Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will meet with top military leaders next week, the Pentagon confirmed Thursday, following a report that the rare gathering will include hundreds of generals and admirals. "The Secretary of War will be addressing his senior military leaders early next week," chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said in a statement to The Hill, offering no additional details. The Washington Post first reported that Hegseth earlier this week ordered hundreds of the U.S. military's generals and admirals to gather on short notice and without a stated reason. The meeting is expected to take place on Tuesday at a Marine Corps base in Quantico, Va., according to the Post. Read more here. |
President Trump signed an executive order Thursday that approves a deal to keep TikTok available in the U.S. after months of uncertainty about the future of the popular Chinese-owned social media platform. Read more. |
Dozens of prisoners who were on federal death row but had their sentences commuted under former President Biden will be moved to supermax prisons, attorney general Pam Bondi announced on Thursday. Read more. |
President Trump signed a handful of executive orders and presidential memorandums on Thursday afternoon, including one approving a deal to allow TikTok to continue operating in the U.S. Read more. |
The White House budget office indicated Wednesday that mass firings could be on the table in the event of a government shutdown as Congress faces a stalemate on negotiations in the days leading up to the government funding deadline. Read more. |
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett said Thursday she doesn't think of herself as a "swing justice," distancing herself from a label that court watchers have sometimes ascribed to her. Read more. |
Bruce Springsteen is criticizing Democrats as ineffective in pushing back against President Trump, saying the issue lies with both the “language that they’re using” and how “they’re trying to reach people.” Read more. |
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is hammering President Trump's budget director for promising mass firings if the government shuts down. Read more. |
Vice President Vance argued Wednesday that Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr was not serious when he suggested last week that comedian Jimmy Kimmel be taken off the air over comments the host made about the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk. Read more. |
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