"This is a serious investigation about the legality of the use of the autopen, the excessive use of the autopen, and whether or not Joe Biden had any idea who was using the autopen and what the autopen was used to sign, with respect to legal documents," Comer said.
Of particular interest to committee investigators are the myriad clemency orders Biden signed, including about 2,500 toward the end of his presidency that were executed via autopen.
In the wake of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, the Pentagon has made clear that celebration and mockery of an American's assassination will not be tolerated within its ranks.
"It is unacceptable for military personnel and Department of War civilians to celebrate or mock the assassination of a fellow American. The Department of War has zero tolerance for it," Sean Parnell, assistant to the secretary of war for public affairs, chief Pentagon spokesman and senior advisor, declared in a post on X.
Combined, these weapons represent a vast and truly game-changing asymmetric threat that the Pentagon has long overlooked.
Now the Department of Defense (DoD) is desperately trying to play catch-up at a time when the evolution of these systems is fast outpacing countermeasures to them.
This massive failure in vision could be heavily paid for in blood if a major conflict were to erupt between the U.S. and a capable adversary...
“In light of yesterday’s horrific assassination of a leading political figure, I want to underscore that foreigners who glorify violence and hatred are not welcome visitors to our country. I have been disgusted to see some on social media praising, rationalizing, or making light of the event, and have directed our consular officials to undertake appropriate action,” Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau wrote in a statement on social media...
Earlier this year, Landau announced that he had revoked visas for British musical group Bob Vylan after they led crowds in chanting “death” to the Israeli military...
(The Center Square) – An assistant dean at Middle Tennessee State University was fired after posting "inappropriate and callous comments," about the murder of Charlie Kirk, the school's president said in a Facebook post.
The employee was not identified in the post but U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., on social media identified her as Laura Sosh-Lightsy.
A new report card for the American public school system has arrived, and the results aren’t good. The news is especially dire for two of the chief influences on US education: social-justice pedagogy and tech-centred instruction. The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is administered to a sample of students in American grades 4, 8, and 12 to track student performance in reading, math, and other areas.
New NAEP data published this week shows a significant drop in the performance of high-school seniors since 2019 in both reading and maths.
Long-term trends show an even bigger fall-off. Shockingly, average reading scores are almost 10 points lower than they were in 1992...
1759 - The French were defeated by the British on the Plains of Abraham in the final French and Indian War.
1788 - The Constitutional Convention decided that the first federal election was to be held on Wednesday the following February. On that day George Washington was elected as the first president of the United States. In addition, New York City was named the temporary national capital.
1789 - The United States Government took out its first loan.
1922 - In El Azizia, Libya, the highest shade temperature was recorded at 136.4 degrees Fahrenheit.
1948 - Margaret Chase Smith (R) was elected to the U.S. Senate and became the first woman to serve in both houses of the U.S. Congress.
HMS Vanguard arrives back its Faslane base in Scotland following a patrol. The Royal Navy’s nuclear-armed boats are understood to have never been detected by an adversary - CROWN COPYRIGHT
British nuclear-armed submarines will be detectable in the future with the development of technology designed to make the oceans transparent, a top Canadian military chief has warned...
