fire deal with the Hamas terrorist group will hold through all three phases....