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Jay Clayton, President Donald Trump’s pick to replace Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence, refused multiple times to answer who won the 2020 election during his Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday, a performance described by countless onlookers as an “embarrassing” attempt to protect President Donald Trump’s “ego.”

“Who won the 2020 election?" asked Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) bluntly when questioning Clayton.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered mandatory testosterone screening for all active-duty service members 30 and older, framing the program in a video posted Wednesday as essential to keeping troops on the "leading edge of lethality."

The new screening will be added to the annual health assessment soldiers already complete each year, Hegseth announced on his official X account.

A former Department of Homeland Security official warned Wednesday that President Donald Trump has imminent plans to invoke emergency powers he's never actually had authority to use, and that unlike his first term, there are no guardrails to stop him.

Miles Taylor, ex-DHS chief of staff, argued on his Substack that Trump will address election fraud claims on Thursday as a prelude to accessing what government insiders call the "Doomsday Book"—a collection of "presidential emergency action documents," or PEADs, that theoretically provide "break-glass options for national emergencies."

President Donald Trump's pick to lead U.S. intelligence agencies repeatedly refused to answer questions under unrelenting grilling from Democrats, prompting Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AK) to begin yelling at a confirmation hearing on Wednesday.

Walter "Jay" Clayton III, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, appeared before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence for his confirmation as director of national intelligence — the official who oversees all 18 of America's spy agencies.

Conservationists warned on Tuesday that a new proposal by President Donald Trump’s Interior Department would permit more killing of grizzly bears, which are a threatened species in the lower 48 states of the US.

The Interior Department’s proposed rule would transfer management of grizzly bears from the federal government to states where Republican leaders have sought to strip the species of protections. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum announced the new proposal—with little specific detail—alongside Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte, Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon, Idaho Gov. Brad Little, and Republican members of Congress.

Florida residents expressed outrage over the recent name change to the Palm Beach International Airport – which last week was officially renamed as the “President Donald J. Trump International Airport” – as some vowed to “never” return to the airport again, NOTUS learned after filing a public records request.

“I am writing to assure you that as long as you are calling this airport anything closely related to ‘TRUMP’ I will NEVER FLY INTO THERE. NEVER!” a woman identifying herself as “Jan” wrote to the airport in protest. “You have 100% lost all my family’s business. Despicable move!”

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) got under the skin of acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Wednesday when he brought up reports of FBI Director Kash Patel drinking on the job and gallivanting about with his girlfriend.

Toward the end of his allotted time, the Senate Judiciary Committee Democrat paused and then began, “Let me ask about the FBI. How long do you intend to put up with that Kash Patel character?”

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) put acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on the spot during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday about his personal crypto dealings and his transfer of wealth to members of his family.

The ranking committee minority leader switched gears on the Donald Trump appointee, while noting the president has also been cashing in on crypto under suspicious circumstances.

Republicans were reportedly forced to 'shift' strategy at acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's confirmation hearing Wednesday, after their most fervent planned advocate, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), died days before the hearing began.

Graham, a senior member and former chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, died Saturday after a sudden illness, his office announced. He was 71.

In a puff profile on Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) from the Wall Street Journal, the embattled House Speaker complained at length about his job and "demurred" when asked if he wanted to keep it.

The Louisiana Republican, now nearly three years into his tenure as speaker, admitted he is under relentless pressure managing a fractious GOP caucus while fielding late-night calls from Donald Trump.

“I’m like a triage surgeon in an active battlefield,” he said. “All I do is go from crisis to crisis, hemorrhaging wounds, all day long.”

The self-described "wartime speaker" painted a portrait of a man barely keeping his head above water.