For the first time, the United States has stationed combat aircraft in Israel for a possible wartime mission against Iran. The Wall Street Journal reports that advanced F-22 Raptor stealth fighters arrived at an Israeli air base this week. Twelve F-22s reportedly landed Tuesday, adding to U.S. forces assembling in the region. The Journal said […]
The White House confirmed that two Americans were involved in the shooting with Cuban forces along the country’s coast on Wednesday, USA Today reports. They have also confirmed the U.S.-registered speedboat used in the shooting was stolen. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the shooting “highly unusual,” especially given recent heightened tensions between the Trump […]
Netflix announced on Thursday that it declined to raise its bid for Warner Bros. Discovery to match Paramount Skydance’s. The streaming giant explained in a statement that “at the price required to match Paramount Skydance’s latest offer, the deal is no longer financially attractive.” Earlier in the day, WBD’s Board of Directors said it determined […]
In the wake of January’s massive Winter Storm Fern, which knocked out power for 1 million U.S. households, the national power grid is at maximum strain. And lineworkers — the energy utility workers tasked with fixing power poles and electric systems — are feeling the pressure as a depleted force tackles a surge in demand. […]
Dr. Casey Means faced pointed questioning Wednesday over vaccines, birth control, financial conflicts and her qualifications to serve as surgeon general. The Senate Health Committee will now decide whether to send her nomination to the full Senate. Means, a Stanford-trained physician and wellness entrepreneur aligned with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was repeatedly pressed […]
Hillary Clinton is testifying Thursday in a closed-door deposition before the House Oversight Committee. Former President Bill Clinton will appear Friday. The sessions are taking place in Chappaqua, New York, near the Clintons’ home, after months of negotiations between their attorneys and committee leaders. Lawmakers voted last July to subpoena both as part of Congress’s […]
Cuban officials say armed men aboard a Florida-based speedboat opened fire in Cuban waters, killing four. The U.S. says it’s investigating and confirms it wasn’t a government operation. Plus, the FBI director has dismissed agents tied to the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case. Why now, and what this says about the bureau’s direction under President Donald […]
Between April 1 and Oct. 12 last year, a man in Suffolk, Virginia, allegedly destroyed 13 AI-powered license plate reader cameras built by the surveillance company Flock Safety. Jeffrey Scott Sovern, 41, who was arrested and later released on Oct. 17, doesn’t admit to vandalizing the surveillance cameras that have stirred controversy around the country. […]
A federal judge has ruled a Trump administration policy that allows the Department of Homeland Security to deport migrants to “third countries” that are not their own, without first giving them notice or the opportunity to challenge the order, is unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy in Massachusetts ruled in favor of a group of noncitizens […]
The FBI has terminated at least 10 employees — including a half-dozen special agents — who were involved in the federal investigation into President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents. The dismissals occurred shortly after FBI Director Kash Patel announced that federal prosecutors had obtained his phone records and those of White House Chief of […]
