Sailors on the USS Abraham Lincoln, which recently docked in Thailand after being kept at sea for more than 250 days, described their deployment in dire terms, MS NOW Pentagon correspondent Priya Sridhar said Wednesday. read more
Global temperature rise is set to push past 1.5 degrees Celcius, or 34.7 degrees Fahrenheit, over pre-industrial temperatures within the next few years, according to a new United Nations report. read more
A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to identify the people who came up with the structure for the nearly $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization fund" that Attorney General Todd Blanche has said is now "dead." read more
An Amazon-branded cargo plane crashed just outside Miami International Airport on Sunday afternoon. The Boeing 767-300 cargo aircraft overran the runway around 2 p.m. ET while it was landing, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
A federal judge appointed by President Donald Trump told residents of Jackson, Mississippi on Friday they have no right to water untainted by lead, according to a new report. Kurt Engelhardt, a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals judge, affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit against their city, accused of knowingly allowing residents drink the contaminated water for six months in 2015, Mother Jones reported Saturday. read more
Joan Birman thought her major discoveries were behind her. Then came an email from a young neighbor -- a girl who knew little but wanted to learn.
[A]llegations have surfaced about Ryan Fournier, a rising star in MAGA circles, accused of violently assaulting his girlfriend. According to a Friday article by The Daily Mail, Fournier allegedly began punching his girlfriend when she tried to wake him up after a night of drinking in May. However, the accusations come as he's already jailed in Washington, D.C., without bond for felony charges, according to The Daily Mail. Fournier is the co-founder of Students for Trump, which has 350 chapters across the country. read more
US forces struck three Iranian crude oil tankers on Saturday after Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched ballistic missiles toward two US Navy warships in regional waters, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement. CENTCOM said a US aircraft carrier and a guided-missile destroyer evaded multiple Iranian attacks and that no American personnel were harmed. In response, US forces "permanently disabled" the crude oil carriers M/T Downy off Iran's Kharg Island and M/T Stark 1 near Jask, according to the statement. read more
"I think that people need to recognize that when the founders created the Constitution, they expected that Congress diligently would work to control a president who was either not up to the task or, in this case, evil. They didn't really draft the Constitution with the expectation that an informed electorate would elect somebody like Trump, a malignant narcissist, convicted felon, rapist, and somebody who was really out to feather his own nest and pursue all these vanity projects." -- former Trump attorney Ty Cobb
A squadron of police officers was conferring with animal control in the middle of the road. Seeking to avoid an encounter with a rabid raccoon or a foaming pit bull, I spotted a neighbor standing in his driveway and asked if he knew what was going on. "There's a gator in my yard," he replied.
In a mother lode opinion coming after years of litigation, the Ninth Circuit denied Idaho's bid to cloak its new court filings in darkness and gave powerful backing to the free discussion of government affairs. read more
Argentina's President, Javier Milei, has heightened tensions with the UK over the Falklands, warning he will impose economic sanctions on firms which exploit oil close to the British overseas territory. read more
Federal prosecutors have charged a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer with lying to investigators ... read more
Americans' perceptions of government corruption in the U.S. are at their highest level in 20 years, with 89% of U.S. adults saying it is widespread. read more
U.S. government investigators have put roughly 50 Joint Staff members to polygraph tests in the Pentagon's hunt for leaks to journalists, The New York Times reported on Friday. read more
Not long ago, I rented an SUV from a well-known car rental company. Within hours of an employee scanning my driver's license, a high-resolution scan of my ID was available for sale on the dark web. read more
