(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Trump administration has begun developing detailed plans to send US troops and intelligence officers into Mexico to target cartels in operations that would include drone strikes, NBC News reported on Monday, citing current and former US officials.
The report said that US military personnel have already...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) FBI Director Kashyap Patel said on Friday that agents in Michigan foiled an ISIS-inspired plot to commit a mass shooting on Halloween. Newly unsealed court records show that the truth is more complicated than what Patel would have the public believe.
A criminal complaint filed Saturday...
US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Saturday declined to comment on whether the US was planning to bomb Venezuela amid a major US military buildup in the Caribbean and frequent strikes on alleged drug boats in the waters of Latin America.
“Appreciate the question, but, of course, we would...
(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump has directed the Department of War to prepare for possible action in Nigeria to target Islamic militants committing genocide against Christians.
“If the Nigerian government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the U.S.A. will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria,...
(Brett Rowland, The Center Square) Consumers feeling the pang of high beef prices at the grocery store may see some relief from a plan to import beef from Argentina but it's not likely to be much, according to an expert.
Marc Busch is an expert on international trade policy and law. He's...
(Headline USA) Gunfire erupted early Sunday at a large rental home where teenagers had gathered for a birthday party that was promoted on social media, injuring nine people. The scene in northeastern Ohio was chaotic as some people fled and first responders performed life-saving measures, police said.
The mass shooting happened...
(Spencer Pauley, The Center Square) Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has pledged up to $8 million in city funds – $4 million per month through 2025 – to offset the looming halt in federal Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits triggered by a congressional funding impasse.
A Senate vote to...
(José Niño, Headline USA) According to a report by Drop Site News, leaked emails reveal that deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein served as a crucial diplomatic intermediary between Israel and the Kremlin, facilitating a backchannel aimed at ending the Syrian civil war on terms favorable to Israeli security interests.
The...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) A Michigan defense lawyer is disputing FBI allegations that his 20-year-old client and four other young suspects were planning to carry out a terror attack on Halloween weekend.
Authorities with the FBI and in Michigan have offered few details about the case, however as he announced...
(Headline USA) Back from a week abroad, President Donald Trump is calling on the Senate to scrap the filibuster and reopen the government after a monthlong shutdown, breaking with majority Republicans who have long opposed such a move.
Trump said in a post on his social media site Thursday that...
(Headline USA) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says drugmakers have recalled more than a half-million bottles of the blood pressure medication prazosin hydrochloride over concerns it may include a cancer-causing chemical.
New Jersey-based Teva Pharmaceuticals USA and drugs distributor Amerisource Health Services issued voluntary nationwide recalls earlier this month...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) The ongoing government shutdown has dragged on for a month as Senate Democrats have blocked Republicans’ temporary funding bill more than a dozen times.
With senators heading home for the weekend and no end to the shutdown in sight, Republicans may have to rewrite the...