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Pentagon Tells Lawmakers It Needs Additional $80 Billion for Iran War and Other Costs

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Pentagon has told Congress that it needs $80 billion to pay for the Iran war and other non-war-related costs, The Wall Street Journal has reported. The Pentagon had previously claimed that the war cost $29 billion as of mid-May, a number that doesn’t hold up to scrutiny,...

Bezos: WaPo Was His Worst Investment Due to ‘Terrible’ Employees

(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) Multibillionaire Jeff Bezos griped to President Donald Trump about having made a bad investment in his 2013 purchase of the Washington Post, saying “The people there are terrible,” according to a new book by two reporters from the rival New York Times. https://twitter.com/JonathanTurley/status/2067704286742528337 Jonathan Swan and Maggie...

Nancy Pelosi’s Net Worth Falls by Millions as Public Career Ends

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Giving up the reins of the House of Representatives may have come at a cost for Nancy Pelosi, who reportedly lost at least $8 million in net worth in the year after stepping down from leadership. Pelosi saw the estimated net worth of her and her husband,...

President Donald Trump Unveils the New Air Force One

(Headline USA) President Donald Trump on Friday showed off the new Air Force One, a formerly Qatari-owned jumbo jet that has been converted into the official U.S. presidential aircraft. The new aircraft eschews the Kennedy-era robin’s egg blue exterior of the old plane for a bolder look, with the underbelly of...

Billionaire Tax Officially Heads to Nov. 3 Ballot

(Madeline Shannon, The Center Square) The controversial union-backed billionaire tax in California is officially heading to the Nov. 3 ballot. Secretary of State Shirley Weber announced the California Billionaire Tax Act exceeded the number of signatures it needed to qualify for the general election. The initiative aims to impose a one-time...

Muslim Man Charged with Terrorism, Supporting Hamas

(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Another Muslim man has been charged with terrorism tied to a range of alleged crimes associated with claiming to raise support for charities and instead using the money to fund the Islamic terrorist organization Hamas. Reda Mazen Rida Sabassi, residing in San Diego, California, appeared...

Ship’s Chief Engineer Charged in 2024 Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse in Baltimore

(Headline USA) Prosecutors have filed a criminal charge against the chief engineer of a cargo ship involved in the deadly 2024 collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, accusing him of failing to notify the U.S. Coast Guard of hazardous conditions on the ship. Karthikeyan Deenadayalan was charged in U.S....

Judge Denies Biden’s Bid to Block Release of Transcripts Linked to Special Counsel Inquiry

(Headline USA) A federal judge on Friday rejected former President Joe Biden's attempt to block the Trump administration from releasing to a conservative group the recordings that Biden made with a ghostwriter. U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich found that the public interest in the material outweighed whatever privacy rights Biden...

Report: Secret Service Funds Redirected to Pay for White House Ballroom

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Secret Service received $1.17 billion last year to hire more agents and improve its security, but about $352 million of that amount is being redirected to pay for the White House ballroom construction project, according to the Washington Post. “The administration’s budget office on Friday...

MAGA Influencer Civil War Erupts Over Foreign Cash

(José Niño, Headline USA) A bitter feud has erupted among the social media personalities who helped propel Donald Trump back to power, with former allies now trading accusations about who is secretly taking money from foreign governments, according to the Daily Mail's investigation. The group of content creators that once...

Registered Israeli Agent Controls Charlie Kirk’s Media Network

(José Niño, Headline USA) The media operation built by Charlie Kirk and his organization Turning Point USA now operates under Israeli directed control, The Grayzone reported Thursday. A federally registered agent of Israel charged with spreading Zionist messaging through American media now handles distribution of The Charlie Kirk Show. Brad...

Stranded Ships Have Begun Transiting the Strait of Hormuz, Maritime Data Company Says

(Headline USA) Major shipowners have begun moving vessels through the Strait of Hormuz since the U.S. and Iran signed an interim agreement to end their war, maritime data company Lloyd’s List Intelligence said Thursday. In a media briefing, Richard Meade, editor in chief of Lloyd’s List, said for the first...
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