Lloyd Austin removes hundreds of Pentagon advisory board members to purge last-minute Trump picks

Lloyd Austin removes hundreds of Pentagon advisory board members to purge last-minute Trump picks

Trump’s acting defense secretary had replaced dozens of board members with Trump loyalists following election loss President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin testifies at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee at the U.S. Capitol on January 19, 2021 in Washington, DC. Previously Gen. Austin was…

Why do Democrats still support the Prayer Breakfast after its leaders backed Trump’s election lies?

Why do Democrats still support the Prayer Breakfast after its leaders backed Trump’s election lies?

Will President Biden and other Democrats participate in this week’s National Prayer Breakfast? A given in past years, presidential attendance has taken on new weight this year in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. Run by the Fellowship Foundation, a secretive Christian group also known as The Family, the breakfast is traditionally held…

Why Republicans can’t dump Trump: The future of the GOP looks as bleak as its past

Why Republicans can’t dump Trump: The future of the GOP looks as bleak as its past

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell doesn’t seem to know whether he’s coming or going these days. One minute he’s condemning Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene as “a cancer” on the Republican party and the next he’s voting with the majority of GOP senators to reject the idea that Greene’s mentor, Donald Trump, can constitutionally be impeached and…