Day: January 15, 2025

Machete suspect nabbed before Trump Capitol visit allegedly ranted about president-elect online

2:30 pm January 15, 2025

The 44-year-old man charged with trying to smuggle a machete and other knives into the U.S. Capitol on the same day President-elect Donald Trump went to pay his respects as late former President Jimmy Carter lay in state appears to have made a series of anti-Trump posts on social media. Mel J. Horne faces multiple […]

Flight passenger asks if ‘seat squatters’ are becoming the new norm, triggering reactions on social media

2:30 pm January 15, 2025

With more and more travelers taking to social media to share “seat squatter” stories, one passenger asks if it has become too mainstream. Posted on Reddit in the “r/travel” forum, one flyer alleged that he or she saw three seat squatters while flying on Delta. The poster first calls out a man who moved up […]

Dem senator who bashed Hegseth’s qualifications stands by DOD sec who oversaw botched Afghan withdrawal

2:30 pm January 15, 2025

FIRST ON FOX: A Democrat senator admitted Tuesday that he would support Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s confirmation again if the vote was held today despite Austin’s many controversial actions and repeatedly grilling Trump’s SecDef nominee Pete Hegseth over his qualifications earlier in the day. “Would you vote for Lloyd Austin if there were a […]

Rubio to pitch foreign policy credentials to Senate as he vies to become America’s top diplomat

2:30 pm January 15, 2025

Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is bracing himself for the hot seat as he prepares to sit through the often-arduous confirmation hearing process on Wednesday with the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations as he vies to lead the State Department under the next Trump administration. Though Rubio is not expected to get off easy in […]

Trump attorney general nominee Pam Bondi to testify before Judiciary Committee

2:30 pm January 15, 2025

President-elect Donald Trump’s selection to be attorney general in his new administration faces the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday morning at a confirmation hearing. Trump tapped former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to lead the Department of Justice (DOJ) in late November after former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., withdrew from consideration. The Wednesday hearing begins […]