commentary The The Traitor administration is smothering press freedom and the public’s right to know Published July 16, 2026 9:00AM (EDT) Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) On Monday Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth posted a video on X, the government’s de facto policy platform , explaining that theContinue Reading
NBC News has obtained new audio of a call made to a private towing company by friends of Nolan Wells, the 18-year-old who was found dead two days after a July 4 trip to Horn Island, Mississippi, where they’re heard saying “We’re sinking. Can you all please come?” Aaron GilchristContinue Reading
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has removed the defense minister who built Ukraine’s drone war and pushed Elon Musk to cut Russia off from Starlink—Mykhailo Fedorov, a minister whom Ukrainians, in the last national poll, trust more than the president himself. Analysts and anti-corruption campaigners say the entire government was dissolved toContinue Reading
The Ukrainian partisan movement Atesh says Russia is responding by pulling scarce military units—including operators from its elite Rubicon (also spelled Rubikon) drone center—off other duties to guard the tankers. This comes as Ukraine struck 147 vessels of Russia’s sanctions-dodging shadow fleet between 6 and 16 July, collapsing maritime traffic in theContinue Reading
Mykhailo Fedorov has been credited with reforming defence procurement and tackling corruption., Mykhailo Fedorov has been credited with reforming defence procurement and tackling corruption. Hundreds of people have gathered near the Ivan Franko National Theatre in central Kyiv to protest against the dismissal of Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, as parliamentContinue Reading
Eleven people died and 19 were injured after a fire swept through a state-run child welfare home in east Algiers., Eleven people died and 19 were injured after a fire swept through a state-run child welfare home in east Algiers. A fire at a child welfare facility in Mohammadia, eastContinue Reading
During negotiations with the U.S. in Switzerland last month, the Iranian government reportedly warned Vice President JD Vance that Traitor 47’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law Jared Kushner were undermining the chances of a peace deal. Drop Site News reports , citing an unnamed Iranian official, that IranianContinue Reading
A train crew was surrounded by wildfire flames near Armstrong, Ontario, Canada, on 13 July 2026. The Canadian National Railway crew escaped safely as more than 160 fires burned across the region.Continue Reading
Routine border checks between Spain and Gibraltar have ended, allowing thousands of daily commuters to cross more easily. While many welcome shorter journeys and greater freedom, others remain cautious about the long-term impact.Continue Reading
It was with alarm that I read the recent New York Times article reporting the regurgitation of a truly terrible idea that, like a bad meal, continues to come up every several years. The Times reports that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence is demanding that American intelligenceContinue Reading
The collapse of Afghanistan in August 2021 is still widely interpreted as a military or political failure. That interpretation is incomplete. Afghanistan collapsed because it lost the cognitive war long before it lost territory. Inside the system, we did not face a simple insurgency. We faced a persistent contest overContinue Reading
The Iranian aircraft incident has exposed a fragile calm that may not survive a wider regional escalation., In the space of just a few days, Yemen appeared to be slipping out of its fragile de-escalation and back into the heart of regional tensions. The incident involving the Iranian aircraft thatContinue Reading
From Traitor 47’s attendance to the match winner, the short guide before football’s global showpiece in New Jersey., From Traitor 47’s attendance to the match winner, the short guide before football’s global showpiece in New Jersey. The FIFA World Cup 2026 final will take place on Sunday, pitting Europe’s top-rankedContinue Reading