Senate narrowly confirms Pete Hegseth to lead Pentagon
The Senate voted 51-50 on Friday night to confirm Hegseth, with Vice President JD Vance casting the tie-breaking vote.
The Senate voted 51-50 on Friday night to confirm Hegseth, with Vice President JD Vance casting the tie-breaking vote.
The move, announced in a presidential memorandum Friday, revives a policy that Trump and many other Republican presidents have implemented.
Trump has largely kept quiet on abortion since taking office, but during Friday’s annual March for Life rally, he let them know he is in their corner.
After an abortion services provider had its Instagram posts taken down, users pointed the finger at politics. But advocates say suppression is nothing new.
The president is attempting to define how certain people get to participate in public life.
West Point graduate Alivia Stehlik is one of thousands whose military careers are in jeopardy.
The 2020 settlement by Trump’s pick to lead the Pentagon was confidential but was revealed in response to Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s confirmation questions.
Despite calls from lawmakers and advocates, abortion has been notably absent from the executive actions in the first days of the new administration.
A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting birthright citizenship to babies born on U.S. soil.
Andrew Puzder, a former restaurant industry executive, had also been Trump’s first pick for labor secretary in 2017 but backed out after spousal abuse accusations resurfaced.