Lauren Sanchez made a drastic outfit change after she sparked backlash at President Donald Trump’s inauguration with a lingerie-inspired look.
After the fiancée of Jeff Bezos, the chairman of Amazon, wore a racy look to the historic political event, she opted for a more modest ensemble at the Inauguration Ball.
Sanchez, 55, turned heads in a flowing Dolce & Gabbana golden-peach colored gown, that featured a satin corset. The former journalist’s elegant dress featured soft tulle sleeves that draped over her shoulders. She completed her look with dangling chandelier pearl earrings and had her hair styled in soft curls.
Her make-up consisted of her signature smoky eye shadow and glossed nude lips, as Sanchez shared behind-the-scenes photos of her posing for the camera. She wrote in her Instagram caption, “Starlight Ball,” with a shooting star emoji.
Fans commented on her ethereal gown, “You look absolutely stunning and early today at the inauguration.”
Sanchez subtly hit back at criticism over her controversial inauguration outfit by “liking” supportive Instagram comments on her most recent social media post.
“Girl you ate that inaugural look don’t pay attention to no haters,” one positive comment read that she liked.
Another fan wrote, “You are truly an inspiration to me and I’m sure to many women,” which Sanchez additionally liked on social media.
However, others continued to make comments about her previous daring outfit.
“Usually love her outfits but the inauguration was a massive failure … the outfit looked trashy .. i think lauren usually has more class..” an Instagram user wrote.
The children’s book author wore a white Alexander McQueen pantsuit featuring a fitted satin-trimmed blazer with a dangerously low-cut V-neck and wide-leg trousers at Trump’s inauguration on Monday.
She skipped a traditional blouse and instead wore a white lace bustier. She accessorized with a fuzzy coat for the frosty day. Sanchez’s hair was styled in a sleek updo.
According to reports, Sanchez’s eye-popping ensemble retails for at least $1,800.
The pilot was accompanied by her billionaire beau, who sported a suit with an oxblood-hued tie.
Many quickly took to social media to slam her appearance.
“Jeff Bezos future wife Lauren Sanchez is incredibly inappropriately dressed for a state occasion,” one critic wrote on X. “Someone should have told her that having her white lace bra out on display is not acceptable.”
“Good grief, Lauren Sanchez. Put them away for one day,” chimed another.
“Really, a bra plainly visible,” another user wrote. “Today is NOT a night club event. Show some class & dignity.”
Sanchez appeared to have worn the same form-fitting suit at The New York Times DealBook event in December. She took a sultry selfie at the time for her nearly 900,000 followers.
Facebook and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who was seated next to Sanchez, was also called out on social media, but for a different reason. Viewers of the inauguration couldn’t help but notice he seemingly snuck a look at her chest.
“Zuckerberg was out of control ogling Jeff Bezos’ fiancée!” one X user wrote, while another noted, “This is the most normal thing I have ever seen Zuckerberg do.”
On Monday, Trump was sworn in as the 47th president. The 78-year-old promised a “revolution of common sense” as he sets out to reshape the country’s institutions.
After five years of dating, Bezos proposed to Sanchez in May 2023. While the couple hasn’t publicly announced any details about their wedding, Sanchez teased on the “Today” show that she was already prepping for the big day.
Fox News Digital’s Stephanie Nolasco contributed to this report.
Fox & Friends host Ainsley Earhardt congratulated Karoline Leavitt — President Donald Trump’s new White House press secretary — on achieving a historic first for her position on Tuesday.
Prior to Leavitt, the youngest person to hold the chief spokesperson’s job was Ron Ziegler — who was press secretary for former President Richard Nixon. Ziegler was 29 years old when he took the job.
On Tuesday’s edition of Fox & Friends, Earhardt and her co-hosts scored Leavitt’s first interview after assuming the job, and asked her about things like “controversy” over Trump’s pardons, his play for “unity,” and her “personal reflection” on seeing Trump behind the desk in the Oval Office again.
And Earhardt made sure to congratulate Leavitt for becoming the youngest press secretary at 27:
EARHARDT: So Karoline, a lot of people — we — we’ve known you. We’ve known you for a while. We’re so proud of you. But a lot of the American public doesn’t, and they’re going to be watching you every day, basically. You’re twenty-sev- — 27 years old, the youngest press secretary ever. Congratulations on that.
