47 h. ago Two Republicans oppose Pete Hegseth’s censure of fellow Senator Mark Kelly

Pushback from Susan Collins and Thom Tillis is striking amid tepid response from most other Republican senatorsTwo senior Republican senators on Monday openly opposed Pentagon secretary Pete Hegseth’s attempt to punish their fellow Senator Mark Kelly by demoting him and cutting his pension after he released a video telling active-duty military to follow the law.Susan Collins of Maine, who chairs the Senate appropriations committee with jurisdiction over the Pentagon’s budget, said she believed it was wrong to target Kelly’s military benefits because of a political video. Continue reading...

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52 h. ago Mark Kelly pledges to fight Hegseth’s attempt to demote him as he slams the Trump admin as ‘petty’

Pete Hegseth announced plans to slash Mark Kelly’s retirement pay after the veteran and senator warned US troops that they had an obligation to refuse ‘illegal orders’

Politics

2 d. ago Pete Hegseth issues formal censure to Democratic senator Mark Kelly

US defense secretary also started proceedings that could strip Kelly from retired military rank and cut pensionDefense secretary Pete Hegseth said on Monday that he had issued a formal censure to Democratic senator Mark Kelly and initiated proceedings that could strip the Arizona lawmaker of his retired military rank and cut his pension, escalating a dispute that began when Kelly urged service members to resist unlawful orders.Just days after a covert mission to capture Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro and strike the capital city, Hegseth announced that Kelly faces retirement grade determination proceedings, a rare administrative action that could see the former astronaut and navy captain demoted in his retired rank. Hegseth accused Kelly of making “seditious statements” that undermined military discipline. Continue reading...

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2 d. ago Hegseth censures Sen. Kelly after warning about following illegal orders

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced that he is issuing a letter of censure to Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona over the lawmaker’s participation in a video that called on troops to resist unlawful orders

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8 d. ago Great white sharks 'face extinction' as heads go on sale in fish markets

Shark boffins have warned the iconic great white species faces extinction due to illegal fishing, with a research team failing to tag a single shark during a recent expedition

Economics

9 d. ago Fresh Fire TV Stick warning as households look for new ways to stream illegally

Housholds have been given a new warning as Amazon's block on illegal streaming looms closer.

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3 w. ago Former NIH scientist sues Trump administration, claims illegal firing over research cuts

A former leading scientist at the National Institutes of Health has sued the Trump administration, saying she was illegally fired for warning that research cuts were endangering patients and public health

Science

3 w. ago Sen. Mark Kelly calls Pentagon investigation into his remarks a move to chill military dissent

Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona says the Pentagon’s escalating investigation into his plea to troops to refuse unlawful orders is part of an effort to silence dissent within the military

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