Why is this year's budget request cutting the Space Force?
The Department of Defense has released its fiscal year 2025 budget request, and some are calling for cuts. The Pentagon’s $825 billion request is a 1 percent increase over 2024, with budgets for all but one of the military branches increasing. The Air Force budget and intelligence pass-through both increased by 2 percent, while the […]
Rep. Andy Ogles’ Bill Would Force Disclosure of When President Takes Mind-Altering Substance
Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) has introduced a bill called the “No Juicing Joe Act,” which would require the presidential administration to inform Congress if the president takes any substance “that may alter his mental state or ability to perform his duties.” Ogles’ Bill, First report Fox News reported that Trump would also be required to […]
Forthcoming Legislation Will Force SCOTUS Be Subject to $50 Gift Ban
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) said on MSNBC’s “All In” on Tuesday that he and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) have a bill that would apply the ban on $50 gifts to Supreme Court justices. “Senator Raskin and I, along with every other member of Congress, will be introducing legislation to apply the same $50 gift rule […]
Durbin looks to force Supreme Court ethics bill vote amid Alito controversy
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) plans to try to force a vote Wednesday night on a Democratic-backed Supreme Court ethics bill amid the recent grilling of Justice Samuel Alito and renewed calls for conservative judges to recuse themselves from former President Trump’s immunity lawsuit. Durbin will lead the Judiciary Committee’s Democratic Senators Sheldon […]
US Air Force Ran A Social Experiment To Graduate More Minority Pilots. It Didn’t Go As Planned
The U.S. Air Force abandoned an experiment aimed at boosting pilot training graduation rates for women and minority pilots after the 2021 initiative failed to achieve the intended results and officers privately warned it could violate anti-discrimination policies, according to documents obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. As part of the larger military-wide effort […]
‘Almost Certainly Illegal’: Blue State Poised To Force Nonprofits To Disclose Racial Breakdown Of Boards
The Illinois Legislature recently passed a bill requiring nonprofits based in the state to report the demographic makeup of their board members —but the law may be unconstitutional. Democratic state Sen. Adriane Johnson introduced Senate Bill 2930, which requires nonprofits that donate over $1,000,000 to charitable organizations to publicly disclose the “race, ethnicity, gender, disability […]
Suspected human smuggler breaches Air Force Base day after teen migrant hops fence
A suspected smuggler eluded authorities on Friday and entered Laughlin Air Force Base in Texas, a day after a suspected illegal immigrant breached a fence at the same military base while fleeing from the U.S. Border Patrol. According to Lt. Chris Olivarez, the suspect was pursued by Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) officers at […]
No ‘commitment’ on Biden impeachment as Greene threatens to force vote
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) on Tuesday refused to state that he would hold a vote on impeaching President Biden over the situation at the southern border after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) threatened to force a vote on the issue. “I’m not making any promises this morning,” Johnson said when asked about Green’s comments […]
Air Force Paid For Drag Queen To Appear At ‘Bingo’ Event And ‘Glow Party,’ Docs Show
The Air Force paid for bingo and party events attended by a drag queen in 2022, according to records obtained by Judicial Watch. The 423d Force Support Squadron spent $400 to host two separate events with a drag queen who goes by “Miss Lexi Andrews,” according to an invoice obtained through a Freedom of Information […]
Policy on force Trump invoked in assassination claim also included in Biden search
Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday denied former President Trump’s claim that the FBI had authorized the assassination, noting that the language the former president highlighted was also included in the search warrant for President Biden’s home. The use-of-force policy, which Trump denounced as a license to “take me out,” is something that is “routinely […]