I know you served as the assistant press secretary and a presidential speech writer. You were under Kayleigh McEnany when she was there. Then communications director for Elise Stefanik. What is different about Trump going forward versus when you worked for him four years ago?
LEAVITT: The — it’s just very surreal to be back here. I’m so proud of President Trump, proud to work for him and our team here in the White House.
President Trump has faced more adversity than any political candidate who has ever run for office in this great country. He survived two assassination attempts. And watching him swear in yesterday in the Capitol Rotunda was a very surreal moment for myself and my colleagues who worked so hard alongside President Trump over the past couple of years on the campaign trail. And it’s just a great day for our country. The Golden Age of America has begun, and I’m blessed to be here.
KILMEADE: Hey, Karoline, just real quick, president of the United States back in the Oval Office. You’ve known him for a while. What’s your personal reflection on seeing him behind the desk for the first time in four years just hours ago?
LEAVITT: It was an amazing sight to watch, to see him go back into the Oval Office for the first time. All of his decor is there once again. It’s the same. You see those family photos behind him at the Resolute Desk, and President Trump has been here before. So we got right to work, and as he said in his more-than-60-minute press conference, I may add, last night in the Oval Office, the most transparent president in history. He talked about how he has arguably more experience than anyone who has sat behind that desk. He is ready to get to work, no doubt.
KILMEADE: And also, we’re going to look forward to that infrastructure comment, the infrastructure announcement…
EARHARDT: What — what time is that?
KILMEADE: … that you have this afternoon. Yeah, what time will that be?
LEAVITT: Four P.M. this afternoon. You won’t want to miss it.
EARHARDT: OK.
JONES: All right.
DOOCY: All right.
EARHARDT: Well, Jacqui and Peter Doocy — he’s — they’re going to be asking you a lot of questions over the next four years. They’re happy that they’ll be called on.
DOOCY: He’s (inaudible) — no kidding.
LEAVITT: And I — I look forward to taking those questions.
KILMEADE: Do you think the president’s doing this…
Following President Donald Trump’s sweeping pardon of almost 1,600 January 6th rioters, past statements from Trump and Vice President JD Vance are resurfacing in the media.
Trump’s Monday night pardon caught many by surprise as the president had suggested during the campaign he would focus on “nonviolent” offenders. Instead, though, he pardoned everyone tried and convicted of committing crimes during the Capitol riot, including those who assaulted police officers and the leaders who planned for wider violence and were convicted of seditious conspiracy against the United States.
Speaking with Shannon Bream on Fox News Sunday in the middle of January, Vance was asked what the criteria for pardons would be.
“I think it’s very simple,” Vance replied to Bream. “If you protested peacefully on January the 6th and you’ve had [Attorney General] Merrick Garland’s Department of Justice treat you like a gang member, you should be pardoned. If you committed violence on that day, obviously you shouldn’t be pardoned.”
The Dispatch’s John McCormickshared some of Trump’s past statements on the topic as well to highlight evolution. He noted that on January 7, 2021, Trump said, “The demonstrators who infiltrated the Capitol have defiled the seat of American democracy. To those who engaged in the acts of violence and destruction, you do not represent our country. And to those who broke the law, you will pay.”
NPR’s Tom Dreisbachreported on some of the immediate impacts of the pardons, including sentencings that have been canceled.
“Just spoke to former Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell, who was repeatedly assaulted on Jan. 6. He was set to attend the sentencing for a man convicted of assaulting him with PVC pipe. Now canceled. He’s getting notifications all day about other violent rioters getting out,” Dreisbach reported.
While most GOP members of Congress have shrugged off questions related to the pardons, Sens. Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Mitch McConnell (R-KY) have condemned pardoning anyone who attacked cops. Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND), on the other hand, told CBS News, “Two wrongs can at least get us to a fresh start…the deck is cleared.”
President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance looked visibly irritated during the national prayer service at the Washington National Cathedral on Tuesday when the sermon took a political turn.
Among the faith leaders who spoke was Right Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde, who had been a vocal critic of Trump and the U.S. government following George Floyd’s death.
