I’m avoiding getting too high on the good days and too low on the bad days,” Mitch McConnell was telling me. “Is today a good day or a bad day?” I asked him. “Yeah,” was all McConnell said, chuckling.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reinstated the name “Fort Benning” on Monday for one of the nation’s largest military bases — the second such reversal he’s ordered and the first that ...

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has halted offensive cyberoperations against Russia by US Cyber Command. The decision does not affect cyber efforts by other agencies like the CIA or CISA.

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(The Center Square) – Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth changed course Monday when he told the Pentagon's civilian workforce to respond to an email from the Office of Personnel Management.