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The Senate Rules Committee advanced a resolution that could allow the consideration of 350 nonpolitical military promotions at one time, bypassing Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-AL) blockade of nominees in protest of the Pentagon's abortion policy. The vote was 9 to 7, with all Democrats voting to advance the proposal and all Republicans voting against it. One Republican voting via proxy was not counted in the final breakdown. The plan would allow senators to change procedure temporarily without making a permanent rule change and could allow most of the stalled promotions to be considered on the floor in large batches. Major...

Happy New Year, everyone! It’s always a time to look forward to the new opportunities the New Year will bring. Well, except if you’re the family of Vice Admiral Scott Stearney. For them – his wife Shelly and their two children – they know that their husband and father is dead, supposedly a suicide. Who knows what more they may have been told by Navy officials but, if you are an average American citizen (as am I), you know nothing more. Even the media have clammed up, after the original announcement was made concerning the death. The official announcement was...