Senate Confirms Dan Caine as Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Senate Confirms Dan Caine as Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Senate confirmed early Friday Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, the former National Guardsman and fighter pilot, to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. General Caine is replacing another Air Force fighter pilot, Gen. Charles Brown, known as C.Q., whom President Trump…

Opinion | Forget the Signal Chat. The U.S. Strike on the Houthis Was a Necessary Blow to Pressure Iran.
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Opinion | Forget the Signal Chat. The U.S. Strike on the Houthis Was a Necessary Blow to Pressure Iran.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines It’s unfortunate that the recent uproar over the use of the Signal messaging app by senior leadership in the Trump administration has obscured the importance of the event they were discussing: a strike against the Houthis on March 15. The attack marked the…

U.S. Strikes in Yemen Burning Through Munitions With Limited Success
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U.S. Strikes in Yemen Burning Through Munitions With Limited Success

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump said this week that Iranian-backed Houthi militants in Yemen have been “decimated by the relentless strikes” that he ordered beginning on March 15. But that’s not what Pentagon and military officials are privately telling Congress and allied countries. In closed briefings…

‘Should I Fire Him?’ Inside Trump’s Deliberations Over the Fate of Michael Waltz
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‘Should I Fire Him?’ Inside Trump’s Deliberations Over the Fate of Michael Waltz

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines For much of this week, President Trump was consumed by a single question. What should he do about his national security adviser, Michael Waltz? “Should I fire him?” he asked aides and allies as the fallout continued over the stunning leak of a…

Opinion | 8 Pieces of Free Advice for Trump’s National Security Team
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Opinion | 8 Pieces of Free Advice for Trump’s National Security Team

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines This may be presumptuous, but it strikes me that the new administration’s national security team could use some advice. I have worked with senior leaders through many administrations from both parties. I’ve seen firsthand how highly capable and skilled professionals have conducted themselves…

Naval Academy Takes Steps to End Diversity Policies in Books and Admissions
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Naval Academy Takes Steps to End Diversity Policies in Books and Admissions

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Pentagon and U.S. Naval Academy are proceeding with actions in support of the Trump administration’s push to eliminate “woke” initiatives throughout the federal government. The U.S. Naval Academy said it had ended its use of affirmative action in admissions, reversing a policy…

Opinion | ‘Of Course People Are Angry’: Four Columnists Unpack What the Democrats Are Missing
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Opinion | ‘Of Course People Are Angry’: Four Columnists Unpack What the Democrats Are Missing

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Gessen: All of the above. But that wouldn’t be enough. A lot of what you are asking about, Patrick, is already happening. There are protests — Erica Chenoweth, a very interesting political scientist who studies nonviolence, has shown that there are many more…

Opinion | Trump’s Crackerjack Cabinet Is a Fiasco Foretold
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Opinion | Trump’s Crackerjack Cabinet Is a Fiasco Foretold

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Who could have imagined it? That Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, of all peacocks, would commit an egregious error in judgment, display a complete lack of professionalism and be sloppy enough to divulge war plans in a group chat that included a prominent journalist?…

Bondi Indicates Signal Chat Episode Will Not Be Criminally Investigated
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Bondi Indicates Signal Chat Episode Will Not Be Criminally Investigated

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Attorney General Pam Bondi signaled on Thursday that there was unlikely to be a criminal investigation into the sharing of military operation details in an unsecured text group, declaring that the specifics of when fighter jets would depart and when bombs would fall…