According to Foreign Policy's The Cable blogger Josh Rogin and others, President Obama is expected to name former Nebraska US Senator Chuck Hagel Pentagon chief on Monday:

If you've ever used the social platform Twitter, you are probably familiar with the "trends" column located on the left-hand side of your account. Sometimes political, but more often relating to pop culture, the trends category is reflective of what topics and categories are most talked about on Twitter, and tend to identify topics that are immediately popular.

Victor Davis Hanson offers some bad advice in his column where he hopes for a rehabilitation of the forty-third president, but he also doesn't understand why people disliked Bush:

The House let the Violence Against Women Act, which supports critical rape and domestic violence counseling programs and other violence prevention strategies, silently expire this week.

The House let the Violence Against Women Act, which supports critical rape and domestic violence counseling programs and other violence prevention strategies, silently expire this week.

During the 113th session, for the first time in the history of the Senate women will compose 20 percent of its Members. 1992 was named 'year of the woman' as 6 female Senators were elected. 2012 saw 11 women elected, 6 senators being re-elected and 5 newcomers.

Learn more about the women in the US Senate, where they are from, which party they represent with the following infographic created by NerdWallet.