Pete Hexeth

War Secretary Pete Hexeth has asked the Army's top uniformed officer, General Randy George, to step down.

The Pentagon announced the move Thursday, stating simply that the general will be retiring from his position as the 41st Chief of Staff of the Army effective immediately.

Meanwhile, Hexeth also announced Thursday that he was ending the policy that turned U.S.

military installations into gun-free zones, declaring in a brief statement that ends today.

The Artemis II mission is officially headed to the moon after NASA gave the go-ahead for its Orion spacecraft to leave Earth's orbit for the next stage of its historic space mission.

Orion fired its main engine at 7.49 p.m.

Eastern on Thursday, sending it out of Earth's orbit toward the moon.

Soon afterwards, the four astronauts held a press conference floating inside the craft.

Commander Reid Wiseman, who's leading the mission, began by giving a shout-out to the astronauts' families.

Here's Wiseman.

Former Attorney General Pam Bondi has responded to her removal from the position.

Daily Wire assistant editor Andy Valdez reports.

The political polling is not looking good for Republicans, but it's nothing to write home about for Democrats either.

Right now, Democrats have a clear electoral advantage heading into midterms with a five-point edge on the generic ballot and a far more robust 16-point advantage among voters who say they're deeply motivated to vote.

That's according to a new CNN poll that also shows a majority of Americans not approving of Trump's handling of the presidency so far.

But that same poll also shows that the Democratic Party is in the gutter when it comes to public opinion.

Here's CNN's Harry Enten giving Democrats the bad news.

The Hollywood job market is collapsing at a rapid rate.

Daily Wire Entertainment reporter Amanda Harding has the story.

All right, those are your drive-home updates on this Good Friday edition of Morning Wire.