The Army is preparing to transform itself into the fighting force of the future over the coming years — an effort congressional and military leaders admit is long overdue. As the Army’s top officer stated, “Yesterday’s weapons will not win tomorrow’s wars.” The initiative could lead to major changes implemented as soon as 2026, with […]
Los Angeles County has agreed to pay $2.7 million to a teenager who says he was forced to fight in what prosecutors have described as staged “gladiator-style” brawls inside a juvenile detention center. The move comes as 30 correctional officers face charges for allegedly orchestrating and allowing the attacks to happen. Where does the case […]
President Donald Trump’s middle-of-the-night social media post suggests trade talks between the United States and China are floundering. Trump logged onto Truth Social at 2:17 a.m. ET on Wednesday, June 4, to lament the toughness of Chinese leader Xi Jinping. “I like President Xi of China, always have, and always will, but he is VERY […]
A man originally from Mexico is undergoing deportation proceedings, despite investigators saying that a letter threatening Trump’s life ostensibly sent by him was in fact a set-up by someone looking to keep him from testifying in another trial. Ramon Morales Reyes, 54, an immigrant living in the U.S. illegally, is currently being held in Immigration […]
Electricity once sparked fears of widespread electrocution. Nuclear power brought warnings of total annihilation. Commentators claimed that the internet would usher in an era of global surveillance, while critics raised alarms about cloning and “playing God” as biotechnology advanced. Each time, people predicted the end of the world, but it never arrived. Now, artificial intelligence […]
U.S. authorities charged a pair of Chinese nationals with smuggling a “potential agroterrorism weapon” into the United States. Investigators said the two people accused of the crime were a couple, and one of them works at the University of Michigan. The charges In a press release on Tuesday, June 3, the United States Attorney’s Office […]
A nuclear power plant in Clinton, Illinois, has gone from nearing the end of its lifespan to becoming the latest example of a power plant saved by the technology industry. Meta Platforms Inc. signed a 20-year agreement Tuesday, June 3, with the plant’s owner, Constellation Energy, to purchase electricity and upgrade the facility. The Clinton […]
The Trump administration announced on Wednesday, June 4, that U.S. Customs and Border Enforcement (CBP), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) are enhancing efforts to “review immigration records” and will ramp up a “crackdown on visa overstays.” New review in wake of terror attack The administration said in a […]
President Donald Trump signed a memorandum on Wednesday, June 4, ordering a formal investigation into whether former President Joe Biden’s aides unlawfully exercised executive authority during his time in office by using a mechanical autopen to authorize major policy decisions. The probe will examine who authorized the autopen, what documents it signed and whether Biden […]
A Russian drone strike on the town of Pryluky in Chernihiv Oblast killed five people overnight, including the wife, daughter and infant grandson of a local firefighter, Ukrainian officials said. Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that the drone hit the firefighter’s home while he was responding to drone strikes in the […]
