The Pentagon has elevated its review of Sen. Mark Kelly’s role in a video urging service members to refuse unlawful orders into an “official Command Investigation,” the Defense Department confirmed, according to The Washington Post. The move comes as Congress presses the Trump administration for details on a lethal U.S. campaign of targeting alleged drug-smuggling […]
Despite a year chock-full of newsworthy events, artificial intelligence continued to siphon the journalism industry’s tank of revenue-creating audience. As AI’s capabilities expand, it’s now become adept at circumventing what was seen as an industry’s best route to profitability: paywalls. All things being equal, free will always beat out a subscription, no matter how affordable. […]
As the Trump administration prepares to release the latest set of federal dietary guidelines, many health experts are concerned about where the government will land on saturated fats. While saturated fats have long been considered something to avoid, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said he plans to change that — and a new […]
In his campaign to win an eighth term, Cameroonian President Paul Biya pledged to “strengthen measures to protect freedom of expression and journalists” in one of Africa’s most dangerous countries for the press. But six journalists who spoke to CPJ after October’s contested election — which opposition leader Issa Tchiroma Bakary claimed to have won, […]
President Donald Trump has created what legal scholars describe as a new, “personal model” of granting clemency. The modern-day process is shaped less by traditional ideas of mercy and more by loyalty to Trump’s allies. In early 2025, Trump issued sweeping blanket pardons for more than 1,500 people charged in connection with the Jan. 6, […]
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order designating illicit fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction. The move opens the door for more Pentagon and Justice Department involvement in efforts to disrupt fentanyl trafficking networks. The White House says the designation reflects the scale of the threat fentanyl poses, not just as a street […]
A new video has emerged showing a person of interest in the Brown University shooting case, including a distinctive walking pattern. Plus, new details are emerging in the Reiner murder case as the investigation becomes more entangled in national politics. And President Donald Trump is suing the BBC for $10 billion, accusing the network of […]
New details are emerging in the investigation into the killings of filmmaker Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele, as prosecutors prepare to review the case against their son, Nick Reiner. The tragedy has also taken on a political dimension, after President Donald Trump posted, and later defended, remarks blaming Reiner’s death on what he called […]
Each December, millions of families around the world follow along as Santa Claus makes his Yuletide trek around the globe, but the holiday tradition wouldn’t be possible without the North American Aerospace Defense Command’s Santa Tracker.
Army Pfc. Dirk John Cornelius Vlug’s brazen actions against five enemy tanks during the liberation of the Philippines earned him the nation’s highest honor for valor.
