(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Vice President JD Vance on Thursday attempted to justify the continued US-Israeli war against Iran by implying that Iran could potentially turn a nuclear bomb into a suicide vest, a claim not grounded in reality.
Vance made the claim during a cabinet meeting while discussing military and diplomatic...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Embattled Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison returned thousands of dollars in donations from five individuals tied to the state’s sprawling COVID-19 meal fraud scheme.
Ellison, who told Congress under oath in February that he had not accepted the funds, later refunded the contributions through his 2028 re-election...
(José Niño, Headline USA) A federal judge has ordered Monica Cannon-Grant, the Black Lives Matter activist who once received Boston's highest civic honor, to repay more than $224,000 that she siphoned from her nonprofit organization to fund a lavish personal lifestyle, per a report by The New York Post....
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Lawyers for the man who allegedly threw two Molotov cocktails at pro-Israel demonstrators last June in Boulder, Colorado have disclosed that the Justice Department may seek the death penalty against their client.
The lawyers for the defendant, Mohammed Sabry Soliman, disclosed the information about the death...
(Headline USA) The House Ethics Committee is holding a rare public hearing today at 2 p.m. into alleged ethics violations committed by Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida, pushing into the open a yearslong investigation into how she funded her political rise.
The two-term congresswoman is facing numerous ethics charges, including...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL), chair of the House Armed Services Committee, denounced the US War Department on Wednesday for not providing enough information about the US war against Iran, including plans for potential ground operations.
According to POLITICO, Rogers said that during a briefing, members told Pentagon officials...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) A senior US arms control official on Wednesday refused to comment when asked during a congressional hearing if Israel has nuclear weapons, maintaining the US government’s ambiguity over Israel’s undeclared nuclear arsenal.
“I can’t comment on that specific question. I’d have to refer you to the Israelis on...
(Money Metals News Service) In a recent episode of the Money Metals Midweek Memo podcast, Mike Maharrey opens with a surprising admission. In the short term, he has turned bearish on gold.
This is not a reversal of conviction but a recognition of current market realities. Maharrey makes clear that his...
(José Niño, Headline USA) A cross-party coalition of U.S. legislators has put forward a measure that would ban wagering on athletic events through prediction exchanges, specifically aimed at services like Polymarket and Kalshi.
The measure unveiled Monday would "bar any entity registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission from listing or...
(José Niño, Headline USA) According to a report by TiffinOhio.net, the chief of staff to an Alaska state senator was arrested Friday in Juneau on federal charges of sex trafficking a 15-year-old girl along with child exploitation, coercion, enticement, and production of child sexual abuse material.
Craig Scott Valdez, 36,...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced widespread mockery after recently sharing a years-old video of a Marine urging troops to be "combat ready" without apparently realizing the Marine had been relieved of duty for entering a subordinate's home without permission, per a report by The Daily...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) California gubernatorial candidates will not get to debate after the lineup was deemed "too white" to proceed.
The candidates, seeking to replace term-limited Gov. Gavin Newsom, were set to debate at the University of Southern California on Tuesday. Backlash over the perceived lack of diversity prompted the...