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Longtime DEA Informant Charged in Alleged Scheme to Extort High-Level Cocaine Traffickers

(Headline USA) A drug informant who helped the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration build some of its biggest cases has been arrested and charged with scheming to extort major cocaine traffickers facing extradition from Colombia and the Dominican Republic. Jorge Hernández, 57, was charged in a criminal complaint unsealed Wednesday with one...

President Trump Told Netanyahu To ‘Keep Going’ in Iran

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump said on Wednesday that he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a phone call a day earlier to “keep going” with his attacks on Iran. The president told reporters that Netanyahu, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for his role in war crimes...

Report: Trump Privately Approved Plans To Attack Iran But Has Withheld Final Order

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that President Trump has told his top officials that he approved plans to attack Iran but is holding off on giving the final order for now. Sources told the Journal that Trump was waiting to see if Iran would agree to...

DOJ Argues against Judicial Review of National Guard Decision

(Dave Mason, The Center Square) A federal judge was wrong to second-guess President Donald Trump’s federalization of the California National Guard, attorney Brett Schumate argued Tuesday before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. Schumate, an assistant attorney general, made the argument during an appeal of last week’s U.S....

CBO: GOP Budget Would Boost Deficit by Trillions When Considering Growth

(Caroline Boda, The Center Square) Republican’s massive tax and spending bill would increase the U.S. deficit by $2.8 trillion over 10 years when the economic growth of the bill is taken into account, the Congressional Budget Office says. CBO previously projected that the budget reconciliation bill would increase the deficit...

Democratic Party-Aligned Group Covertly Working w/ Arizona AG in ‘Fake Electors’ Case, Court Filing Reveals

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) In May 2023, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes hired a non-profit group called “States United Democracy Center” to help target conservatives who dared contest the state’s controversial 2020 election results. About 11 months later, Mayes announced indictments in Arizona’s so-called “fake electors” case. Fast forward another...

U.S. Faces First Net Migration Loss in 50 Years

(José Niño, Headline USA) For the first time in 50 years, more people are reportedly leaving the United States than arriving. The Washington Post reported that economists Wendy Edelberg and Tara Watson of the Brookings Institution, in addition to Stan Veuger of the American Enterprise Institute, project in a forthcoming...

FBI Releases Records about China Interfering in 2020 Election to Stop Trump

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The FBI has reportedly released previously hidden documents, which show that China was meddling in the 2020 election to help tip the scales towards President Joe Biden. The FBI documents come from August 2020, when the bureau received a tip from a confidential informant, who alleged...

Trump Breaks from Gabbard on Iran Nuke Program

(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) President Donald Trump appears to break from his intelligence director on earlier claims that Iran wasn’t producing military weapons. U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said in March, while speaking before a Senate intelligence briefing, that Iran wasn’t building a nuclear weapon. However, as Trump...

Trump Not Seeking Ceasefire w/ Israel, Iran as He Rushes to White House

(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) After leaving the G7 summit ahead of schedule, President Donald Trump quashed any talk of trying to broker a ceasefire between Israel and Iran. Trump told reporters onboard Air Force One early Tuesday morning he wasn’t looking for a ceasefire but is seeking “a real...

Israeli PM Claims Iran Was Responsible for Trump Assassination Attempts

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed in a recent interview on Fox News that Iran was responsible for last year assassination attempts on President Donald Trump. No public evidence exists for such a claim. Netanyahu’s remarks come as his country continues to lobby for U.S. support...

US Sent Israel Hundreds of Missiles Days Before Attack on Iran

Kyle Anzalone, Libertarian Institute) Just days before the surprise and unprovoked Israeli war on Iran, the US shipped Tel Aviv 300 Hellfire missiles. An Israeli official implied they were used in the assault. On Friday, Israel launched an offensive war against Iran, striking military sites, nuclear facilities, and carrying out...
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