Hegseth was approved by the Senate on Friday night in a tie vote that had to be broken by Vice President JD Vance ... courses with videos of its Tuskegee Airmen and the Women Airforce Service ...

Instead of compassion, Trump exhibited his classic harshness with distasteful remarks that appeal to the worst of his base, but not the best of America.

The irony of the US Air Force playing enforcer AGAINST the Tuskegee Airmen in the year 2025 can be gleaned from knowing that it was the Army Air Corps that conducted the tests in 1941 that led to the first African American Aviators being trained and ready for combat.

McConnell's vote of conscience against Pete Hegseth, following decades of obstruction, was rendered meaningless after J.D. Vance broke the tie vote.

The legacy of Black aviation is a point of pride in Gary, where the contributions of the Tuskegee Airmen — trailblazing pilots who fought for America abroad and equality at home — are honored through tributes like a statue at the Gary Aquatorium and a bridge at Gary/Chicago International Airport.

U.S. President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders on Monday to remove diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) from the military, reinstate thousands of troops who were kicked out for refusing COVID-19 vaccines during the pandemic and take aim at transgender troops.

Watch live as Trump attends a House Republican retreat as he presses his agenda on immigration, tariffs and DEI through executive orders.

President Trump signs executive orders focused on military, including reinstating troops and removing "transgender ideology," as new Defense Secretary begins.

Trump was expected to sign a flurry of executive orders Monday, including to reinstate troops booted for refusing vaccines, assess transgender forces and outline rollbacks in diversity programs.

President Donald Trump fired back at Colombia with “emergency 25 percent tariffs” and a number of “decisive retaliatory measures” after the country’s president, Gustavo Petro, blocked two repatriation flights from landing.

Jackie Nelson, president of the Rome branch of the NAACP, said, "It was disturbing to hear that" about the initial concern to remove the lessons from the Air Force curriculum. Nelson said her thoughts immediately turned to Rome's own Tuskegee Airman,