(Headline USA) Three firefighters died and two were injured while tackling fires on the Colorado-Utah border, the U.S. Wildland Fire Service reported Sunday.
The agency — created earlier this year to streamline firefighting and fire reduction across public lands — said the firefighters had been part of an interagency response to...
(The Center Square) An unsolicited letter from a data center developer that dangles $10,000 for every household in a northeastern Pennsylvania township - but only if the data center gets built - calls the money a "grant" but Ed Parks and Ed Negra call it a "bribe."
The fact that...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) A Homeland Security Inspector General’s investigation has revealed that some Secret Service text messages were “compromised” thanks to an unsecured third-party messaging app.
In a report issued earlier this week, the DHS-OIG said that the Secret Service deployed a third-party messaging app on agency-owned devices in...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) U.S. states and territories made a collective $10 billion in improper payments to SNAP recipients nationwide in fiscal year 2025, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reports.
The average error payment rate, which includes both over- and underpayments, was roughly 10.6%, well above the congressionally set...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A California state agency is pushing back after a report spotlighted a government-run “gay certification” program tied to millions of dollars in utility contracting opportunities for businesses owned by LGBT members.
The California Public Utilities Commission, a state agency that oversees privately owned utility companies, defended its controversial...
(Headline USA) The Utah judge in the murder case of Charlie Kirk's killing has denied a defense request to force Tyler Robinson's former roommate to testify in person during the preliminary hearing, saying that the credibility of any testimony can be challenged later if the case goes to trial.
Judge Tony...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Pentagon has told Congress that it needs $80 billion to pay for the Iran war and other non-war-related costs, The Wall Street Journal has reported.
The Pentagon had previously claimed that the war cost $29 billion as of mid-May, a number that doesn’t hold up to scrutiny,...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Giving up the reins of the House of Representatives may have come at a cost for Nancy Pelosi, who reportedly lost at least $8 million in net worth in the year after stepping down from leadership.
Pelosi saw the estimated net worth of her and her husband,...
(Headline USA) At least 12 people in a crowd on a Chicago street suffered gunshot wounds after an SUV pulled up and two people inside started shooting, police said.
The SUV drove away from the South Side neighborhood, leaving two people, both male, in critical condition following the shooting late Friday,...
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) The alleged ringleader of a planned terrorist attack targeting the White House was in the country illegally, had overstayed his tourist visa for more than 10 years, and is a DACA recipient, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security confirmed Thursday.
On Tuesday, the Department of...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that New Mexico’s attorney general has ordered more than two dozen companies to preserve their records about deceased sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein’s property known as Zorro Ranch.
The companies, including JP Morgan, Google and American Express, are reportedly required to...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Congressional investigators visited on Tuesday the minimum-security prison camp in Bryan, Texas, where convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell was transferred last July after giving an interview to the Justice Department about her accomplice, Jeffrey Epstein.
The visit was related to the House Oversight Committee's investigation into...