Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-MS) and 11 Republican senators are calling for accountability after a Department of Defense (DoD) inspector general (IG) report revealed that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin failed to notify the White House and Congress of multiple hospitalizations. The report concluded Austin violated the Federal Vacancies Reform Act (FVRA) and left critical defense responsibilities unaddressed during his incapacitation.
A group of left-wing congressional staffers are calling for lawmakers to implement a 32-hour work week when Congress is out of session. The staffers claim this policy would prevent burnout and "improve worker satisfaction."
The Thomas Moore Society, a conservative legal group, is calling for President-elect Donald Trump to pardon 21 pro-life activists prosecuted by the Biden administration.
Holly K. Talley, a former colleague of Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth, criticized Senate Democrats for perpetuating false allegations during Hegseth's confirmation hearing. Talley, who worked with Hegseth at Concerned Veterans for America (CVA) from 2013 to 2015, directly refuted claims that Hegseth engaged in inappropriate conduct during a trip to Louisiana.
The governor of Puerto Rico has asked President-elect Donald Trump to intervene after Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro threatened to invade the U.S. territory.
A newly elected Arizona lawmaker is taking a firm stance on protecting minors from accessing pornography online. Republican Rep. Nick Kupper, a U.S. Air Force veteran and former contestant on American Ninja Warrior, has introduced House Bill 2112, which would require websites with significant explicit content to implement age-verification measures.
