FBI Director Kash Patel is moving to declassify and release investigative files tied to Rep. Eric Swalwell and a suspected Chinese intelligence operative known as Fang Fang. The effort raises tough questions about oversight, partisan protection, and why a lawmaker with alleged ties kept access to sensitive intel.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth trimmed the military’s faith codes from more than 200 to 31 and moved to make chaplains visibly chaplains first, officers second. The reforms aim to strengthen spiritual care for service members and remove bureaucratic excess that made the Chaplain Corps less effective.