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U.S. Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll walks onstage during a celebration in honor of the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army on June 10, 2025, in Fort Bragg, N.C.

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll resigns after clashes with Defense Secretary Hegseth

Driscoll became the youngest-ever Army secretary last year at age 38 with plans to rapidly upgrade drones and other technologies. But Hegseth fired top generals, leading to friction between them.

Food For Thought: The Great Eggplant Parmigiana Smackdown

Gluttonous minds must think alike. I just discovered that independently and on the same day Nancy Leson and I had both jonse'd for Eggplant Parmigiana –…

A global pandemic is challenging the way strategists are looking at the 2020 congressional elections.

Coronavirus Scrambles 2020 Fight For Congress

Top GOP and Democratic strategists say the global pandemic is shifting the calculations in this November's House and Senate races and could make for an unpredictable year.

President Richard Nixon speaks at the White House on Aug. 9, 1974. He was preparing to leave the day after resigning because of the Watergate scandal. Nixon wanted to take his presidential documents with him, including his infamous tape recordings. But he was barred from doing so, and Congress passed a law that now requires all presidents to hand over their documents to the National Archives.

The reason why presidents can't keep their White House records dates back to Nixon

Congress changed the law in the 1970s when President Nixon prepared to leave with his documents — and infamous tape recordings.

55-year-old Kami Rita Sherpa breaks his own record: climbing Mount Everest 31 times

Kami Rita Sherpa first climbed to the top of the world's highest mountain in 1994. He has climbed Everest nearly every year since the 1990s — sometimes more than once in a single season.

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll resigns

The Army's top civilian leader has resigned. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is stepping down after 18 months on the job, the White House says. It's the latest in a series of military leadership shakeups.

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