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The Trump administration is reportedly looking to dramatically reduce the number of people who visit Social Security field offices across the United States, a plan that Democratic lawmakers warned is yet another scheme to disrupt and ultimately cut benefits.

Nextgov/FCW viewed internal Social Security Administration (SSA) planning documents showing that the agency is aiming for “no more than 15 million total” in-person visits to field offices in fiscal year 2026—half the level of the prior fiscal year.“Under Social Security Commissioner Frank Bisignano, the agency is aiming to push people to interact with Social Security online instead of going to a field office or calling the agency, although Bisignano told lawmakers in June that, even with his focus on technology, the agency is not ‘getting rid of field offices,’ despite reports of planned closures,” Nextgov/FCW reported Monday.

Comments made by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at a highly-publicized — and criticized — gathering at Quantico at the end of September may come back to haunt him as lawmakers announce hearings into possible war crimes by Donald Trump’s appointee to head up the Pentagon.

During Hegseth’s appearance, that was notable about his complaining about “fat” military personnel, he also made it clear he did not feel soldiers should be constrained from doing their jobs as he saw them.

CNN's Audie Cornish compared the unfolding Pentagon scandal to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal that has consumed much of President Donald Trump's second term so far.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has found himself in the crosshairs after the Washington Post reported that he ordered a follow-on attack against two survivors of a missile strike of an alleged drug smuggling boat, and the Trump administration has been scrambling to shield him from accountability for what has been described as a war crime or even murder.

Republicans are admittedly "nervous" about Tuesday's special election in Tennessee's seventh congressional district, and that's reason enough to put them on edge about next year's midterms.

President Donald Trump won that district by more than 20 percentage points just over a year ago, but polling shows Republican Matt Van Epps with a single-digit lead over Democrat Aftyn Behn, who has centered her campaign around affordability as Republicans bash her as too far left and called her "the AOC of Tennessee," reported the Washington Post.

Any hope Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth might have that Navy Admiral Frank Bradley will absorb all the blame for what is being called a “war crime” was disabused by an MS NOW panel on Tuesday morning.

Reacting to both Hegseth and the White House singling out the admiral for having the final say on the attack that killed two alleged "narcoterrorists" who were hanging onto a burning vessel in the Caribbean in September, the “Morning Joe” co-hosts claimed the embattled Pentagon chief is facing a reckoning.

A prominent political strategist claimed during a podcast interview on Monday that President Donald Trump's second term is effectively over after Democrats picked up wins in key state races, which he said was the result of Trump revealing a "stunning" vulnerability.

For the last several years, Trump has appeared to be an unshakable political force. He survived two impeachments during his first term and has faced almost no sustained opposition to his agenda during his second term. However, experts have argued that cracks are appearing in Trump's base because of his strikes against alleged drug dealers and his handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

A progressive analyst ripped FBI Director Kash Patel on Monday after a 115-page report outlining several "red flags" at his agency was released.

Progressive YouTuber Brian Tyler Cohen said in a new YouTube video on Monday night that Patel's FBI appears to be run more like a content creation studio than a premier law enforcement agency. He cited a report that was first reported on by The New York Post that described the FBI as a "rudderless ship."

President Donald Trump threatened a foreign country in a new social media post on Monday night over the country's election results.

"Looks like Honduras is trying to change the results of their Presidential Election. If they do, there will be hell to pay!" Trump wrote on Truth Social.

The Wall Street Journal's conservative editorial board on Monday slammed President Donald Trump's strikes against alleged drug boats in international waters and argued the move could backfire on the president.

The Trump administration has conducted more than a dozen strikes against alleged drug boats since taking office, moves that have killed nearly 100 people. The strikes have inspired significant debate among legal experts and have seemed to split Trump's MAGA base.

Political analysts and observers were stunned on Monday after a high-profile GOP media personality made an "incredibly gross" claim about the lethal strikes President Donald Trump's administration has conducted against alleged drug traffickers.

During a new episode of her show on SiriusXM, radio host Megyn Kelly claimed that she not only wanted to see the targets of the boat strikes killed, but she also wanted to see them "suffer." Kelly's comments come after new reporting from The Washington Post revealed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave verbal orders to kill survivors of one of the administration's boat strikes, a report that has renewed scrutiny of Hegseth's leadership of the Department of Defense.

A House Republican aligned with President Donald Trump and the MAGA movement made a shocking claim about immigration during an interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored.

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), who is leaving Congress in pursuit of South Carolina's governor's office, said during the interview that she wants all immigrants to be removed from the country, including those who are fleeing war-torn countries. The congresswoman's rhetoric illustrates the heated debate surrounding immigration that has emerged following the shooting of two National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., last week, where a 29-year-old immigrant is believed to be the culprit.