Author: Elaine Mallon

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), a retired Army National Guard lieutenant colonel, criticized President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Pete Hegseth for secretary of defense after he said women should not serve in combat positions in the military. Duckworth shared that female forces play a crucial role in the military’s mission, and Hegseth’s call to bar women…

Former Trump advisor-turned-foe John Bolton called on the FBI to conduct an investigation into former House members Tulsi Gabbard and Matt Gaetz before their Senate confirmation hearings for their nominated Cabinet positions.  President-elect Donald Trump nominated Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence and Gaetz for attorney general. Both nominees will already be subjected to FBI…

Cash App users have until Nov. 18 to submit a claim to receive a portion of a $15 million class-action settlement. Cash App was ordered to pay $15 million to app users who faced a security breach resulting in the release of millions of users’ personal data. Users can receive up to $2,500 for unauthorized or fraudulent activity on their Cash…

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden deliver remarks at the Classroom to Career Summit. Biden and the first lady welcomed nearly 200 education and workforce leaders to the White House to meet with Cabinet members and other senior administration leaders to discuss how the Biden administration’s “Investing in America” agenda is creating more…

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will hold a press briefing at 12:30 p.m. ET. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Before the briefing, President-elect Donald Trump will visit President Joe Biden at the White House. This is a tradition that Trump skipped when he was president in 2020.

President-elect Donald Trump will visit President Joe Biden at the White House at 11 a.m. Following Trump’s victory, Biden called him and said he would work to ensure a smooth transition of power. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Trump did not invite Biden to the White House after he won the…

Reps. Nancy Mace (R-SC) and Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-WI) are holding a joint hearing to uncover alleged secret research programs conducted by the U.S. government into unidentified anomalous phenomena. Synonymous with the term unidentified flying object, the term UAP was first coined by the Pentagon in 2022 to include the tracking of unexplainable sightings in bodies…

A jury awarded three Iraqi prisoners held at Abu Ghraib prison $42 million for their mistreatment at the hands of U.S. service members in the early 2000s.  The lawsuit filed 16 years ago claimed that Virginia-based CACI, which contracted interrogators to the United States military, is to be held to blame for the sexual abuse…

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is holding a press briefing at 2:30 p.m. After last Tuesday’s election, Republicans are expected to hold a trifecta in the White House, Senate, and House, though the lower chamber has not been called by the Associated Press.

Donald Trump Jr. will join a venture capital firm in lieu of taking a position in his father’s administration. Trump Jr. shared his decision to join 1789 Capital, a firm that invests in companies and is geared toward a conservative audience, on Sunday at a conference held by the Rockbridge Network, the New York Times…