Bessent tries to clarify comments suggesting Social Security could be privatized

by admin | Jul 31, 2025 | Politics

Al Drago/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is trying to walk back his suggestion that the so-called Trump savings accounts for newborns could be a “back door” to start privatizing Social Security.Bessent made the comments in...

NTSB questions flight training procedures during congressional hearings over January plane crash

by admin | Jul 31, 2025 | Politics

Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The National Transportation Safety Board on Thursday continued to grill officials from the Army, air traffic controllers and members from the Federal Aviation Administration over protocols following the January deadly...

Former Biden adviser Mike Donilon testifying in House committee probe into Biden mental fitness

by admin | Jul 31, 2025 | Politics

Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Mike Donilon, former President Joe Biden’s senior adviser, is appearing for a closed-door interview on Thursday in the House Oversight Committee’s probe into the former president’s mental fitness while in...

Texas Republicans propose new congressional maps that could allow GOP gains

by admin | Jul 30, 2025 | Politics

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images, FILE(TEXAS) — New congressional maps were proposed by Republican state legislators in Texas on Wednesday, following a push by President Donald Trump for maps more favorable to Republicans to help the GOP keep the majority in the...

Senate Democrats try to force DOJ to release Epstein files using little-known law

by admin | Jul 30, 2025 | Politics

Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Senate Democrats on Wednesday said they are attempting to force the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files through a little-known, decades-old law.All seven Democrats on the Homeland Security Committee invoked...

Hegseth aide berates ‘sham’ review by IG office of secretary’s Signal chat

by admin | Jul 30, 2025 | Politics

Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — A top aide to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is berating independent auditors at the Pentagon for their ongoing review into the secretary’s use of the Signal messaging app, calling the assessment “a political...