Sen. Markwayne Mullin also "joked" about settling political disagreements with caning ALLISON ROBBERT/AFP via Getty A Republican senator suggested violence against journalists could deter "fake news." ...

If you want to preserve democracy as we know it, you have to have a free press and many times adversarial press. And without it, I am afraid that we would lose so much of our individual liberties ...

Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) on Sunday pushed back on ... The New Yorker reported that two nonprofit groups that Hegseth ran pushed him to step away because of mismanagement of funds, sexual ...