The document is 221 pages long, dated April 6, and was never supposed to be public. It's an annual assessment required by Congress -- but never released by the Pentagon or the command itself -- until The Washington Times obtained a copy and published what's inside.
The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday unanimously blocked three ballot measures that would have let Democrats redraw the state's congressional districts before the 2028 elections, dealing a significant blow to national Democratic efforts in the ongoing redistricting war.
When Barack Obama addressed a joint session of Congress on September 9, 2009, he had a direct response for critics who warned that his proposed health care overhaul would extend benefits to people who had no legal right to them. "There are also those who claim that our reform effort will insure illegal immigrants," he said from the House chamber. "This, too, is false. The reforms I'm proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally." From the Republican side of the aisle, Congressman Joe Wilson of South Carolina broke with decorum and shouted two words: "You lie!" History has been considerably kinder to Wilson than the Washington press corps was that evening.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday announced 15 members of a revived Defense Policy Board, tapping former U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to chair the panel and venture capitalist Marc Andreessen to serve on it.
The Supreme Court issued a crushing blow to election integrity efforts, ruling 5-4 that a Mississippi law allowing mail-in ballots received after Election Day for federal elections may be counted.
