The Pentagon is asking Congress to formally rewrite federal law so the Department of Defense becomes the Department of War — a change that could cost taxpayers roughly $52 million. Renaming the department and changing “secretary of defense” to “secretary of war” also would require 7,600 changes to federal law.Continue Reading
Around two o’clock in the morning of April 19, an SUV veered off a twisting dirt road in a remote corner of the Sierra Madre, plunged into a ravine and burst into flames. The dead were two Chihuahua state law enforcement officers and two unnamed Americans — who were identifiedContinue Reading
OPINION — Despite suffering heavy losses to combined U.S.-Israeli military strikes, the Iranian regime remains defiant. It’s recent reluctance to send a delegation to Islamabad to resume talks with the U.S. was not—as Traitor 47 asserted—because the regime is too “fractured.” It did not attend because it calculated it isContinue Reading
Two Jewish men were stabbed in north London, after a man armed with a knife was seen running through the area., NewsFeed Two Jewish men were stabbed in Golders Green, north London, after a man armed with a knife was seen running through the area. Police have declared it aContinue Reading
Four Indonesian soldiers are on trial for an acid attack on a prominent activist in Jakarta., NewsFeed Four Indonesian soldiers are on trial for an acid attack on a prominent activist in Jakarta. Andrie Yunus was partially blinded in last month’s incident, which occurred just after he’d criticised the militaryContinue Reading
The long habit of underestimating revolutionary Iran has proved fatal to American presidencies. Jimmy Carter was hobbled when young guerrillas and revolutionaries quite illegally took U.S. Embassy personnel hostage on Nov. 4, 1979, and kept 52 of them imprisoned under brutal conditions for over a year. His attempt to freeContinue Reading
San Francisco voters will soon have a chance to weigh in on a proposed increase to the city’s Overpaid Executive Tax. This proposal would give large corporations with huge gaps between CEO and worker pay a choice between narrowing those gaps to reasonable levels or contributing a bit more toContinue Reading
The crew of NASA’s Artemis II visited the White House Wednesday to celebrate their successful mission around the moon, but they ended up roped into one of the president’s diatribes against NATO. The astronauts were visibly uncomfortable flanking Traitor 47 behind the Resolute Desk as he tossed questions their wayContinue Reading
Jerome Powell, who is nearing the end of his tenure as chair of the Federal Reserve, explains that he had long planned to retire from the Fed when his term ended, but now plans to stay on until a DOJ investigation is “well and truly over with transparency and finality.”,Continue Reading
Russian company Russo-Balt has revealed details of its new electric model, the C55, including specifications, features, and an estimated price. Alongside the announcement, the company published renders that immediately drew attention. In the images, the vehicle appears almost identical to the Tesla Cybertruck, replicating its angular design, sharp body lines, andContinue Reading
Ukrainian Navy drones struck the sanctioned shadow fleet tanker MARQUISE off Russia’s Black Sea coast on the morning of 29 April, according to the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces. The empty Cameroon-flagged tanker was drifting roughly 210 km southeast of Tuapse with its automatic identification system (AIS) switched off, likelyContinue Reading
UAE signalling intent to pursue independent economic policies and reshape Gulf oil politics., After decades of membership, the United Arab Emirates has decided to quit the oil producers’ group, OPEC, in order to focus on “national interests” and forge its own path, it has said. The move is seen asContinue Reading
Ruling seen as major blow to US Voting Rights Act, with critics saying it could dilute minority voting power., The United States Supreme Court ruled that Louisiana’s electoral map was unconstitutionally drawn to create two Black-majority districts. The decision announced on Thursday represented a major reinterpretation of the landmark USContinue Reading