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Defense secretary pulls Trump critic Gen. Milley's security clearance and protective detail

Jan. 29, 2025 17:58 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is pulling security protections and clearance for Gen. Mark Milley, retired Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, and has ordered the Pentagon's inspector general to review Milley's actions while serving as the nation's top uniformed officer to determine...

'Remarkably poor judgment': Wall Street Journal takes a critical eye to start of Trump's 2nd term

Jan. 29, 2025 14:45 PM EST

Amid all of the enthusiasm in conservative media for President Donald Trump's first week back in office, the Rupert Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal has notably applied some brakes. The Journal has editorialized against Trump's pardons of Jan. 6 rioters, called presidential...

Trump should rethink revoking former officials' security details, Tom Cotton says

Jan. 26, 2025 14:32 PM EST

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — President Donald Trump should rethink his decision to remove security details from three former senior national security officials, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Sunday. That protection is not just for them, but also the public,...

Iran's foreign minister meets the Taliban in the first visit to Kabul in 8 years

Jan. 26, 2025 08:57 AM EST

Top Taliban officials met Iran’s foreign minister on Sunday to discuss tensions along their shared border, the treatment of Afghan refugees in Iran and water rights. It was the first visit by an Iranian foreign minister to the Afghan capital since 2017. Foreign...