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 Getty Images The U.S. Senate voted to confirm John Phelan as the next Secretary of the Navy. Phelan, a Florida businessman and founder of a private investment firm and a major donor to former President Trump’s campaign, was confirmed by a 62-30 vote in the full Senate. Despite having no prior military experience, Phelan secured…

 Getty Images A former FBI analyst who quit due to disagreements with President Donald Trump and FBI Director Kash Patel declared his intention to run for Congress. John Sullivan announced that he is running against Republican Representative Michael Lawler in the 17th Congressional District of New York. “For 17 years, I served in secret, protecting…

 Getty Images Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and Chief Justice John Roberts joined the Court’s left-leaning justices on Tuesday in a narrow immigration ruling that could signal the justices’ approach in upcoming immigration-related cases. The 5-4 decision in Monsalvo Velazquez v. Bondi focused on the federal government’s interpretation of a 60-day “voluntary departure” window, a provision that…

 Getty Images Attorney General Pam Bondi stated that the federal judge tasked with deciding the case involving the Signal group chat “cannot be objective,” adding that “many judges need to be removed.” Bondi described the appointment of U.S. District Judge James Boasberg to hear the Signal case, in which Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Vice President Vance, and…

 Getty Images As the traditional milestone of the first 100 days of his presidency approaches, President Donald Trump declares that his take-no-prisoners attitude to US commerce will result in a far higher figure. In an interview with Time magazine published Friday, he indicated that up to 200 accords have been completed or are in the works to…