On Trump’s first full day back in office, Budde, of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, delivered a sermon focused on “unity,” but her remarks grew pointed when she brought up immigrants and LGBTQ youth.
The reverend spoke directly to the president, saying “Let me make one final plea, Mr. President, millions have put their trust in you, and as you told the nation yesterday, you have felt the providential hand of a loving God. In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy on the people in our country who are scared. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender children in Democratic and Republican and Independent families, some who fear for their lives.”
“And the people – the people who pick our crops and clean our office buildings, who labor in poultry farms and meet packing plants, who wash the dishes at their restaurants and work the night shifts in hospitals, they – they may not be citizens or have the proper documentation, but the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals. They pay taxes and are good neighbors,” Budde said. “They are faithful members of our churches and mosques, synagogues… and temples.”
The reverend asked Trump to have “mercy on those in our communities whose children fear that their parents will be taken away, and that you help those who are fleeing war zones of persecution in their own lands to find compassion and welcome, our God teaches us that we are to be merciful to a stranger.”
The vice president and second lady leaned over and whispered to one another during the sermon.
At the start of her remarks, Budde began to “pray for unity as people and nation, not for agreement, political or otherwise, but for the kind of unity that fosters community across diversity and division, a unity that serves the common good.”
“Unity, in this sense, is a threshold requirement for people to live in freedom and together in a free society,” she said.
“Rather,” Budde continued, “Unity is a way of being with one another, and it encompasses and respects differences that teaches us to hold multiple perspectives and life experiences as valid and worthy of respect that enables us in our communities to genuinely care for one another, even when we disagree.”
She went on to say, “Those of us gathered here, we are not naive about the realities of politics when power and wealth and competing interests are at stake, when views of what America should be are in conflict. When there are strong opinions across a spectrum of possibilities and starkly different understandings of what the right course of action is there, there will be winners and losers when those witness decisions made that set the course of public policy and the prioritization of resources.”
“Not everyone’s prayers will be answered in the way we would like. But for some, the loss of their hopes and dreams will be far more than political,” she said, adding that “all the faiths represented here affirm the birthright of all people as children of our one God. In public discourse, honoring each other’s dignity means refusing to mock and model, discount, demonize those with whom we differ, choosing instead to respect, respectfully, to make our differences, and whenever possible, to seek common ground.”
“I will also end the government policy of trying to socially engineer race and gender into every aspect of public and private life,” he said. “We will forge a society that is colorblind and merit based.”
The president has promised mass deportations of criminal illegal immigrants and further sparked controversy by signing an executive order eliminating birthright citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants.
It’s not the first time Budde made her left-leaning political views known. A video clip from 2020 shows Budde speaking to an ABC News reporter while protesting in Washington, D.C.
“It is a message for a call to justice – for swift justice for George Floyd,” Budde, wearing a face mask, said at the time. “For systemic justice for all brown and Black people who have been under the knee of this country in ways that we have witnessed time and time again.” She went on to say, “This is wrong, and this rising up – this spontaneous uprising of people mostly half my age or younger, they are the ones we should be listening to.”
Budde also testified before Congress regarding a June 1, 2020, confrontation between demonstrators and law enforcement near St. John’s Church in Lafayette Square.
She said “our government resorted to acts of violence against peaceful protesters” and said the Episcopal church believes the issues of “racial and social justice are core tenants of the Christian faith.”
Budde also condemned Trump for holding up a Bible outside the church following the unrest. Testifying virtually at the time, she told a House committee, “When the President held up a Bible outside our church as if to claim the mantle of spiritual authority over what had just transpired, I knew that I had to speak. Nowhere does the Bible condone the use of violence against the innocent.”
The attorneys general of Louisiana, Kansas, Ohio and West Virginia are suing to block the U.S. Census Bureau from including illegal immigrants in the count used to apportion congressional seats and electoral votes.
The lawsuit filed in Louisiana federal court on Sunday – the day before President Donald Trump took office – alleges that the Biden administration decided to include illegal immigrants counted in the 2020 census as part of the population tally to apportion congressional seats and electoral votes. That allegedly resulted in Ohio and West Virginia each losing a congressional seat and an electoral vote to other states with larger populations of illegal immigrants and temporary visa holders living there.
