(José Niño, Headline USA) When a former DEA task force officer became a drug trafficker and partnered with U.S. special operators, they built an underworld pipeline from Mexican cartels to America’s most elite military base, according to a bombshell new book.
Fort Bragg, long celebrated as the nerve center of...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Newly released federal documents reveal that the Chinese communist government was thrilled by Tim Walz’s selection as the Democratic nominee for vice president in 2024.
The Biden-era documents, part of the DHS and the FBI’s probe into Walz, appeared to confirm whistleblower testimony that the government was aware of...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) New data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration shows that while some progress has been made in reducing mental illness and substance abuse, 86.6 million Americans aged 18 and older had either a mental illness or substance use disorder in 2024.
SAMHSA’s 2024...
(Tom Joyce, The Center Square) As Congress debates how to rein in federal spending, some experts say aspects of Medicare Advantage should be on the chopping block, starting with $86 billion a year in taxpayer-funded supplemental benefits that often go unused or unverified.
The federal government pays Medicare Advantage plans...
(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced a $100 million pilot program on Monday to address Hepatitis C in homeless populations.
The Hepatitis C elimination initiative, administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, will primarily be used to treat individuals...
(Headline USA) Ghislaine Maxwell, the accomplice of sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, is open to answering questions from Congress — but only if she is granted immunity from future prosecution for her testimony, her lawyers said Tuesday.
A spokeswoman for the committee that wants to interview her responded with a terse statement...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) on Monday described the situation in Gaza as a “genocide,” making her the first Republican member of Congress to use the term to describe the Israeli assault on the Palestinian territory.
Greene made the comments in response to the news that the pro-Israel...
(Headline USA) President Donald Trump said Monday that he ended his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein and threw the now-disgraced financier out of his private club in Florida after Epstein betrayed him more than once by hiring people who had worked for him.
Trump did not say what his employees did or...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) With U.S. House members out for their August recess, senators are scrambling to advance at least some of the 12 annual appropriations bills to fund federal agencies in fiscal year 2026.
Although Republicans originally planned to craft and pass the government funding bills soon after...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Police are racing to identify several Black individuals caught on video brutally attacking a White man and woman on the street during the Cincinnati Music Festival.
This incident took place at the intersection of West Fourth Street and Elm Street around 3:00 AM on Sunday during...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Secret Service agent Myosoty Perez, one of the planners of the July 13, 2024, Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, received the harshest discipline out of everyone involved in that deadly event. She received a 42-day suspension for, among other reasons, failing to properly secure the...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Gaza’s Health Ministry said on Wednesday that Israeli forces killed 100 Palestinians and wounded 534 over the previous 24-hour period as US-backed Israeli strikes and the killing of aid seekers continue.
The Health Ministry said that another 13 bodies were recovered from the rubble. “A number of victims are...