(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) U.S. troops will get a bonus before Christmas this year that will cost taxpayers about $2.6 billion.
President Donald Trump announced a $1,776 tax-free "Warrior Dividend" bonus on Wednesday night during a national address. More than one million service members will get the bonuses.
Active duty...
(Headline USA) A jury found a Wisconsin judge accused of helping an illegal immigrant dodge federal authorities guilty of obstruction Thursday, marking a victory for justice as President Donald Trump continues his sweeping immigration crackdown across the country.
Federal prosecutors charged Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan with obstruction, a felony,...
(Headline USA) Half or more of the roughly $18 billion in federal funds that supported 14 Minnesota-run programs since 2018 may have been stolen, a federal prosecutor said Thursday, describing the massive and multilayered fraud schemes as staggering.
While prosecutors typically see fraud manifest as providers overbilling, Thompson said during a...
(José Niño, Headline USA) A firestorm of controversy has engulfed Brown University following the mass shooting that took place last Saturday.
Critics are now questioning whether the prestigious institution deliberately disabled security cameras, inadvertently creating blind spots that allowed the shooter to escape detection.
According to the latest reports shared by...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Senate on Wednesday passed the $901 billion 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the sweeping annual military spending bill that will be combined with legislation passed earlier this year to bring the total US military budget to over $1 trillion.
The bill passed in a vote of 77-20,...
(José Niño, Headline USA) The Trump administration awarded Silicon Valley data analytics firm Palantir Technologies a $300 million contract without competitive bidding to construct an AI powered system targeting alleged fraud in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. This move has sparked widespread concern about surveillance overreach and discriminatory targeting...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) As law enforcement continues to search for a gunman who killed two Brown University students and wounded nine others five days ago, some conservative pundits are questioning whether the shooting was a targeted assassination of one of the school’s leading Republican students.
The murdered student in...
(José Niño, Headline USA) In the wake of the mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, American Jewish Committee (AJC) CEO Ted Deutch embarked on a high profile media tour that framed the atrocity as a mandate for global action against online speech.
The shooting which Australian authorities classified...
(Headline USA) Authorities have asked the public for any footage they might have of the gunman who fatally shot two students and wounded nine others at Brown University, even as they released a new video timeline and a slightly clearer image of a possible suspect.
Investigators provided no indication Tuesday that...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) After a roughly 10-month stint that left many of his supporters disappointed, Dan Bongino is set to quit his job as FBI deputy director, according to multiple reports.
Fox News reported Monday that Bongino is set to decide about his future in the next few weeks....
(Morgan Sweeney, The Center Square) The Justice Department is required to make all of the Epstein files public by Friday, after months of back-and-forth between Congress and the Trump administration.
On Nov. 18, with almost unanimous support, Congress passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act. President Donald Trump signed the bill...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Washington Post published an investigation into alleged Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson on Wednesday, revealing—among other facts—that Robinson was playing the online game “Wordle” less than an hour before Kirk was killed.
“It was the morning of Sept. 10. Robinson had guessed the answer —...