The Honorable Pete Hegseth is the 29th Secretary of Defense, sworn in on Jan. 25, 2025. Hegseth was commissioned as an infantry officer in the U.S. Army National Guard after graduating from Princeton University in 2003. He participated in a number of active-duty deployments during his time in service, including operations in Guantanamo Bay, Iraq and Afghanistan. Hegseth also served in multiple staff positions in the National Guard. read more
So, amid all this turmoil, how are all the Donald Trump voters feeling? Has buyer's remorse set in? Are they starting to wonder whether voting in a convicted felon as president " a man who has declared bankruptcy six times " might not have been the wisest move?
Not according to the polls. Rather, the US appears to be a nation of dith Piafs: they regret rien. I'm not saying that disillusioned Republicans don't exist; do enough digging and you can certainly find a few. And journalists have been doing a lot of digging. During Trump's first term, there was a steady stream of media pieces profiling the regretful Trump voter. The genre has remained popular through the first few months of Trump 2.0. But, according to a much-discussed segment by CNN senior data reporter Harry Enten this week, polling proves that the idea of "regretful" Trump voters is "more of a media creation than anything else". read more
LONDON " Britain's Supreme Court has ruled that the legal definition of a woman is someone born biologically female. Wednesday's ruling is the culmination of a long-running legal battle that began in Scotland in 2018. But it has big implications for transgender people across the United Kingdom " at a time when similar legal challenges are underway in the United States after President Trump banned transgender people from military service. What does the ruling say? The court's five judges issued an 88-page judgment. In it, they say the "concept of sex is binary, a person is either a woman or a man." read more
LYNNWOOD, Wash. - A mother says she was harassed and cut off by another driver for driving a Tesla, an incident she described as terrifying and unprovoked. The confrontation, which was caught on video, occurred while she was on her way to a doctor's appointment in Lynnwood Wednesday morning. read more
Police are investigating a fire involving several vehicles at a Tesla Collision Center in the southwest valley. read more
Hell yeah, it's getting serious now.