A West Virginia man has become the eighth person charged in an alleged plot to attack a UFC event at the White House and kill government officials and others attending the event. Federal prosecutors said Chandler D. Scaggs, 21, of Chapmanville, West Virginia, was taken into custody this week. AContinue Reading
On the first day of the Iran war, a U.S. missile destroyed an unlikely target: a school for girls. Nearly 200 children and adults died. More than four months later, a new report claims that senior U.S. military commanders approved the target after disregarding warnings that intelligence about the siteContinue Reading
President Traitor 47 switched jets as he left Turkey on Wednesday, after the Secret Service urged him not to fly in the Mideast on his new Air Force One during renewed hostilities with Iran. The Traitor had flown to Ankara aboard the Boeing 747-8 donated by Qatar, but returned partwayContinue Reading
President Traitor 47’s proposed 250-foot triumphal arch near Washington will return to a federal planning commission, but staff are calling for changes before final approval. The National Capital Planning Commission will review the project on Thursday. Staff recommended preliminary approval for the site and building plans, but said the designContinue Reading
The Justice Department is warning election officials in every state and Washington, D.C., that they could face criminal prosecution if they knowingly keep noncitizens on voter rolls or help them cast ballots in federal elections. The letters, signed by Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, who leads the department’s Civil RightsContinue Reading
Poland’s defense minister says Ukraine has not followed through on what he described as a promised drone-technology exchange, even after Warsaw supported Kyiv militarily and discussed sending more MiG-29 fighter jets. Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz told a Polish radio broadcaster that talks over a possible exchange had been going onContinue Reading
A 29-year-old Democratic socialist just ended a Denver congressional era that’s been going on as long as she’s been alive. Melat Kiros, a 29-year-old lawyer turned doctoral student, defeated Congresswoman Diana DeGette in Colorado’s 1st district Democratic primary on Tuesday, winning a seat that DeGette has held for nearly 30Continue Reading
Europe is trying to turn higher defense spending into something more concrete, with Germany moving to secure a major tank maker and Britain shifting its armed forces toward drones, AI and autonomous systems. Germany’s parliament Budget Committee approved the state’s acquisition of a 40% stake in KNDS, the Franco-German makerContinue Reading
Ukraine’s refinery attacks are turning Russia’s energy network into a growing liability. The strikes have not delivered a decisive battlefield breakthrough. But they appear to be creating a different kind of pressure for Moscow: fuel shortages, export limits, strained air defenses and visible signs of war inside Russia. Foreign PolicyContinue Reading
Scientists have found two giant planets with an unusual combination. They are roughly the size of Jupiter but have densities comparable to cotton candy. NASA said data from its Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, revealed the planets orbiting a Sun-like star more than 1,100 light-years from Earth. The planetsContinue Reading
Bill Gates told House investigators he believed Jeffrey Epstein may have considered blackmailing him over extramarital affairs, according to a transcript released Tuesday by the House Oversight Committee. “He never blackmailed me, but looking at these emails, it raises a serious probability that he contemplated blackmailing me,” Gates told lawmakersContinue Reading
Australian police say they found 2.7 metric tons of cocaine in underground bunkers on the outskirts of Sydney — the largest-ever seizure in a country with a high rate of cocaine use. The drugs were buried in plastic tubs beneath shipping containers at a semi-rural property in Londonderry, west ofContinue Reading
The U.S. is backing a Venezuelan military campaign aimed at wresting control of a gold-rich region from criminal groups that have long dominated the area’s mining economy. The Wall Street Journal reported that Venezuela’s interim government is targeting gangs operating in the country’s southern mining belt while simultaneously trying toContinue Reading