The US launched preemptive strikes against Iran after learning Israel was about to attack " and American troops in the region faced an imminent threat of retaliation, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday. Rubio made the revelation on Capitol Hill, where he briefed a small group of congressional leaders on the joint US-Israel offensive. 'There absolutely was an imminent threat,' Rubio stated. 'And the imminent threat was that we knew that if Iran was attacked, and we believed they would be attacked, that they would immediately come after us, and we were not going to sit there and absorb a blow before we responded.' read more
Three U.S. service members have been killed in action and five others were seriously wounded, the U.S. military said in a statement Sunday. read more
Pro-Trump activists who say they are in coordination with the White House are circulating a 17-page draft executive order that claims China interfered in the 2020 election as a basis to declare a national emergency that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting. read more
Officials suspect bird flu killed more than 1,100 wild birds, mostly Canada geese Hundreds of geese have reportedly died in New Jersey, and bird flu is suspected to be the culprit. read more
After pulling out of the World Health Organization, the Trump administration is proposing spending $2 billion a year to replicate the global disease surveillance and outbreak functions the United States once helped build and accessed at a fraction of the cost, according to three administration officials briefed on the proposal. read more
US marines probably dd the killing