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Reflecting Pool Liner was Cut with a Sharp Knife or Razor, National Park Service Says

(Headline USA) A liner along the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was cut with a sharp knife or razor this month, causing damage to the foam sealant installed as part of a $16 million rehabilitation project, a top official at the National Park Service says. The U.S. Park...

Trump Asks Congress for Additional $87.6 Billion, Mainly for Iran War

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The White House sent a letter to Congress on Wednesday requesting an additional $87.6 billion in supplemental funding, with the vast majority going toward “costs incurred” by the US-Israeli war against Iran. The White House Office of Budget Management told House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) that the...

Walz Files for Information on Trump ‘Retribution Campaign’

(Elyse Apel, The Center Square)  Gov. Tim Walz has filed 16 Freedom of Information Act requests with federal agencies seeking records he says could reveal what he has labeled as the Trump administration’s “campaign of retribution” against Minnesota. The requests seek records, communications and other documents referencing terms including “Minnesota,”...

Ex-Fire Chief Sues Los Angeles Mayor for Defamation

(Chris Woodward, The Center Square) The former Los Angeles fire chief is suing Mayor Karen Bass for defamation related to the devastating Palisades Fire. Kristin Crowley was removed from her position on Feb. 21, 2025, weeks after the blaze began. The fire, which hit the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los...

Top Army General is Suddenly Leaving his Post

(Headline USA) The Army's commander of its forces in Europe and Africa — who was famously the last American soldier to leave Afghanistan in 2021 — is unexpectedly stepping down from his post after just 18 months in the job, the Army confirmed late Tuesday. Gen. Christopher Donahue, commanding general...

Congress Passes War Powers Resolution To End Iran War

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Senate on Tuesday approved a House-passed concurrent War Powers Resolution directing President Donald Trump to end hostilities against Iran, marking the first time Congress has approved a concurrent resolution under the 1973 War Powers Act directing the termination of an unauthorized war. In previous years, Congress...

Trump Demands Faster Arms Production from Military Contractors

(José Niño, Headline USA) The White House has summoned top Pentagon brass and chief executives from the nation's premier defense firms to a Wednesday meeting focused on rebuilding American weapons reserves that shrank dramatically during combat operations, the Wall Street Journal reported. Deputy War Secretary Stephen Feinberg contacted industry executives earlier...

Trump Administration Announces $17.5 Billion in Loans for 10 New Large Nuclear Reactors

(Headline USA) The Trump administration is providing $17.5 billion to speed the development of 10 new large nuclear reactors to meet the skyrocketing power demand from massive data centers. Energy Secretary Chris Wright cited “tremendous interest” among developers of data centers that would buy the power, as well as utilities...

8 Convicted in Texas Immigration Center Shooting and Protest are Sentenced to Decades in Prison

(Headline USA) Eight protesters accused by the Justice Department of having ties to antifa were sentenced Tuesday to decades in federal prison over a shooting outside a Texas immigration detention center that wounded a police officer and prosecutors called an act of terrorism. One of the defendants, a former U.S....

ActBlue Refusing to Comply with Congressional Subpoenas, House GOP Says

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) House Republicans said Monday that they’re planning to hold the pro-Democrat political action committee ActBlue in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply fully with their subpoenas. “For more than a year, the Committees have conducted oversight regarding ActBlue's fundamentally unserious approach to fraud prevention, which may...

Dr. Fauci Flip-Flops on Agreeing to Testify about COVID

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Former White House COVID czar Anthony Fauci reportedly agreed earlier this month to testify before Sen. Rand Paul’s Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs—but he’s since changed his mind. Sen. Paul said Monday on Twitter/X that he’s subpoenaed Fauci to testify since he’s not speaking voluntarily. “Last week,...

Vance Says ‘Progress’ Made in Talks with Iran

(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square)  Following what appeared to be a bumpy weekend between the United States and Iran, Vice President J.D. Vance said progress is being made. Vance, leading a U.S. delegation in talks with Iran, mediated by Pakistan and Qatar, reassured that talks remain ongoing in Switzerland after...
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