The Pentagon could soon send more firepower toward the Middle East as the White House balances a major military build-up with high-stakes diplomacy. The Wall Street Journal reports that a second aircraft carrier strike group has been told to prepare for deployment to the region. If approved, the second carrier — one option officials cited […]
One Republican joined Democrats on Thursday in pushing for answers from immigration officials regarding the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents during a protest in Minneapolis. On Thursday, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs held a hearing with three top immigration officials in the Trump administration. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., […]
In the Texas border city of Edinburg, scientists are getting ready to release millions of invasive, flesh-eating flies into the wild. While the thought of the U.S. government releasing parasitic flies into the wild resembles a horror movie plot, they’re doing it to help protect people. The U.S. Department of Agriculture unveiled a new facility […]
A small village in Illinois is suing a major bank over allegedly improper spending by the village’s former mayor. The town of Dolton, which is about 30 minutes south of Chicago, said the bank should have prevented former Mayor Tiffany Henyard from improperly spending nearly $2 million in taxpayer dollars. Lawsuit filed The Village of […]
The social media platform X appears to have stripped numerous Iranian officials of their blue check marks following questions regarding possible violations of U.S. sanctions against the Islamic republic. In a report released Thursday, the Tech Transparency Project said that more than two dozen accounts belonging to Iranian officials, government agencies and state-controlled media outlets […]
Attorney General Pam Bondi confronted sharp bipartisan criticism Wednesday over the Justice Department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files. The five-hour House Judiciary Committee hearing devolved into repeated shouting matches as Bondi rejected demands for direct answers and declined to apologize for redaction failures that exposed victims’ names. Democrats centered their questioning on the department’s […]
NATO is reorganizing its Arctic footprint by launching a new command structure, Arctic Sentry. It comes as the Arctic sees an uptick in threats from Russia and China. “What we are assessing is that there is a real threat,” NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said. “There is every need to make sure that we protect this […]
Attorney General Pam Bondi faced a combative House hearing over the Justice Department’s handling of the Epstein files. Lawmakers pressed her on redactions and indictments, and the exchanges turned personal. Plus, police say an 18-year-old killed six people after opening fire at a secondary school in British Columbia. Now we’re learning what she did at […]
A Ukrainian Olympic athlete was disqualified from competing on Thursday after Olympic officials ruled his helmet violated political speech rules. Vladyslav Heraskevych, a skeleton athlete, planned to wear a helmet honoring Ukrainians killed in the war with Russia. The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation disqualified him the morning of the event after determining the design […]
The Trump administration is concluding Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota following weeks of widespread protests over aggressive immigration enforcement in the region. Border Czar Tom Homan announced the move Thursday, saying immigration efforts have yielded the results he and the administration hoped for. “I have proposed, and President Trump has concurred, that this search operation […]
