Trump’s defense secretary pick Pete Hegseth becomes first nominee to face confirmation hearing

The Senate armed services committee will soon begin its confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth, the army national guard veteran and former Fox News host who Donald Trump has nominated to lead the defense department. Since his nomination was announced, reports have emerged of Hegseth drinking excessively and engaging in marital infidelity. He also has faced…

Groundbreaking New Book Issues Call to Action on Racial Schism Among Black and White Women Following 2024 Election

WILMINGTON, Del., Jan. 14, 2025 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — As Black women and White women in the United States struggle to redefine the “Sisterhood” – a bond of shared identity and collective empowerment – in the face of the clear demarcation of who voted for whom in the 2024 Presidential election, renowned author and minister Rev.…

Trump’s defense secretary pick Pete Hegseth becomes first nominee to face confirmation hearing – US politics live

The Senate armed services committee will soon begin its confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth, the army national guard veteran and former Fox News host who Donald Trump has nominated to lead the defense department. Since his nomination was announced, reports have emerged of Hegseth drinking excessively and engaging in marital infidelity. He also has faced…

Renaming the GOP, Too

President-Elect Trump recently announced his intention to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America.”  Why not consider another name change?  The Republican Party was founded in 1854 and derived its name from the political ideology of “republicanism,” which emphasizes liberty, individual rights, and a government that is accountable to the people. The party…

Trump engaged in ‘unprecedented criminal effort,’ special counsel says in final report on 2020 election case

Donald Trump engaged in an “unprecedented criminal effort” to “unlawfully retain power” after losing the 2020 election, Jack Smith said in a report published early Tuesday by the U.S. Justice Department, with the special counsel expressing confidence in the prospects for a conviction at a trial that will not happen now that Trump is returning…