Officers for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will be equipped with much-delayed body cameras by the end of next month, it was reported on Friday. read more
David A. Graham: The House speaker doesn't want to get involved in the Max Miller scandal - or anything else that might seem like part of his basic duties as a leader. read more
New Mexico filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Justice and acting attorney general, Todd Blanche, on Wednesday for "stonewalling" its criminal investigation into the activities of the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein at a remote ranch in the state. read more
Although the United States has been the world's preeminent military power for decades, it apparently cannot fight a regional power such as Iran for more than a few months before experiencing an armaments crisis. Since hostilities with Tehran began on February 28, the U.S. has reportedly used up two-thirds of its Patriot missile interceptors, more than a third of its Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptors, and a third or more of its prewar stock of Tomahawk cruise missiles. The rate of consumption is all the more striking because a shaky cease-fire had halted most fighting for months. Based on recent production patterns, replenishing the supply of weaponry will take several years. read more
US president tells reporters during Camp David cabinet meeting technology 'a hard thing to give away' read more
Our firefighter son took one look at info on the robotic beast and said, "I'll take five!"
The bomb disposal reference I made above was to the Wheelbarrow robot that saw extensive use in Northern Ireland - en.wikipedia.org(robot) - eyes and tools on wheels. Its use doesn't remove the human element, but it does mitigate against their injury or destruction.
Not since a venerated ancestor fled a European military draft, establishing himself as a Klondike cathouse operator during the Alaskan gold rush, has a Trump served in the American armed forces.
His war? Not his problem.
The troops? Props.
For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' Chuck him out, the brute!"
But it's "Saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot ...