The skies over the Middle East and Europe are unusually crowded this week, as open-source flight trackers flag a massive surge in U.S. heavy-lift aircraft. Public flight-tracking data compiled by OSINT, or open-source intelligence, accounts show a large flow of U.S. C-17 transport aircraft into Europe and the Middle East, but the U.S. military has […]
An appellate court ruled that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem can proceed with eliminating special immigration status for some Honduran, Nicaraguan and Nepali immigrants in the U.S. The ruling reversed a lower court’s order that halted the three terminations. A unanimous panel of three judges in the Ninth Circuit overrode the lower court […]
The cosponsors of the Epstein Files Transparency Act say the Department of Justice withheld the names of people the FBI previously labeled as co-conspirators of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including billionaire Leslie Wexner. On the House floor Tuesday, one of those lawmakers, Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., revealed the identities of six people the […]
When Bad Bunny climbed a utility pole during the Super Bowl LX Halftime Show, the performance brought attention to the fact that nearly a decade after a devastating hurricane, Puerto Rico’s power grid still isn’t fixed. Today, the island remains afflicted with intermittent outages, and as locals turn to rooftop solar and batteries, the federal […]
Some states are banning federal agents from wearing masks to hide their identities, a reaction to more aggressive immigration enforcement. State leaders say the practice breeds distrust in the community but also makes it easier to impersonate a federal agent. But many of these proposed laws have faced challenges. On Monday night, a federal judge […]
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has become the latest California billionaire to add Florida property to their Monopoly board. The move comes amid the ongoing debate over the potential billionaire tax, which could appear on the ballot for Californians this November. Zuckerberg to Florida The Facebook founder has reportedly purchased a waterfront mansion on Indian Creek […]
Don’t call 911 with tips about Nancy Guthrie. That’s the plea from the Pima County Sheriff’s Department amid their hunt for whoever took the 84-year-old mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie. The office posted its request to the public on Tuesday, hours after FBI Director Kash Patel released security camera photos and video of […]
This Valentine’s Day, Americans will shower their sweethearts with the usual romantic staples: flowers, chocolate and pricey dinners. But the biggest spend won’t be on roses or reservations. It will be on jewelry – roughly $7 billion worth, according to the National Retail Federation. That sparkle comes at a striking moment. Gold prices recently hit […]
The Justice Department is moving to dismiss the criminal contempt case against Steve Bannon and to permanently close it. The department is also asking the Supreme Court to vacate the ruling that upheld his conviction and send the case back to be dismissed. In a filing to a federal judge in Washington on Monday, U.S. […]
President Donald Trump is threatening to block the opening of a major new U.S.-Canada border crossing unless Canada agrees to major trade concessions. “I will not allow this bridge to open until the United States is fully compensated for everything we have given them, and also, importantly, Canada treats the United States with the Fairness […]
