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US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks with the media as he arrives on his first official day at the Pentagon in Washington, DC on January 27, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Hegseth Begins First Day At Pentagon, Emphasizes Mission To Protect U.S. Sovereign Territory

On his first day at the Pentagon, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth expressed a message regarding the mission of the Department of Defense (DOD).

(L-Corner) Guatemalan migrants deported from the United States walk down the runway after arriving at the Guatemalan Air Force Base in Guatemala City on January 10, 2025. Guatemala closes 2024 with more than 61,000 deported from the US. (Photo by Johan ORDÓÑEZ / AFP) (Photo by JOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP via Getty Images) / (R-Center) Guatemalan migrants deported from the United States walk down the runway after arriving at the Guatemalan Air Force Base in Guatemala City on January 10, 2025. Guatemala closes 2024 with more than 61,000 deported from the US. (Photo by Johan ORDÓÑEZ / AFP) (Photo by JOHAN ORDONEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Illegal Aliens Board Deportation Flights Following Trump’s Stern Warning Against Unlawful Entry Into U.S.

President Donald Trump has already ordered the military to start “deportation flights,” the White House officially announced on Friday, revealing images of long lines of migrants walking aboard planes to leave the country.

Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth attends the Commander and Chief Inaugural Ball on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump will attend some of the inaugural balls after taking the oath as the 47th president. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Senate Advances Hegseth Nomination To Lead Department Of Defense Before Friday’s Final Decision

The Senate has voted to advance the nomination of Pete Hegseth as the new secretary of the Department of Defense.

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 31: Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump talks reporters at the International Brotherhood of Teamsters headquarters on January 31, 2024 in Washington, DC. Trump met with leaders and members of the organized labor group while looking for union support after the United Auto Workers endorsed President Joe Biden's re-election campaign one week ago. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump Promises To Release Information Regarding Drone Sightings ‘One Day’ Into His Term

President-elect Donald Trump recently promised to release information the Biden administration is concealing regarding the drone sightings all across the East Coast “about one day into the administration.”

TOPSHOT - This aerial picture taken on December 8, 2023 shows the US-Mexico border wall in Sasabe, Arizona. Jaguars don't understand borders, but where the United States meets Mexico, they are having to adapt to them. Once the master of the plains of the Sonoran Desert, the animal is now struggling to survive in a landscape cut in two by a wall The barrier, which former US President Donald Trump boasted he would make "impenetrable" does little to discourage the thousands of people from Latin America, Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe who arrive every day. But, say conservationists, it is deadly to wildlife. (Photo by VALERIE MACON / AFP) (Photo by VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump Files An Amicus Brief In An Attempt To Stop Biden From Auctioning Off Border Wall Parts: ‘It’s Almost A Criminal Act’

On Friday, President-elect Donald Trump filed an amicus brief in an attempt to stop the Biden administration from auctioning off border-wall materials.

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 17: Incoming U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) (R) speaks to reporters following the weekly Senate luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on December 17, 2024 in Washington, DC. Thune spoke on the passing of the National Defense Authorization Act and the upcoming government funding bill. Thune was joined by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) (L) and Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY). (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Senate Approves $895B Defense Bill Despite Democrat Opposition To Youth ‘Trans Care’ Ban

The Senate approved the Pentagon’s massive $895 billion annual budget on Wednesday, which also prohibited the use of federal funds to provide transgender surgeries for minors with gender dysphoria, angering pro-LGBTQ Democrats.