Defense Secretary Austin is ‘actively involved and engaged’ while hospitalized

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin testifies before a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the conclusion of military operations in Afghanistan at the Rayburn House Office building on Capitol Hill on September 29, 2021 in Washington, DC.  Olivier Douliery | Afp | Getty Images Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is still hospitalized following doctors’ … Read more

Defense Sec. Lloyd Austin was treated for cancer, infection

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a meeting with Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles and British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace at the Pentagon in Washington, U.S., December 7, 2022.  Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has been hospitalized since Jan. 1 for complications following a surgery to treat prostate cancer, officials at … Read more

Sen. Fetterman Feared Depression News Would End Political Career

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. John Fetterman acknowledges having “dark conversations” about harming himself before he hit “the emergency brake” and sought treatment for depression. He remembers thinking about his three school-age kids. “I can’t be a blueprint for my children. I can’t let them be left alone or not to understand why he would have … Read more