PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction against Secretary of War Pete Hegseth in a lawsuit brought by Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) over alleged retaliation for political speech stemming from Kelly’s appearance in a video alongside other Democrat lawmakers, where they encouraged military service members to reject “illegal orders.”WHO WAS INVOLVED: Sen. […] The post Judge Grants Mark Kelly Preliminary Injunction Against Department of War in ‘Seditious’ Video Case. appeared first on The National Pulse .
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction against Secretary of War Pete Hegseth in a lawsuit brought by Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) over alleged retaliation for political speech stemming from Kelly’s appearance in a video alongside other Democrat lawmakers, where they encouraged military service members to reject “illegal orders.” WHO WAS INVOLVED: Sen. Mark Kelly, Sec. Pete Hegseth, U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon, and federal prosecutors. WHEN & WHERE: The injunction was issued on February 12, 2026, in Washington, D.C., following Kelly’s January lawsuit. KEY QUOTE: “This Court has all it needs to conclude that Defendants have trampled on Senator Kelly’s First Amendment freedoms,”…Open
The Military Sealift Command chartered heavy lift ship Plantijngracht is conducting cargo offload operations at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, as part of MSC's ongoing support of the annual Antarctic resupply mission: Operation Deep Freeze 2026.
MILAN — Somalia's Olympic delegation raised eyebrows and suspicions of fraud this week after winning the country's 734th gold medal at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.
State of the Union: The Trump administration is confronting public dissatisfaction with its immigration enforcement methods. The post White House Announces ‘Significant Drawdown’ of Immigration Enforcement in Minnesota appeared first on The American Conservative .
President Donald Trump has agreed to end sweeping federal immigration operations in Minnesota, White House border czar Tom Homan announced Thursday, marking a significant retreat from a mission that sparked national controversy after two U.S. citizens were killed. “I have proposed, and President Trump has concurred, that this surge operation concludes,” Homan said at a press conference, adding that a “significant drawdown” is already underway and will continue into next week. Last month Homan said he would draw down enforcement in Minnesota if state and local leaders agreed to cooperate with ICE and turn over criminals with deportation orders. A limited federal presence will remain temporarily to transition command back to local…Open
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) lashed out at Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) during a heated exchange at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs […] Source