Trump Seeks to Eliminate the NEA

The president’s budget proposal also called for getting rid of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences.

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Pentagon Will Review Pete Hegseth’s Signal Use

The review started in response to a joint bipartisan request last week from leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

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Top Democrats Accuse Trump and Musk of Imperiling National Security

The senior Democrats on the Senate and House national security panels, who typically moderate their public statements given their positions, issued a scathing statement before the president’s speech.

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Hegseth Defends Trump’s Firing of Joint Chiefs Chairman

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in an interview on Sunday that Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. was “not the right man for the moment” and praised President Trump’s handling of the war in Ukraine.

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Hegseth Spars With Senator Over Definition of ‘Jagoff’ During Confirmation Hearing

President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick for defense secretary used a generally unflattering term to criticize legal officers in the military.

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F.B.I. Briefs Top Senators on Armed Services Panel About Hegseth

The committee’s Republican chairman and its top Democrat were briefed on F.B.I. findings into Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s defense secretary pick. Democrats questioned whether there were gaps.

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