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Dems Sue Over Trump’s Executive Order on Mail-in Ballots

(Dave Mason, The Center Square) Democratic officials from 23 states and the District of Columbia announced Friday they're suing to block President Donald Trump’s recent executive order regulating mail-in and absentee ballots. The suit was slated to be filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. A...

1 Crew Member Rescued and 2nd Missing After US Fighter Jet is Shot Down in Iran

(Headline USA) A U.S. fighter jet was shot down in Iran on Friday and one of two crew members was rescued, officials said, the first aircraft downed since the war began nearly five weeks ago. The whereabouts of the second crew member was unknown. The downing marked a major escalation...

Lindsey Graham Attacks Primary Challengers Over “Antisemitism” as MAGA Rivals Refuse to Back Down

(José Niño, Headline USA) Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., confronted his toughest Republican primary challenge in years as two America First candidates attacked his hawkish foreign policy record and refused to bend to accusations of antisemitism, Breitbart reported. Graham faces Paul Dans, the architect of the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025, and...

Hegseth Asks the Army’s Top Uniformed Officer to Step Down While US Wages War Against Iran

(Headline USA) Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ousted the Army’s top uniformed officer and two other generals, the Pentagon said Thursday without giving a reason for the departures while the United States is waging a war against Iran. Gen. Randy George “will be retiring from his position as the 41st...

National Debt Over 4x Greater Than Reported, Accounting Group Says

(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) The U.S. Treasury says the national debt is roughly $39 trillion, but a nonpartisan accounting group estimates that the true number is $170.3 trillion. Unlike the Treasury’s calculations, Truth in Accounting included all of the federal government’s unfunded obligations in its debt assessment, including unfunded...

FBI Cracks Down on Alleged $60M Hospice Fraud in LA County

(Madeline Shannon, The Center Square) The FBI made multiple arrests Thursday in Los Angeles County in connection with allegations over a total of $60 million in hospice-related Medicaid fraud. First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli announced the arrests for Operation Never Say Die during a news conference. "Federal agents from multiple...

Gold Growing on Trees?

(Mike Maharrey, Money Metals News Service) Who says gold doesn’t grow on trees? OK, so it doesn’t. But there have been cases of gold discovered inside trees. In Australia, researchers have found minute traces of gold in the leaves of eucalyptus trees. Now, I don’t recommend heading to Australia and collecting leaves. It’s not...

Trump Set To Unveil His $1.5 Trillion Military Budget Request Amid Raging Iran War

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump is expected to unveil his request for a $1.5 trillion military budget for the 2027 fiscal year on Friday, Reuters has reported, marking a 50% increase from this year’s already massive budget. The 2026 military budget marked the first to officially exceed $1 trillion,...

ActBlue Meltdown: Fundraising Giant Turns on NYT, Own Lawyers

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) ActBlue, the Democratic Party’s fundraising arm, is in deep turmoil after a major legacy media outlet and its former law firm accused it of making potentially misleading or false statements to Congress. The New York Times, a left-wing newspaper infamous for its favorable coverage of Democrats, reported...

US Strikes Tallest Bridge in Iran After Trump Threatens To Bomb the Country Into the ‘Stone Age’

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) A US-Israeli strike hit the B1 bridge in Iran’s Alborz province near the capital Tehran, an attack that came after President Donald Trump threatened to bomb the country into the “Stone Ages.” The B1 bridge is said to be one of the tallest in the Middle East,...

Trump Asked Military to Develop Risky Plans for Ground Operation to Seize Iran’s Enriched Uranium

(Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump ordered the Department of War to prepare for a potential ground operation to seize Iran’s stockpile of 60% enriched uranium.  According to two sources speaking with The Washington Post, the Pentagon developed a plan to land troops in Iran, build a runway, and leave...

Breaking: Donald Trump Says Pam Bondi is Out As His Attorney General

(Headline USA) President Donald Trump said Thursday that Pam Bondi is out as his attorney general.The announcement follows months of scrutiny over the Justice Department’s handling of files related to Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking investigation that made Bondi the target of angry conservatives even with her close relationship with...
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