(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US has announced an airstrike in Iraq that it claimed killed the deputy leader of ISIS.
US Central Command said that on March 13, its forces “conducted a precision airstrike in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, that killed the Global ISIS #2 leader, chief of operations and the...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., suddenly discovered his love for government shutdowns last week—but this was not always the case. It turns out that shutdowns are only permissible when Republicans are in power.
Murphy appeared for an interview on NBC News’s Meet the Press, where host Kristen Welker—credit...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) US airstrikes are reportedly hitting the Yemeni capital city of Sanaa today, with President Trump promising “overwhelming lethal force” against the Houthi movement in northern Yemen unless they stop all attacks on international shipping.
Early casualty figures indicate a lot of civilians have been killed or wounded. The...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) A United Nations judge in the United Kingdom has been convicted of modern slavery and immigration offenses after exploiting her authority to force an African woman to work as a maid and babysitter without pay.
Lydia Mugambe, an influential judge on Uganda’s High Court and the UN’s Criminal...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) New whistleblower disclosures revealed this week that the Justice Department and FBI pulled out all stops to throw President Donald Trump in jail after the 2020 election. The FBI made the Trump case its top priority starting in April 2022, searching Trump’s government-issued cellphone and spending...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) Lawmakers have prevented a government shutdown by passing a six-month funding stopgap bill, with the U.S. Senate voting 54-46 hours before the midnight deadline.
The passage of the Continuing Resolution follows a nail-biter cloture vote Friday afternoon, where nine Democrats and one independent ultimately voted for Republicans’...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez may mount a primary challenge against Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, her fellow New York Democrat, after she rebuked him for voting for a Republican-backed stopgap spending bill.
“I think there is a deep sense of outrage and betrayal,” Ocasio-Cortez said while addressing reporters...
(Maire Clayton, Headline USA) Not only did former First Lady Michelle Obama's new embarrassingly low numbers; it also managed to start a potential trademark war with a U.K. podcast of the same name.
The individuals behind the U.K.-based "In My Opinion" podcast took to TikTok Thursday to attempt to plea...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) Labor unions representing federal workers are facing another challenge to collective bargaining rights – and even their very existence – in a newly introduced Republican bill meant to prevent American taxpayer dollars from subsidizing union costs.
The Federal Workforce Freedom Act would prohibit federal employees...
(Headline USA) A representative for the estate of actor Gene Hackman is seeking to block the public release of autopsy and investigative reports, especially photographs and police body-camera video, related to the recent deaths of Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa after their partially mummified bodies were discovered at their...
(Maire Clayton, Headline USA) Conservative influencers are increasingly being targeted in swatting incidents—false alarm 9-1-1 calls that lead police to responding to an unsuspecting person's home.
Journalist Breanna Morello first reported the growing issue in a Friday post on Substack.
Those affected include Benny Johnson, Joe Pags, Catturd, Gunther Eagleman, Chase...
(Headline USA) Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva, D-Ariz., died Thursday—making him the second Democrat to die in office in as many weeks.
Grijalva, who was 77, had risen to chair the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee during his 12 terms representing southern Arizona, a powerful perch he used to shape the nation's...