MQ-9 Reaper Drones, often used in foreign combat zones, were flying over protesters in Los Angeles. Aviation experts first tracked the drones in the skies above Paramount and downtown Los Angeles over the weekend of June 7 and into Monday, June 9, amid mass demonstrations against the Trump administration’s ramped-up immigration raids across the country. […]
A Manhattan judge has declared a mistrial in Harvey Weinstein’s sex crimes retrial. The decision came one day after the jury returned a partial verdict on two of three charges. The jury had been deliberating since last week but only decided on third-degree rape and first-degree criminal sexual act on Wednesday, June 11. The mistrial […]
Officials announced on Wednesday, June 11, that military personnel have detained more than 1,400 migrants found in a military zone along the U.S. southern border and turned them over to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Civil liberties advocates say the military shouldn’t be policing the border. Border officials announcing the migrant apprehensions say the focus […]
Walmart is facing calls for a boycott from supporters of President Donald Trump after Christy Walton, a billionaire heiress to the retail giant, funded an ad in The New York Times criticizing the commander-in-chief. The ad, published Sunday, June 8, urged Americans to “mobilize” on “No Kings” day — a movement started by the group […]
An internal memo suggested the seating behind President Donald Trump during his visit to Fort Bragg this week wasn’t based on military rank or position. Instead, the service members selected to appear behind him were reportedly chosen for their physical appearance and political alignment as he marked the Army’s 250th birthday on Tuesday. What was […]
The Department of the Interior will require the National Park Service (NPS) to post signs at all sites, encouraging visitors to provide feedback on historical content that they believe portrays American history or landscapes in a negative light. NPS tells Straight Arrow News the effort is intended to ensure public lands reflect “an accurate portrayal […]
Democrats are once again comparing the Trump administration to Hitler and Nazi Germany. The renewed rhetoric was the subject of debate at a Congressional hearing that included the Democratic governors of three sanctuary states. Democrats have either called or compared President Donald Trump and his supporters to Nazis for years, going back to his first […]
California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an emotional appeal for resistance at a fraught moment for the country, his state, Los Angeles — and for his own political ambitions. Newsom used a nationally televised speech on Tuesday, June 10, to assert that President Donald Trump’s use of the military to control civil unrest in Los Angeles […]
4,000 National Guard soldiers have been deployed to Los Angeles. President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said more troops may be deployed to other states. However, the U.S. Constitution makes it clear that members of the military are not law enforcement officers, therefore, what duties can they perform? And how does that […]
United Natural Foods, the wholesale grocery distributor for Amazon’s Whole Foods, has taken some of its systems offline in response to a cyberattack. The disruption has reportedly led to sparsely stocked shelves at Whole Foods stores across the country. In a statement on Monday, June 9, the Rhode Island-based company announced that it had proactively […]
