Bulldozers have begun ripping up the grass and digging the foundation for a new flagpole in the White House Rose Garden lawn, making good on President Donald Trump’s plan to install a Mar-a-Lago-style patio.

More than three years after the Texas Legislature redrew all of its congressional and state legislative districts, the legal fallout is far from over. Yet that is not stopping President Donald Trump's administration from tossing a major monkey wrench into ongoing court fights over the maps.

Hegseth was angered by his exclusion and resigned from the Guard. That experience remains with him as he attempts to reshape the military, and its role in society, in line with Trump's worldview. As he has written: “My trust for this Army is irrevocably broken.”