Author: Samantha-Jo Roth

Linda McMahon, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Education Department, affirmed during her confirmation hearing on Thursday that shutting down the agency entirely would require congressional approval. Trump has repeatedly said he wants to shut down the department. While conceding that closing the agency would require congressional approval, McMahon, a former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO, made…

Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump’s pick to become the director of national intelligence, was confirmed by the Senate after Republicans rallied around her nomination. In a vote that fell mostly along party lines, the upper chamber voted 52-48 to confirm Gabbard to oversee and coordinate the work of the 18 intelligence agencies in…

Several progressive Democrats and left-leaning organizations urged Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency to take aim at portions of the Defense Department’s “oversized budget,” a clear difference in messaging from Democratic leadership. “It’s time for Republicans to understand the reality that national security also means health and housing and financial security, but no…

EXCLUSIVE — A new report from the American Security Project revealed “extensive” financial and political ties between DeepSeek, a cutting-edge artificial intelligence tool, and the Chinese Communist Party. The nonpartisan Washington, D.C.-based think tank, started in 2006 by former Secretary of State John Kerry and former Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, found DeepSeek is deeply intertwined…

The Senate confirmed Scott Turner, President Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of housing and urban development, on Wednesday. The former NFL quarterback who served in Trump’s first administration was confirmed in a bipartisan 55-44 vote. Turner ran the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council during Trump’s first term and is a former Texas state lawmaker.…

Tulsi Gabbard is one step closer to joining the Trump administration as the new director of national intelligence after a key Senate committee advanced her nomination. The vote was 9 to 8, with all Republicans voting to advance Gabbard’s nomination and all Democrats voting against it during a Senate Intelligence Committee panel vote behind closed…

Tulsi Gabbard repeatedly refused to call National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden a traitor during her confirmation hearing on Thursday, which some Republicans are privately admitting could threaten her chances of advancing out of committee. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle gave President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the U.S intelligence community more than…

Three of President Donald Trump’s most controversial nominees will testify before the Senate on Thursday in what could be a make-or-break moment for the trio of administration picks. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., tapped to be Trump’s health and human services secretary, will appear for his second day of testimony, while Tulsi Gabbard and Kash Patel,…

President Donald Trump has found a fight that he does not want to pick after backlash to his sweeping freeze on federal aid threatened to consume the start of his second term. In less than 48 hours, the Office of Management and Budget issued and then rescinded a memorandum that instructed departments to pause all…

Tulsi Gabbard will attempt to cast her unorthodox political career as a strength at Thursday’s confirmation hearing, using her opening statement to tout her “consistent record of independence” as she vies to become President Donald Trump’s intelligence chief. Gabbard, who served in the Hawaii Army National Guard and was deployed to Iraq with a medical…