(Headline USA) Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ousted the Army’s top uniformed officer and two other generals, the Pentagon said Thursday without giving a reason for the departures while the United States is waging a war against Iran.
Gen. Randy George “will be retiring from his position as the 41st...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) The U.S. Treasury says the national debt is roughly $39 trillion, but a nonpartisan accounting group estimates that the true number is $170.3 trillion.
Unlike the Treasury’s calculations, Truth in Accounting included all of the federal government’s unfunded obligations in its debt assessment, including unfunded...
(Madeline Shannon, The Center Square) The FBI made multiple arrests Thursday in Los Angeles County in connection with allegations over a total of $60 million in hospice-related Medicaid fraud.
First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli announced the arrests for Operation Never Say Die during a news conference.
"Federal agents from multiple...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump is expected to unveil his request for a $1.5 trillion military budget for the 2027 fiscal year on Friday, Reuters has reported, marking a 50% increase from this year’s already massive budget.
The 2026 military budget marked the first to officially exceed $1 trillion,...
(Chris Woodward, The Center Square) California Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced a public safety milestone: 37,000 pounds of fentanyl have been seized since 2021.
That includes 54 million lethal fentanyl pills worth more than $500 million.
Newsom’s office said the fentanyl was taken before it reached California communities.
“While others chase headlines...
(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) Just over a month after Operation Epic Fury began, President Donald Trump Wednesday proclaimed U.S. strikes on Iran are nearing completion, while telling allies to step up defense of the Strait of Hormuz, a critical oil and gas passageway.
During a nearly 20-minute address from...
(Headline USA) Stocks are dropping and oil prices are soaring after President Donald Trump vowed the U.S. will continue to attack Iran and failed to offer a clear timetable for ending the conflict in the Middle East. The S&P 500 fell 1.2% and the Dow sank 600 points and...
(Headline USA) Four astronauts embarked on a high-stakes flight around the moon Wednesday, humanity’s first lunar voyage in more than half a century and the thrilling leadoff in NASA’s push toward a landing in two years.
Carrying three Americans and one Canadian, the 32-story rocket rose from NASA’s Kennedy Space...
(José Niño, Headline USA) The Trump administration terminated three social media accounts that recently retired Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino had converted to his personal brand and declined to relinquish despite them being government property, the Washington Examiner reported.
Facebook, Instagram, and X accounts tied to the Border Patrol's El...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Embattled Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., who has long demanded that President Donald Trump release the Epstein files, now faces scrutiny as the FBI prepares to release documents tied to its investigation into his alleged ties to a Chinese intelligence operative.
The scrutiny comes after Swalwell demanded Monday...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Bryon Noem, the husband of former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, has been revealed as a secret crossdresser who wore fake breasts and pink shorts while paying adult performers for explicit conversations, The Daily Mail reported.
As his wife oversaw critical national security matters at DHS,...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., appears to be trying once again to cozy up to Joe Biden, her former ally and the embattled former president, by publicly praising him and comparing him to Lyndon B. Johnson.
Pelosi made the comparison during a softball interview with left-leaning...