An Air National Guard lieutenant colonel who also serves as a U.S. representative from Illinois wants to hold former President Donald Trump accountable by convicting him during his impeachment trial. In an Washington Post Op-Ed titled, “My fellow Republicans, convicting Trump is necessary to save America,” Rep. Adam Kinzinger made the case Monday to convict …

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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan unveiled an ambitious 10-year space program for his country Tuesday that includes missions to the moon, sending Turkish astronauts into space and developing internationally viable satellite systems. Erdogan announced the program, seen as part of his vision for placing Turkey in expanded regional and global role, …

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The leaders of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence are furious with the intelligence community and pleading with it to assign a leader to handle the SolarWinds hack affecting a government-estimated 18,000 public and private sector customers. After news broke late last year that hackers breached SolarWinds computer network management software to access federal government …

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Former White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough became the 11th secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs during a ceremonial swearing-in ceremony Tuesday at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C. Vice President Kamala Harris administered the oath of office to McDonough using his father’s Bible. McDonough’s wife, Karin Hillstrom, was present at …

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In the wake of a Military.com report about Marines who faced career consequences tied to pregnancy and motherhood, the service has announced a policy change allowing new mothers more time to recover. The Marine Corps is extending the time new moms are exempted from fitness tests and body composition rules from nine months to 12, …

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