"We are right now a country at war while military leadership has been severely diminished"

The Wall Street Journal was first to report that Driscoll resigned, following months of tensions with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the direction of the service and the ouster of numerous senior Army officers.

During a White House meeting last week, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll brought his concerns about the future of the Army under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, directly to President Trump.

The removal of generals and service secretaries constitutes a full-on purge that creates a climate of fear and risks national security while the country is in the middle of a war. Hegseth is launching culture wars instead of focusing on the actual war, creating holes and gaps that are quite literally risks to national security.

The president is ultimately responsible for his cabinet members and has the power to fire Hegseth if he is unhappy with the Pentagon's performance. Trump was reportedly angry with Hegseth for being misled on munitions and not giving the full picture, yet he has not fired him.

Hegseth should resign because he has not been capable of performing his duties, made significant errors in personnel policy, and politicized the military.

Republican senators are more worried about not making the president mad than providing oversight, but the president should fire Hegseth due to the war's status, spending, purges, and corruption.

The uniform military should never be used in policing polling locations, and she sought clear confirmation from Hegseth and Caine that they would not respond to an illegal order.

There is no plan to send troops to polling locations, and doing so would be an illegal order that he would push back against.

Hegseth is playing to an audience of one and firing people who intimidate him or are perceived as competitors, rather than focusing on running the Pentagon.

The purge creates a climate of fear and a yes-man culture, while losing enormous leadership and military experience needed for modern warfare involving AI and drones.

Hegseth is systematically dismantling the military, politicizing it, and has dismantled an experimental drone unit, which is extremely dangerous and sad.

The New York Times reports the U.S. carried out new strikes against Iran after the two countries exchanged attacks on Sunday, puncturing a month-long calm.

The war is causing dwindling munitions stockpiles and an oil crisis, while the president and Congress are absent or incompetent.

The U.S. has taken its eye off China, diverting critical resources to a war in Iran that is not going anywhere, while China increases naval activity around Taiwan. Iran has been turned into a global power that now controls the Strait of Hormuz, and our stock in the world has fallen dramatically.

Abdul El-Sayed is evil and represents people who see themselves as fighting for one group at the expense of others, which destroys the United States.

Vance's rhetoric articulates a nationalist politics rooted in blood and soil, framing El-Sayed as diluting the nation's sovereignty.

The attack is alienating Arab American voters who swung to Trump over Gaza and cost of living, and it papers over the GOP's lack of an economic message regarding tariffs.

New Political reports the White House bowling alley is getting a $250,000 makeover, a project that previously drew Republican outrage under Obama.

The optics are bad because voters are struggling with gas prices and tariffs while the president focuses on renovations, highlighting a lack of ethical center.

The administration is dismantling American democracy and deconstructing the administrative state under a fog of confusion and exhaustion.

The jury reported they are unable to come to a unanimous decision after deliberating on a complex case involving psychiatric drugs and postpartum mental health.