(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) US Southern Command said on Wednesday that its forces bombed three more alleged drug boats that were traveling as a convoy and suggested there may have been survivors.
SOUTHCOM said the strike killed at least three “narco-terrorists,” a term the Trump administration uses to justify extra-judicial executions...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) The Trump administration says it will crack down on housing assistance fraud after a report from the Department of Housing and Human Development flagged billions in potentially fraudulent payments made since fiscal year 2024.
“A massive abuse of taxpayer dollars not only occurred under President...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) Ten days past the official Congressionally-set deadline to publish all federal files on sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, the U.S. Department of Justice is still releasing the documents piecemeal.
Congress last month overwhelmingly passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which mandated that the DOJ declassify by...
(Chris Wade, The Center Square) The New York City Council is planning to override outgoing Mayor Eric Adams' objections to a bill that would have granted sexual abuse victims an 18-month window to sue alleged perpetrators.
The legislation, approved by the Council in November, carved out an 18-month "lookback" window for victims...
(Headline USA) A man was shot and killed Friday after firing at police in a suburb of Charlotte, North Carolina, during a child custody exchange, authorities said.
Two Mint Hill police officers were also wounded in the shooting and are in critical condition, Mint Hill Police said in a statement...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US has moved a number of special operations aircraft and multiple cargo planes carrying troops to the Caribbean this week, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, as the Trump administration continues to escalate against Venezuela.
The report, citing US officials and flight-tracking data, said at least...
(Headline USA) Medicaid programs made more than $200 million in improper payments to health care providers between 2021 and 2022 for people who had already died, according to a new report from the independent watchdog for the Department of Health and Human Services.
But the department's Office of Inspector General said...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) On Sunday’s edition of Meet the Press, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell was moved to a minimum-security prison camp in July due to the death threats she had been receiving at the low-security prison where she was previously incarcerated.
Blanche’s...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Pam Smith, the outgoing chief of D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department, delivered a fiery farewell speech Friday in which she appeared to pin blame on subordinates for reportedly manipulating crime data.
“The same folks who said in that report that they changed their numbers ... and the report is very clear, I did not direct anyone, you...
(Morgan Sweeney, The Center Square) The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services unveiled a multi-pronged regulatory effort Thursday to curtail gender-affirming care for minors, including gender transition procedures at hospitals.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has drafted a rule that would prohibit pharmaceutical or surgical gender reassignment...
(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,...