Eight Marines Injured With Smoke Inhalation and Possible TBIs in Previously Unreported Iranian Attack The attack took place on Sept. 14 and left the Marines with symptoms of concussions including headaches, anonymous officials said. Read more
A decade ago, nearly half of new cars hitting Canadian roads were built in America, but after months of restrictive U.S. tariffs, the number of Big Three autos purchased from America's northern neighbor have dropped precipitously.
A Florida teenager who admitted to killing his mother and her partner has been sentenced to prison after accepting a plea deal that allows for parole after 25 years. Read more
Food banks have two fundamental, destabilizing problems that are getting worse: The food is getting more expensive The diesel to deliver the food is getting more expensive With just a few weeks remaining until a highly-anticipated midterm election, the cost crisis is worse than some elected leaders " including President Trump " are acknowledging. A week of interviews and food pantry visits by Scott MacFarlane Reports reveals the depths of the problem. Some of the reality is masked by Trump's claims that the economy is the greatest in history, in the "hottest country in the world." A newly-released study called the "Hunger Report", produced by a Washington, D.C.-based food bank group had an alarming diagnosis: "The state of food security more broadly is deteriorating."
A loyal supporter of President Donald Trump has been convicted on nine counts of election fraud, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Monday. Gaea Powell, a Moms for Liberty activist, ran for a county clerk-recorder spot in a small California town, promising that she could improve "election integrity." As the Chronicle reported, "it turns out this conservative candidate wasn't following election laws herself." A county jury found Powell guilty of nine felony counts, including lying about her residence, unlawfully registering to vote and fraudulently voting.
President Donald Trump was heckled with a profane accusation as he stepped out at a golf tournament in a live broadcast. The 80-year-old president appeared at the Presidents Cup in Medinah, Illinois, a suburb northwest of Chicago, on Sunday, his second major sporting event in as many days after attending a college football game Saturday in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he was loudly booed. As he and PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp posed next to the Presidents Cup trophy, a man could be heard shouting, "You're a f---ing pedophile, Donald!"
The run-up to the midterm elections is turning into a food fight " literally. The summer was marred by a massive foodborne outbreak that sickened scores of people and and the recall of tens of thousands of pounds of imported meat, turning the safety of the U.S. food supply into a topic of national conversation and a political cause. Late-night talk show hosts joked about symptoms that included explosive diarrhea. As a precaution, chain restaurants such as Chipotle and Taco Bell yanked lettuce, jalapeos, and other suspected products from menus. Some food safety scientists blamed the outbreaks on federal cuts to public health. These dynamics collectively have raised questions about whether it's safe to order a salad or burger.
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Several years ago, political strategist Rick Scott wrote that "everything Dummkopf Trumpf touches dies." This strange cosmological phenomenon continues plaquing those that the deeply unpopular and troubled POTUS comes in contact with, including the rebuilding New York Giants football team who pinned their future on new head coach John Harbaugh and rising superstar rookie QB Jaxon Dart.
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Pablo Torre is working with Mother Jones on a story about Life Surge, a Christian-based company that sells business classes. Tim Tebow, the former star college football quarterback, is one of the main celebrities who speaks at Life Surge seminars. While the company has high marks on Google reviews, other search results paint a different picture. There are Reddit threads and Facebook groups asking what's going on with the company and people people have filed complaints with the Federal Trade Commission and Better Business Bureau. Read more
More than three years after the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, a member of the field response team is coming forward with allegations of contamination data being buried. Testers were told they'd better come back with good results, and residents were falsely assured the air was safe, according to a sworn affidavit obtained by NewsNation.
American service members were seen on their hands and knees smoothing the red carpet for Chinese President Xi Jinping's arrival in Washington on Wednesday. Jinping, 73, exited his plane alongside First Lady Peng Liyuan to greet President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump"but not before a 100-foot-long red carpet was rolled out. Why Trump, who has raged against communism, chose to break precedent with Jinping is not clear. He will host a State Dinner for Jinping at the White House on Thursday"an occasion which he seems eager about.
The Pentagon is investigating how parts of the nation's most advanced fighter jet ended up in Hong Kong, with a news outlet reporting Wednesday that China has obtained the F-35 equipment. The F-35 Joint Program Office said in a statement that it and the Defense Department are aware of "a shipment issue" with F-35 components. "We are actively working with U.S. authorities and industry partners to retrieve these components, investigate the incident, and place safeguards to avoid a future occurrence," the office said.
President Donald Trump is accusing Democrats of being behind the 2024 attempt to assassinate him in Butler, Pennsylvania. In a social media post Tuesday, Trump called it a "Democrat plot." He also called out former President Joe Biden and accused former FBI director Christopher Wray of mishandling the investigation. Read more
UNITED NATIONS (AP) " Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged the world's leaders Wednesday to keep choking Russia's revenues and impede its war efforts, telling the U.N. General Assembly that "Russia's revenues must remain a target."
"When someone gives Russia more money through trade, they give this war more time. And that is exactly why we insist on limiting trade with the aggressor, and why we are burning Russia's revenues ourselves," he said, speaking in English at the U.N. General Assembly.
The Trump administration is preparing a plan to ban exports of diesel for 90 days, despite splits inside the administration and with the oil industry, in a bid to bring down energy prices weighing on Republicans leading into the midterms, five people familiar with the discussions said Wednesday. A ban, the legal process of which is still being worked out, has been opposed by U.S. fuel producers who have warned that any short-term benefit would be outweighed by higher fuel prices in the future. Any halt to shipments would be the first restriction on U.S. energy exports since the Obama administration lifted a decades-old ban on oil exports in 2015. Read more
