(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) US Africa Command said in a press release on Tuesday that its forces launched an airstrike in Somalia on February 1 as the Trump administration continues escalating its air war in the country.
The command said the strike targeted the ISIS affiliate in Somalia’s northeastern Puntland region,...
(Headline USA) The Washington Post laid off one-third of its staff Wednesday, eliminating its sports section, several foreign bureaus and its books coverage.
The Post's executive editor, Matt Murray, called the move painful but necessary to put the outlet on stronger footing and to weather changes in technology and user...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) Dozens of Republicans are demanding that the U.S. Senate take up House-passed legislation implementing election security reforms – and they’re willing to restructure filibuster rules to ensure it succeeds.
The SAVE Act passed the lower chamber with slim bipartisan support last April. The bill...
(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) The Trump administration will remove 700 federal agents who are assisting immigration enforcement measures in Minnesota, White House Border Czar Tom Homan said Wednesday.
Homan said during a news conference that a "mix" of Custom and Border Protection and ICE officers would be removed...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) The Trump administration said Tuesday that ICE agents detained an alleged illegal alien who had been enrolled as a police recruit by the New Orleans Police Department.
ICE identified the suspected illegal alien as Larry Temah, a 46-year-old Cameroonian national who was just one week from graduating as an...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Two masked individuals violently confronted a journalist Monday in South Minneapolis while he was documenting anti-ICE agitators blocking federal agents.
The journalist, Jorge Ventura, said the men attempted to stop him from recording the scene.
In one instance, a masked man pushed Ventura toward his Uber, shouting, “Get in the fucking car,” while...
(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) Septuagenarian rocker Bruce Springsteen faced backlash over his newly released tribute to Minnesota anti-ICE protesters, not only because of its divisive political overtones, but because the song itself sucked.
In a message posted to Bluesky on Wednesday, “The Boss” boasted, “I wrote this song on Saturday,...
(Headline USA) The first husband of former first lady Jill Biden has been charged with killing his wife at their Delaware home in late December, authorities announced in a news release Tuesday.
William Stevenson, 77, of Wilmington was married to Jill Biden from 1970 to 1975.
Caroline Harrison, the Delaware Attorney...
(José Niño, Headline USA) The Justice Department's release of millions of Epstein investigation documents has brought renewed attention to a 2004 controversy over online antisemitism, revealing correspondence from Elisabeth Maxwell addressing the issue.
Chris Menahan of Information Liberation observed on Twitter, “Epstein Files: Elisabeth Maxwell—the wife of Ghislaine Maxwell's father,...
(Kenneth Schrupp, The Center Square) Medi-Cal is paying an estimated $608 million per month for cooking, shopping, cleaning, and laundry services for elderly and disabled low-income California residents – including illegal immigrants – at their homes and mostly paid to their relatives, state records show.
These services are part of...
(Headline USA) The Trump administration plans to deploy nearly $12 billion to create a strategic reserve of rare earth metals, a stockpile that could counter China's ability to use its dominance of these hard to process metals as leverage in trade talks.
The White House confirmed on Monday the start...
(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) Attorneys representing Jeffrey Epstein's victims are calling on the Department of Justice to take down its website with documents related to the convicted sex offender.
President Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, Elon Musk and many others have been named in the new release of documents. The...