Judge Cornelia Pillard, an Obama appointee, said that Kelly appears to advise troops they have no obligation to obey unlawful orders, as opposed to telling them to ignore orders that are illegal.
Trump reportedly angered allies with the "Project Freedom" operation, and Saudi Arabia forbade the U.S. to use a key base or its airspace. However, an intelligence expert said the reports are wrong.
President Donald Trump ordered War Secretary Pete Hegseth last month to begin releasing the government's files on UFOs and unidentified aerial phenomena.
After a series of votes and statements putting him at odds with his fellow Democrats over the past year, U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., says that he has "no plans to leave" the party.
It was not immediately clear what prompted the cancellation of the press briefing but Trump claimed in a social media post that the meeting "went very well" and the pair discussed trade and tariffs.
Cooper's record on crime has been a source of criticism from the Republican camp, with Whatley and his allies zeroing in on the 2025 killing of Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte metro.
The White House ballroom is a passion project for Trump, who has repeatedly insisted that prior presidents saw the need for such a space to hold formal state dinners and events.