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Trump’s replacement for four-star General Lloyd Austin: 44-year-old ‘anti-woke’ veteran and former FOX host Pete Hegseth

America’s next secretary of defense could be starkly different from what the country has ever seen before. On Tuesday, just a day after Veterans Say, Preisdent-elect Donald Trump selected Pete Hegseth, 44, a former FOX News commentator and former Army National guardsman, to lead one of the world’s most powerful militaries. Hegseth will succeed Secretary-General Lloyd Austin III, the nation’s first Black Secretary of Defense, a historic choice made by President Joe Biden in 2021. Austin, 71, is a four-star […]

todayNovember 14, 2024

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Nick Brown makes history as first Black attorney general in Washington state

Nick Brown has been elected attorney general in Washington, making history as the first Black American to serve in the executive office. Brown easily bested his Republican opponent, Pete Serrano. Brown ran his campaign on tackling issues like gun violence, substance abuse and crime by addressing their root causes, including expanding access to living-wage jobs, housing, education, and mental health support. The attorney general role will be Brown’s first job in elected office. The 47-year-old Democrat served in the U.S. […]

todayNovember 6, 2024

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Ohio attorney general warns student protesters in masks could face felony charges under anti-KKK law

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s top lawyer has advised the state’s public universities that a law written to deter Ku Klux Klan demonstrations could be used to impose felony charges on students who wear face coverings while protesting the war in Gaza. In a letter sent Monday, after weeks of pro-Palestinian campus protests around the country, Republican Attorney General Dave Yost advised the presidents of Ohio’s 34 public, four-year universities — which his office represents — to forewarn students about […]

todayMay 9, 2024

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Texas attorney general probes diversity at Boeing parts supplier

DALLAS (AP) — The Texas attorney general has opened an investigation into a key Boeing supplier that is already facing scrutiny from federal regulators over quality of parts that it provides to the aircraft maker. The office of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said it began looking into Spirit AeroSystems because of “apparent manufacturing defects” in parts that “have led to numerous concerning or dangerous incidents.” In a statement Friday, a Spirit spokesman said, “While we do not comment on […]

todayMarch 30, 2024

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