Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday spoke at a campaign event boosting the President Donald Trump-backed challenger to Rep.
Voters are heading to the polls for primaries across six states, including Kentucky, where the campaign of Rep. Thomas Massie, a repeated Trump critic, is being seen as a crucial test of President Donald Trump’s power on the Republican party. Meanwhile, the Justice Department set up what it calls an “anti-weaponization fund,” using nearly $1.8 billion of…
In a major victory for President Trump, his hand-picked challenger, Ed Gallrein, beat out U.S. House Rep. Thomas Massie in a Kentucky House GOP primary, ending Massie's reelection bid.
Rep. Thomas Massie previously said he has "no Fs to give" as he defied Trump on the Epstein Files and other issues
War Secretary Pete Hegseth participated in a campaign rally on Monday for former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein, who is running for Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District against incumbent Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY). Hegseth’s participation breaks a long-held norm that defense secretaries avoid partisan politics, though his willingness to wade into partisanship has…
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War secretary appears in Kentucky to bolster primary challenge of Thomas Massie
Whatever happens in Kentucky's GOP primary, the populist right no longer even pretends to care about spending or government overreach.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth paused Iran war responsibilities Monday to campaign in Kentucky's 4th Congressional District primary on behalf of President Donald Trump's favored nominee Ed Gallrein, who is running against Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY). Hegseth flew to Hebron for an America First Works event with the former Navy SEAL, marking an unusually overt…
Pete Hegseth hit the campaign trail Monday, an unusual move for a defense secretary, stumping in Kentucky for Ed Gallrein, a Trump-backed challenger to Republican congressman and frequent Trump critic Thomas Massie. Ed O'Keefe has more.