The lawsuit says Texas gained one congressional seat and one electoral vote, and California kept a congressional seat and an electoral vote “that it would have otherwise lost.”
The attorneys general argue Louisiana and Kansas are each likely to lose a congressional seat and an electoral vote in the 2030 reapportionment if the practice continues.
“We shouldn’t lose representation in Congress due to the presence of illegal aliens harbored by other states,” Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said in a statement. “Counting Illegal Aliens in the census to determine Congressional seats and electoral votes is unlawful. We have sued to stop it.”
In February 2018, the U.S. Census Bureau developed criteria for the 2020 census, dubbed the “Residence Rule,” stating that foreign nationals living in the U.S. are counted in the census and allocated to the state where their “usual residence” is located. The lawsuit notes how that was regardless of whether those foreign nationals are lawfully present in the U.S. and “regardless of whether any visa they may possess is temporary.”
After the 2020 census, the lawsuit says former President Biden’s Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, as well as the Census Bureau and its director, Robert Santos, decided to include “illegal aliens and aliens holding temporary visas (‘nonimmigrant aliens’) in the census figures used for determining the apportionment of the House of Representatives and Electoral College votes.”
The lawsuit says the Residence Rule violates the Fourteenth Amendment’s equal representation principle by “robbing the people of the Plaintiff States of their rightful share of political representation, while systematically redistributing political power to states with high numbers of illegal aliens and nonimmigrant aliens,” as well as Article II, Section 1, of the United States Constitution by “necessitating an unconstitutional distribution of Electoral College votes among the states.”
“The Residence Rule also breaches the federal government’s constitutional obligation to conduct an ‘actual Enumeration’ of the number of “persons in each State,” the lawsuit says. “The phrase ‘persons in each State’ was understood at both the Founding and in the Reconstruction era to be restricted to United States citizens and permanent resident aliens who had been lawfully admitted to the body politic constituted by the Constitution.”
It continues, “Aliens who are unlawfully or temporarily present in the United States did not qualify because they are not entitled to political representation. It has long been understood that foreign diplomats temporarily in the U.S. also did not qualify.”
“But, in any case, the Fourteenth Amendment separately requires that illegal aliens who have been denied the right to vote be excluded from state apportionment,” the lawsuit says. “Thus, the actual enumeration of the population of the states cannot include such aliens. Only U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents (“LPRs,” also known as “green card holders”) can be included.”
The attorneys general argue that illegal immigration “affects the distribution of seats in the House of Representatives and the Electoral College because the illegal alien population is both large and highly concentrated in a minority of states.”
The lawsuit goes on to summarize research suggesting there are about 11.7 million illegal immigrants in the U.S., stating that over the last three decades, the United States “has been undergoing the largest wave of immigration in American history.”
Just hours before President Donald Trump was sworn into office on Monday, a migrant caravan of more than 2,000 people set off from deep in southern Mexico with the aim of crossing into the U.S.
The caravan, consisting of men, women, and children from various countries, was seen marching through the southern Mexican city of Tapachula near the Guatemalan border in darkness early Monday. The migrants were carrying bags and rucksacks while migrant parents could be seen pushing children in strollers or carrying youngsters on their shoulders.
It’s at least the tenth-largest caravan to walk out of Tapachula since the U.S. election, according to Border Report. It would take an adult migrant about 16 days of non-stop walking to get to the southern border.
The caravan is on the march despite Trump signing a flurry of executive orders on Monday clamping down on illegal immigration. He also declared a national border emergency.
In one order, Trump directed the federal government to resume construction of the border wall, which was largely dormant under the Biden administration. That order also ended Biden-era parole policies, including the use of the CBP One app to parole migrants into the U.S.
Erkin Torres, a migrant from Colombia who is part of the caravan, said he believes that Trump’s actions cannot supersede the United Nations, inferring what he believes is his right to apply for asylum.
“Just as Donald Trump takes power, he can’t surpass the United Nations, understand? United as one,” Torres told Reuters.
“The world is complete and supporting us because the cause is one: better economic stability and giving a better future to those children there.”
Another migrant, Maria Leidis from Cuba, said the new U.S. government will still provide a pathway for the migrants to enter the U.S. despite the CBP One app going offline.
