(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US military said on Thursday that a US F-35 fighter jet was damaged by suspected Iranian fire while operating over Iran and was forced to make an emergency landing.
“The aircraft landed safely, and the pilot is in stable condition,” said Capt. Tim Hawkins, a spokesman...
(Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com) The Department of War says it needs $200 billion in additional funds for the war against Iran. Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth suggested the number could go higher.
According to a senior administration official speaking with The AP, the Department of War submitted the spending request to the...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Sen. Ron Wyden, D-OR, accused Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche of personally intervening to block the Drug Enforcement Administration from releasing documents related to a secret drug trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.
Wyden, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, announced on social media that...
(Chris Wade, The Center Square) New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is moving to strip his predecessor, Eric Adams, of city-funded legal representation to defend him against a sexual harassment lawsuit.
In a court filing Tuesday, the city's Law Department requested to withdraw from representing Adams in a lawsuit alleging...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Hours after Joe Kent announced his resignation as director of the National Counterterrorism Center in protest of the Iran war on Tuesday, senior White House correspondents reported that administration officials were telling a very different story about the departing official.
Jacqui Heinrich, the Senior White House...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Soon-to-be former Rep. Jasmine Crockett broke her silence Monday after one of her top security guards was killed by Dallas police during a chaotic standoff last week.
The guard, Diamon-Mazairre Robinson, was being sought by the Dallas Police Department under a federal arrest warrant on allegations of impersonating a peace officer.
As previously...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump said on Saturday that the US may bomb Iran’s Kharg Island again “for fun” and urged other countries to help the US open the Strait of Hormuz.
The president made the comments a day after the US military struck the Persian Gulf island, where most of...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The man who supplied the Old Dominion shooter with his firearm had previously been caught by the ATF making illegal straw purchases of weapons in 2021—but he went unpunished at the time.
The man charged, Kenya Chapman, reportedly admitted that he stole a .22-caliber firearm from...
(Headline USA) The Justice Department on Friday charged a man who authorities say sold a gun to the Old Dominion University shooter despite the gunman’s previous conviction in a terrorism case.
Kenya Chapman is facing federal charges in connection to the sale of the weapon to Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, a...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, who replaced his slain father as the new supreme leader of Iran, issued his first statement on Thursday, where he said the Strait of Hormuz would remain closed and vowed Iranian attacks on US bases in the region would continue.
“Certainly, the leverage of...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said on Tuesday that the US “seems to be on a path” toward deploying troops to Iran, comments he made after a classified briefing for members of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
“We seem to be on a path toward deploying American troops...
(Liam Hibbert, The Center Square) Gas prices have risen above $5 a gallon in California as the Southwest and the rest of America feel the impact of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.
The average at the Golden State's pumps hit $5.16 a gallon Sunday and increased to $5.20 Monday, according...