President Trump signed an executive order Wednesday stripping civil service protections from roughly 8,000 senior federal employees, converting them to at-will status under a new employment classification called Schedule Policy/Career.
Rep. Michael Lawler is calling for a congressional investigation into Adam Hamawy, the Democratic primary winner in New Jersey's 12th Congressional District, over his documented ties to convicted terrorist Omar Abdel-Rahman, the "Blind Sheikh" behind the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
The U.S. military struck a drug-trafficking vessel in the Eastern Pacific on Wednesday, killing two men it described as narco-terrorists, U.S. Southern Command said Thursday.
Former White House National Security Advisor John Bolton will reportedly plead guilty to unlawfully retaining classified information, according to reports.
North Korea on Thursday revealed a new facility for producing nuclear bomb fuel, with leader Kim Jong Un declaring his regime intends to expand its nuclear arsenal "at an exponential rate," the Associated Press reports.
The Senate voted 53-46 Wednesday afternoon to begin formal consideration of a roughly $70 billion immigration enforcement package that would fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol, kicking off a marathon amendment process before a final passage vote expected later this week.
