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(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) Maine Democrats on Saturday officially declared socialist Troy Jackson their U.S. Senate nominee after ousting duly-selected candidate Graham Platner two weeks earlier. But according to some, Jackson may be ineligible, opening a potential pathway for challengers like social-media sensation Ashley Webb, a transgender candidate who went...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The cash crunch at the Democratic National Committee is so bad that DNC officials are begging their vendors to not to send bills until after the midterm elections, according to the New York Times. “The bookkeeping maneuver, which was described by three people briefed on it,...

(Headline USA) The Seattle Police Department is searching for two men who climbed over the glass wall of the city's iconic Space Needle on Friday, flipped over the edge and parachuted down from the 605-foot structure. The jumpers face trespassing charges, according to a report provided by Public Affairs Officer Brian...

(Headline USA) A suspect in two separate stabbings on New York City streets was arrested Friday on attempted murder and charged with hate crimes relating to both victims, a Jewish man and an Asian man. Raul Morales, 51, allegedly yelled the Arabic phrase “Allahu akbar” while attacking the two men Thursday...

(John Weeks, Antiwar.com) Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, during a Congressional hearing on Tuesday, said a failure to appropriate $1.5 trillion for the Pentagon’s Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27) budget constitutes the “greatest threat” to US national security. Hegseth, joined by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine and...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Donald Trump has also signaled that he may bomb Picakaxe Mountain, known as Kolang Kouh, where US and Israeli officials have claimed there may be underground nuclear activity, claims Iran has denied. Israeli media reported on Wednesday that the US informed Israel that it intends to...

(Headline USA) The Trump administration wants soldiers to consider becoming truck drivers when they leave the military to help replace the tens of thousands of immigrant drivers who lost their licenses in a crackdown this year. A new campaign launched Friday will promote programs that let veterans who recently drove...

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) In a blow to free speech in America, a jury has found a Minnesota mom guilty of disorderly conduct for using a racial slur on camera after a Somali child took her property last year. The jury found the mother, Shiloh Hendrix, guilty on Thursday night after...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) An alleged fraudster who gained national attention after jumping from a fourth-floor window to evade FBI agents has pleaded guilty to health care fraud, several news outlets reported Thursday. Muhammad Abdulqadir Omar pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, according to court filings...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump on Thursday said that the nuclear agreement the US and Saudi Arabia signed on Thursday will only move forward if Saudi Arabia normalizes relations with Israel, a statement that came after backlash from Israeli officials over the deal. Trump also said the deal won’t...

(Headline USA) Laura Loomer, an ardent ally of President Donald Trump with a reputation for incendiary social media commentary, sat down with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday after a dramatic turnaround on the war that could have political reverberations back in Washington. Loomer had spent years minimizing Russia's invasion...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A former Democratic lawmaker in Pennsylvania is facing federal charges after authorities served a search warrant at his residence in connection with an investigation into alleged child sexual abuse material. Jesse White, who served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 2006 to 2014, was charged by criminal...