The FBI will no longer investigate assault confrontations with ICE agents, according to two people familiar with the directives. According to those sources, FBI special agents in charge of field offices and agents in those field offices were told Thursday that the FBI would no longer investigate cases of assault against a federal officer. Read more
Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said on Monday they were imposing a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, a move that opens a new front against the United States in its war on Iran and widens the threat to global energy supplies and trade beyond the Gulf. Iran had pressed the Houthis to close the Bab el-Mandeb gateway to the Red Sea if the U.S. continued to attack Iranian power infrastructure. In their statement, the Houthis' armed forces said they were declaring "a maritime embargo against the criminal Saudi enemy, based on the equation of an eye for an eye', effective immediately..." They said the decision was in response to what they called "an unjust and oppressive siege" imposed on Yemen by the Saudis.
The White House appears to be shielding China from scrutiny in President Donald Trump's push to get to the bottom of what he has declared an official cover-up of Chinese interference in the 2020 presidential election. While Trump said in his Thursday speech to the nation that he had ordered the FBI, the CIA, the Department of Justice and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to investigate what he calls an official cover-up of China's activities, there's so far been no mention of Beijing as a target of that probe or others. DOJ said in a statement that it's "following through on the president's directive," but declined to comment whether its investigation will extend to Chinese election meddling. The FBI, ODNI and CIA did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
A phallus-shaped iceberg hovered off the coast of Dildo, Newfoundland in Conception Bay before collapsing.
Yemen's Houthi rebels announced they are imposing a maritime embargo against Saudi Arabia in response for a recent attack on Sanaa Airport. The statement did not clarify exactly what that means. This could put pressure on Saudi Arabia, which uses its East-West Pipeline to try to move oil out of the kingdom while the Strait of Hormuz remains closed. Read more
Karolina Urbanov from the Czech Republic set world records in two events. She earned first place in the Women's Underhand Chop, cutting through 11" (27.9 centimeters) of white pine in 21.28 seconds. She also came in first in the Women's Standing Chop, cutting through 9" (22.8 centimeters) of white pine in 19.38 seconds. Meredith Ingbretson of Hayward set a world record in the Women's Boom Run, sprinting across the water and back over eight red cedar logs in 13.78 seconds. Read more
US Small Business Administration head Kelly Loeffler multiplied the value of her investment in Felon Musk's SpaceX after she was nominated for the job, earning millions of dollars from the company's record initial public offering.
Attractive oligarchess was already a billionaire. Ain't life just grand?
Rep. Becca Balint (D-VT) thinks there's something queer about Secretary Pete Hegseth's fixation on masculinity. The congresswoman weighed in on the U.S. military's plans to test male service members' testosterone levels, telling journalist Scott MacFarlane there's something odd about being so obsessed with manliness while villainizing the LGBTQ community at the same time. Read more
The incompetent Trumpf junta is bankrupting the US, making Americans less safe around the world, and getting people killed in the Middle East and the Caribbean.
US Gestapo Gruppenfuhrer Tom Homan brayed on national TV (CBS Face the Nation): "I think no matter what people think of ICE, no matter what you think of immigration law, you should always comply with law enforcement... bottom line is -- we'll see when the investigation plays out -- [the dead victims] would be alive today if they simply complied."
Tom Homan is not a good human being.
Tropical Depression Two has formed in the northeastern Gulf and is expected to bring heavy rain and tropical storm-force gusts to the northern and eastern Gulf Coast in the coming days. Tropical Depression Two is forecast to become a tropical storm tonight or Monday, at which point it will be called Tropical Storm Bertha. Read more
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) unleashed her outrage on Pete Hegseth following the deaths of two U.S. service members. On Saturday, the secretary of defense took to X to repost the news of the military personnel killed and injured on Friday. "Godspeed, heroes," Hegseth, 46, declared. "Their sacrifice only stiffens our resolve." In response, Greene, 52, sent a scathing message of her own. "Sacrifice?? What the f"k are you talking about??" she wrote on X. "They did not willingly sacrifice themselves." Greene " who resigned from Congress in January 2026 and announced she was done supporting the Republican Party " continued: "They were killed because of the war you, Trump and the admin, are waging on behalf of a FOREIGN COUNTRY, Israel."
Between 2007 and 2024, Florida attempted to rebuild the Gulf of Mexico's ecosystem in an unusual way: dumping over 500,000 tons of recycled oyster and clam shells straight back into the water. These shells were gathered from seafood restaurants (quite literally scraped off of plates) as well as seafood plants. So essentially, a massive amount of sinking, rotting garbage was supposedly going to bring the struggling sandy seafloors back to life.
Russian attacks kill 6 in Kyiv and other cities and expose gaps in Ukraine's air defenses
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) " Russia attacked Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities with ballistic missiles, drones and guided bombs Sunday, killing at least six people and wounding dozens, authorities said, again highlighting Ukraine's shortage of U.S.-made Patriot air defense systems.
A Denver woman says she was falsely accused of stealing a package after a Flock camera allegedly linked her to a theft at a home in another Colorado town. Chrisanna Elser said a police officer came to her door with paperwork that purportedly showed she had taken a package from a porch in Bow Mar, Colorado. When she told the officer she had not been in the area at the time, she said he did not believe her.
Iran's improving ability to strike sensitive targets has raised concerns among U.S. officials that the regime may be receiving targeting assistance from China or Russia, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported, as Iran killed two U.S. service members and left a third missing in an attack on a Jordanian air base.
