Flake’s exit from Senate race opens door for new challenger

On Tuesday, Sen. Jeff Flake, often an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump, announced he would not seek re-election for the Senate in 2018. As Sen. Jeff Flake made his stunning announcement on Tuesday that he will be retiring from the Senate, Jay Heiler, a Treasurer of the Arizona Board of Regents, made it clear that he's leaning toward running for the soon-to-be-vacant congressional seat and that he recently spoke with former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon about jumping into the 2018 midterm election battle.

Trump crowdsources GOP senators on choice for Fed chair

President Donald Trump asked for a show of hands from Republican senators as he nears a decision on naming a new head of the Federal Reserve, the most critical personnel choice affecting the economy that he'll make in his presidency. Trump made the request during a lunch with GOP senators at the Capitol on Tuesday, said Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas.

GOP senator, Trump feud ahead of Senate Republican lunch

Paul Weitz, a NASA astronaut who commanded the first flight of the space shuttle Challenger and flew on Skylab in the early 1970s has died at 85. Paul Weitz, a NASA astronaut who commanded the first flight of the space shuttle Challenger and flew on Skylab in the early 1970s has died at 85. Washington residents and politicians are up in arms about an only-in-DC phenomenon: a string of former embassies and diplomatic buildings whose governments have essentially abandoned them. Washington residents and politicians are up in arms about an only-in-DC phenomenon: a string of former embassies and diplomatic buildings whose governments have essentially abandoned them.

Serial killer fears: Area of Tampa on edge after 3 killings

During a candlelight vigil Jacqueline Melendez, left, and her husband Jose Melendez mourn the death of three victims who were killed in the recent shootings in the Seminole Heights neighborhood in Tampa on Su... . Interim Police Chief Brian Dugan speaks at a press conference regarding the recent three murders in the Seminole Heights neighborhood at the Tampa Police Department headquarters in Tampa, on Friday,... .

DHS says British financier Browder cleared for US travel

The Homeland Security Department said Monday wealthy financier William Browder, a British citizen who lobbied for a law targeting Russian officials over human rights, was cleared for travel to the United States on Oct. 18, four days before he says he was denied entry into the U.S. Browder tweeted on Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin placed him on an Interpol travel list and the U.S. had simultaneously revoked his visa. His comments drew outrage from congressional Republicans and Democrats who immediately demanded answers from American officials.

Soldiers in Niger fight were alone for 2 hours

The U.S. Special Forces team caught in a deadly ambush three weeks ago in Niger did not request help from nearby French forces for about an hour after the firefight began near a village the Americans had visited during a reconnaissance mission several hours prior, the Pentagon's top general said Monday.

Senators were shocked to learn the US has 1,000 troops in Africa -…

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has committed to redoubling communication efforts between the Pentagon and Congress on military matters. The Pentagon has announced that the US has over 6,000 soldiers stationed throughout Africa, even though several senators had previously been surprised to learn that there are even 1,000 American soldiers on the continent.

Green Berets in Niger waited an hour for air support

The U.S. Special Forces team caught in a deadly ambush three weeks ago in Niger did not request help from nearby French forces for about an hour after the firefight began near a village the Americans had visited during a reconnaissance mission several hours prior, the Pentagon's top general said Monday. It then took the French another hour to get fighter jets over the American troops, according to a new timeline provided by Gen.

Missile defense and political unification

These days it is hard to keep track of who is fighting against whom in Washington, D.C. President Trump is taking jabs at the press, Congressional Republicans are fighting Congressional Democrats as well as Steve Bannon and insurgent GOP primary challengers, President Trump is fighting against everyone all the time, including the former GOP candidate for president and Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Sen. John McCain. While much of the "inside-the-beltway" fighting is simply background noise, the level of animosity between some Republican senators such as Sens. McCain and Flake and the president, has risen to a very worrisome level.