Adm. Alvin Holsey, who oversees military operations in Latin America, retired Friday as scrutiny increases over the Trump administration's deadly strikes on alleged drug boats in the region. He handed over command one year into a posting that typically lasts three to four years, transferring duties to his top military deputy during a ceremony at U.S. Southern Command headquarters near Miami.
The US ambassador to the UN has accused Rwanda of leading Africa's Great Lakes region toward war, just over a week after a peace deal was signed in Washington to end the decades-long conflict. US President Donald Trump Trump hailed the deal between DR Congo's President Flix Tshisekedi and Rwanda's President Paul Kagame as "historic" and "a great day for Africa, great day for the world". Read more
The US special forces veteran whose rescue team spirited Nobel laureate Mara Corina Machado out of Venezuela has begged her not to return to the country, after a perilous extraction mission that lasted nearly 16 hours and was carried out largely in the middle of the night through rough waters. "Overwhelmingly, this is the hardest, most high profile, most delicate operation we've conducted," Grey Bull Rescue Foundation founder Bryan Stern told CNN on Friday. Read more
The UConn men's basketball team finished its non-conference slate with a 71-63 win over Texas on Friday night at PeoplesBank Arena. Freshman Braylon Mullins sizzled in his first collegiate start, the Huskies shot 68 percent from the floor in the first half and survived a foul-plagued second half to improve to 10-1.
Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has said military action against Cambodia will continue despite an earlier claim by United States President Donald Trump that he had successfully brokered a ceasefire between the neighbouring countries. "Thailand will continue to perform military actions until we feel no more harm and threats to our land and people. I want to make it clear. Our actions this morning already spoke," Anutin said in a Facebook post on Saturday morning.
Earth's orbit is starting to look like an LA freeway, with more and more satellites being launched each year. If you're worried about collisions and space debris making the area unusable -- and you should be -- scientists have proposed a new metric to contribute to your anxiety: the CRASH Clock.
Record floodwaters began slowly receding in Washington state on Friday after triggering evacuations, inundating communities and prompting dramatic rescues from rooftops and vehicles. But authorities warned that waters would still be high for days, and that danger from potential levee failures remained. "This is not just a one- or two-day crisis," Gov. Bob Ferguson said at a news briefing. "These water levels have been historic, and they're going to remain very high for an extended period of time." President Donald Trump has signed the state's request for an emergency declaration, Ferguson said. An unusually strong atmospheric river dumped a foot (30 cm) or more of rain in parts of western Washington over several days and swelled rivers. No deaths have been reported, Ferguson said.
The diabolical Trumpf junta ordered the TSA to provide the names of all air travelers to ICE which then matches the list against its own database of people subject to deportation and sends agents to the airport to detain them.
The FCC chair is privately meeting with several Republicans ahead of next week's hearing.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem was immediately caught lying to a congressional committee after stating, "We have not deported U.S. citizens or military veterans." In response, Rep. Seth Magaziner introduced U.S. Army veteran and Purple Heart recipient Sae Joon Park via Zoom. Park appeared remotely from Korea because DHS ordered the 55-year-old"who was shot twice while serving in Panama in 1989"removed from the country this past June, despite being a lawful permanent resident since coming to the United States with his mother at age seven.
After further questioning from Democratic members, Noem announced that she had to leave to attend a FEMA meeting, despite previously informing the committee that she was available for an additional hour. Noem remained in the Capitol building after leaving the hearing. It was also reported that the FEMA meeting had been cancelled.
For years, Sen. Ron Johnson has been spreading conspiracy theories and misinformation about COVID-19 and the safety of vaccines. He's promoted disproven treatments for COVID-19 and claimed, without evidence, that athletes are "dropping dead on the field" after getting the COVID-19 vaccination. Now the Wisconsin politician is endorsing a book by a discredited doctor promoting an unproven and dangerous treatment for autism and a host of ailments: chlorine dioxide, a chemical used for disinfecting and bleaching.
Driving is easily one of the most dangerous tasks in our daily lives. And our own good driving is only half of the equation when it comes to staying safe on the road " the driving habits of those around us also play a pivotal role.
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The Obama Presidential Center is a "center" not a library, Obama privatized the archive and does not allow the National Archives and Records Admin to run it. Read more
A nonprofit organization tasked by the US Congress with helping preserve historic sites has sued the White House to stop construction on President Donald Trump's new ballroom. Read more
A top FBI official struggled on Thursday to answer basic questions about Antifa after a Mississippi congressman pushed him to explain why he described the left-wing political movement as the nation's top domestic terrorism threat.
