(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Wednesday that he wants a $1.5 trillion military budget for 2027, a 50% increase from his $1 trillion budget for 2026.
“After long and difficult negotiations with Senators, Congressmen, Secretaries, and other Political Representatives, I have determined...
(José Niño, Headline USA) An unidentified gambler has pocketed approximately $410,000 in profits after correctly wagering that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro would lose power, according to Reuters.
The speculator's Polymarket account accumulated positions in contracts linked to Maduro's removal under terms suggesting unlikely odds ahead of the weekend military operation....
(Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump said the US had no plans to hold elections in Venezuela. He said elections are currently impossible, and the country must first be helped by the US.
“We have to fix the country first. You can’t have an election. There’s no way the people could...
(Headline USA) The Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday that it launched what it described as the largest immigration enforcement operation ever carried out by the agency — with 2,000 federal agents and officers expected in the Minneapolis area for a crackdown tied in part to allegations of fraud involving...
(Morgan Sweeney, The Center Square) The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is set to hold its first of two scheduled hearings Wednesday on the “fraud and misuse of federal funds in Minnesota.”
Three Republican Minnesota state lawmakers who “sounded the alarm” in the past on some of...
(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....
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The Trump administration accused Hilton Hotels of refusing to provide lodging to DHS agents conducting immigration-related work, according to statements posted on X Monday.
According to The Federalist CEO Sean Davis, the particular hotel that denied DHS is the Hampton Inn Lakeville, which is owned by four...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The unhinged suspect accused of attacking Vice President JD Vance’s Cincinnati home has been identified as a transgender-identifying individual.
William D DeFoor, who was born biologically male but identifies as a woman, was identified in a report on his upbringing published by the Daily Mail.
DeFoor, who now goes by...
The congressman announced he would leverage the state's licensing authority to crack down on Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who wear face coverings during operations...
(Alan Wooten, The Center Square) Manuel Noriega, Saddam Hussein, and now Nicolás Maduro and wife Ceilia Flores.
American presidents, when they make a 911 call, quite often dial up Fort Bragg in North Carolina. Second-term Republican President Donald Trump’s mission to bring Maduro to America to face charges tied to...