Secretary of War Pete Hegseth told service members to “resign” if they don’t like his message of eliminating “woke” diversity measures and removing restrictions on lethal force on the battlefield. In a speech before hundreds of commanders at Quantico Marine Corps Base in Virginia, Hegseth declared the Defense Department “dead” in favor of the War Department and told troops that the military’s sole mission is “preparing for war...

The Trump administration on Monday said it has started a new process to block Harvard University’s eligibility for federal grant money and its ability to enter into new federal contracts — yet another salvo from Trump officials as they continue to target the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university.  The Department of Health and Human Services notified Harvard President Alan Garber in a letter Monday that it has initiated...

EXCLUSIVE: Gov. Glenn Youngkin cracked the code for Republicans in purple Virginia, a state that hadn’t backed a GOP governor in over a decade and hasn’t sent a Republican to the Senate since 2009. Now, Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears hopes to repeat the feat — but can it be done? Dave Brat, a former Virginia congressman and member of the House Freedom Caucus, says it can. Brat stunned...