The Daily Populous

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently ordered modifications to a room next to the Pentagon press briefing room to retrofit it with a makeup studio that can be used to prepare for television appearances, multiple sources told CBS News.

The table was removed and a new chair and large mirror with makeup lighting was installed, another source said.

Hegseth is doing his own makeup ahead of TV appearances, not paying for a makeup artist, a defense official told CBS News. »

According to the DHS report, Hermosillo “read” their document or had it read to him, but he says that never happened.

Seven days later, at the next hearing, his family provided the immigration court with his birth certificate.

His pleas to prison staff that he was a U.S. citizen were met with replies of, “Call your lawyer. »

Syria is willing to join the Abraham Accords under the correct conditions, Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa told US Representative Cory Mills in a meeting on Saturday.

Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa speaks during a Ministerial formation of the government of the Syrian Arab Republic, in Damascus, Syria March 29, 2025.

Notably, Syria still demands the return of the Golan Heights, which Trump recognized as Israeli territory in 2019. »

The Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office's mission will be similar to its federal counterpart: to eliminate what some state leaders characterize as waste, fraud and corruption in government.

But instead of reducing government agencies themselves like DOGE has, the state office aims to eliminate red tape for businesses.

Abbott said the new office will recalibrate "government in the state of Texas by making it more responsible, more responsive, less costly and more efficient.". »