“Well, we feel quite sad because our goal is to enter, and knowing they won’t let us in breaks our hearts,” she told Reuters. “But we think that if not through this CBP One application, he’ll set another way, and we’ll enter.”
Migrants form caravans because they believe there is safety in numbers, as it is hard or impossible for immigration agents to detain large groups of hundreds of migrants. Some hope to catch rides to help them on their journey, while others will make the arduous trip to the southern border by foot in the searing heat.
Many caravans break up after a few days of walking, while the Mexican government says it’s been trying to break them up also amid Trump promising to impose massive tariffs on Mexico if it doesn’t stop the influx.
Elsewhere, migrants waiting for an appointment via the app were left stranded at various locations along the Mexican side of the southern border.
As well as the cancelation of the CBP One app, Trump also ordered government agencies to reinstate the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), known as the Remain-in-Mexico policy. That policy from Trump’s first term, which was ended by the Biden administration, required migrants to stay in Mexico for the duration of their asylum hearings.
Another order directed U.S. troops to be deployed to the border under U.S. Northern Command to prioritize U.S. border and territorial integrity in strategic planning.
President Trump also designated international cartels and organizations, including MS-13 and the bloodthirsty Tren de Aragua, as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) and Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGT). An FTO designation allows for targeted action against members, including financial penalties.
Fox News contributor and legal scholar Jonathan Turley joined anchor Bill Hemmer on Tuesday to discuss President Donald Trump’s sweeping January 6th pardons, which included those convicted of beating police officers.
Hemmer began the segment by showing a clip of Trump signing the pardon. “This is January 6th. These are the hostages. Approximately 1500 for a pardon? Yes, full pardon. They’ve been treated very unfair. The judges have been absolutely brutal. The prosecutors have been brutal. Nobody’s ever treated people in this country like that,” Trump said in the clip from Monday evening.
“President Trump issuing a pardon last evening for nearly 1600 people charged, many of them jailed for the January 6th attack on the Capitol. That sweeping executive order also commuting the sentences of 14 members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, most convicted of seditious conspiracy for that riot,” Hemmer went on to explain, adding:
Jonathan Turley, constitutional attorney here. Hello to you, sir. One of the more controversial pardons you that we have seen. I’ll get to the Hunter staff and James Biden in a moment here. But with regard to this one, this is part of your book, “The Indispensable Right,” when you talk about the troubling aspects of these cases. Today in the Post, you say the excessive treatment of some of the defendants undermined the credibility of their prosecutions. You study this. Go ahead and explain it as you see it and understand it now, professor?
“Well, the Department of Justice really made the case for these pardons, and it was hard to do because most of us supported the people responsible for the riot being held accountable. It was a terrible day. But the Justice Department unleashed what one of its top lawyers called a shock and awe campaign, and they just scooped up hundreds of people,” Turley replied, adding:
They often demanded really excessive sentences, in my view. Most of these people were charged with just trespass or unlawful entry. Most of them were not violent. The government tended to oppose bail. They kept a number of them for a very long time in segregation, some of them in some cases, they demanded limitations on what people could say or read or associate after they were released.
All of this tended to undermine their case. And so when when the president campaigned on this issue, I think a lot of people wanted to see this chapter closed. And he certainly did that. I mean, this was broader than most people expected or even asked for.
A recent poll conducted by YouGov found that “73% of Americans oppose pardons for those convicted of assaulting Capitol Police officers, including 54% of Republicans.” The poll of 1,200 voters also found the issue be among the least important to Americans:
Pardoning those convicted or accused of crimes on January 6th ranked among the lowest priorities for the incoming Trump Administration of those tested with 7% support alongside investigating former Special Counsel Jack Smith (1%); withdrawing from the Paris Climate agreement (3%); ending Title IX protections for transgender students (5%); and tariffs (6%)
The sweeping pardons came as a surprise to many as Trump said in November that he would likely focus on nonviolent rioters, saying, “If they were nonviolent, I think they’ve been greatly punished.” Last week, Vice President JD Vancesaid that Trump would “obviously” not pardon anyone convicted of assaulting a police officer.
