(Headline USA) CIA turncoat Aldrich Ames, who betrayed Western intelligence assets to the Soviet Union and Russia in one of the most damaging intelligence breaches in U.S. history, has died in a Maryland prison. He was 84.
A spokesperson for the Bureau of Prisons confirmed Ames died Monday.
Ames, a 31-year CIA...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Venezuela’s acting president, Vice President Delcy Rodriguez, issued a statement on Sunday calling for cooperation with the US after President Trump threatened her with a fate worse than President Nicolas Maduro’s if she did not do the US’s bidding.
“Venezuela reaffirms its commitment to peace and peaceful coexistence....
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) has called out the Trump administration’s attempt to take over Venezuela’s oil industry following the US attack on the country that resulted in the US abduction of President Nicolas Maduro and the killing of dozens of people.
“It’s not American oil. It’s Venezuelan oil,”...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The Minnesota government reportedly retaliated against whistleblowers who exposed a massive state fraud scheme.
The whistleblowers said they were denied vacations and promotions and that their official work was spied on, state Rep. Kristin Robbins told the New York Post.
Robbins, who chairs the state’s Fraud Prevention and...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) After a roughly 10-month stint that left many of his supporters disappointed, Dan Bongino had his last day as FBI deputy director on Saturday.
“It was a busy last day on the job. This will be my last post on this account. Tomorrow I return to civilian life,”...
(Headline USA) Embattled Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan, who was convicted of obstruction last month for helping an illegal immigrant evade federal officers, has sent her resignation letter to the governor.
The letter was sent Saturday. Republicans had been making plans to impeach her ever since her Dec. 19 conviction. A spokesperson...
(Carleen Johnson, The Center Square) Daycare centers that receive hundreds of thousands in taxpayer subsides did not appear to have any children when The Center Square visited the facilities this week and were either openly hostile or told journalists that they were hoping to have children in their care,...
(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...