Turley posted his recent New York Post column to his blog on Tuesday as well and offered a brief introduction to it, writing, “Below is my column in the New York Post on the pardoning of the January 6th defendants by President Donald Trump. The scope of the pardon appears broader than some had hoped. What is clear is that any such relief should not extend to violent actors, particularly those who attacked police officers. However, the Justice Department itself may have made the strongest case for presidential pardons.”
Trump, of course, did indeed pardon the violent offenders just the same as the nonviolent ones.
Following several arrests in recent weeks of individuals who authorities say impersonated firefighters, officials now say two more people have been taken into custody for pretending to be members of the media to enter a fire zone.
Authorities say the two suspects allegedly forged press passes to unlawfully enter a Palisades Fire evacuation zone.
Officers stationed at road closures for the Palisades Fire came into contact with “two suspicious individuals,” who were at separate roadblock locations, California Highway Patrol said in a press statement on Sunday.
“These individuals had been coming and going from the closures while using what appeared to be Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) press passes, and their behavior raised suspicion,” the statement continued.
California Highway Patrol officers confirmed with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department that the press passes were both fake, and both individuals carrying the passes were arrested.
A search of their belongings revealed more fraudulent press passes.
The latest arrests follow several others in recent weeks of individuals accused of attempting to enter fire zones by using deception.
An Oregon couple was arrested on Saturday for allegedly impersonating firefighters after they attempted to enter an evacuation zone with a fake firetruck.
Last week, a burglary suspect disguised as a firefighter was arrested, the Los Angeles Police Department previously confirmed with Fox News Digital.
“These arrests underscore the strength of our partnership with LASD as we work together to secure and protect the communities affected by the wildfires,” CHP said in the latest statement.
“Criminal activities such as unlawful entry into evacuation zones, forging press passes, and looting will not be tolerated.”
Fox News (“Coast Guard Commandant terminated over border lapses, recruitment, DEI focus: official“):
The Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard has been terminated over concerns about the border, recruitment and an “erosion of trust,” a senior DHS official confirmed to Fox News.
Adm. Linda Lee Fagan, 61, has been terminated by the Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Benjamine Huffman, the official said.
Fagan has demonstrated leadership deficiencies, operational failures and an inability to advance the strategic objectives of the Coast Guard.
These include the failure to address border security threats, insufficient leadership in recruitment and retention, mismanagement in acquiring key acquisitions such as icebreakers and helicopters, excessive focus on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and an “erosion of trust” over the mishandling and cover-up of Operation Fouled Anchor, which was the Coast Guard’s internal investigation into sexual assault cases at the Coast Guard Academy.
Fagan also made DEI policies a priority, including at the Coast Guard Academy, which diverted resources and focus from operational essentials.
In Operation Fouled Anchor, the cover-up of sexual assaults at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy “deeply eroded trust” in the Coast Guard among the American public, the U.S. Congress and the military. The Coast Guard did not disclose the existence of Operation Fouled Anchor until 2023, despite its existence from 2014 to 2019.
The acting secretary of Homeland Security removed the Coast Guard commandant from her position, according to a message to the service reviewed by USNI News.
Adm. Linda Fagan was the first female commandant of the Coast Guard. She assumed duties as commandant on June 1, 2022.
Fox News first reported Fagan’s termination, citing issues with recruitment, operations concerns and a focus on diversity, equity and inclusion as the reasons for her relief. An ALCOAST, which is a message to all members of the Coast Guard, announced the relief.
Vice Commandant Adm. Kevin Lunday will take over as acting commandant, according to the ALCOAST message.
“Under my statutory authority as the Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security I have relieved Admiral Linda L. Fagan of her duties as Commandant of the United States Coast Guard. She served a long and illustrious career, and I thank her for her service to our nation,” reads the ALCOAST message.
This is a stunning move on the first full day of a new administration. And, while Acting Secretary Huffman gave the order, there is simply no way that a career official, whose day job is Director of DHS Federal Law Enforcement Centers, did this without direct order from the President.
Coast Guard Commandant is a Presidentially-appointed, Senate-confirmed position and the new President has the authority to fire Fagan if he does not have confidence in her abilities. But it seems that she’s being ousted for carrying out his predecessor’s policy preferences, not any actual misfeasance. Politicizing the armed services in this way is, to use a description that I fear will become routine, simply shameful.
