Thursday, March 5, 2026

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Man on Trial in Assassination Plot Says Possible Targets Included Trump, Biden, Haley

(Headline USA) The allegation sounded like the stuff of spy movies: A Pakistani businessman trying to hire hit men, even handing them $5,000 in cash, to kill a U.S. politician on behalf of Iran 's powerful paramilitary Revolutionary Guard. It was true, and potential targets of the 2024 scheme included...

Britney Spears Arrested and Released, California Sheriff’s Records Show, Though Charge is Not Clear

(Headline USA) Britney Spears was arrested Wednesday night in Southern California and booked early Thursday, according to the Ventura County Sheriff’s office, which didn’t say what charge she faces. Messages seeking comment were left with the sheriff's office; the California Highway Patrol, which was identified as the arresting agency; and...

Noem Ousted as Secretary of Homeland Security; Mullin to Succeed

(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) President Donald Trump is nominating Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin from Oklahoma as the next Homeland Security Secretary. On Thursday, the second-term Republican decided to reassign Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem as the special envoy for the Shield of the Americas.  Multiple reports circulated prior to the...

Georgia Police Department Requires Training in Gender Ideology

(Johnny Edwards, The Center Square) The Georgia police department that fired an officer for asking a biological male to stay out of a women’s restroom will begin putting all its officers through sensitivity training this month. The mandatory "LGBTQIA+" class will push several tenets of transgender ideology that remain...

U.S. House Introduces Bill to Require National Debt Transparency

(Andrew Rice, The Center Square) Lawmakers introduced a bill to require greater transparency on the national debt and GDP. Reps. Lloyd Smucker, R-Penn., and Jared Golden, D-Maine, introduced the Debt-to-GDP Transparency and Stabilization Act on Wednesday. The legislation would require the president to submit reports in his annual budget requests...

Alleged Pedophile Killer Wins GOP Sheriff’s Nomination

(Headline USA) An Arkansas man accused of killing his teenage daughter's alleged abuser won the Republican nomination for local sheriff while waiting to stand trial for murder in his rural county, where he ran on a message of seeing the failures of law enforcement. Aaron Spencer defeated Lonoke County Sheriff John...

Rep. Gonzales Admits to Fiery Affair

(Headline USA) Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas acknowledged for the first time Wednesday having an affair with an aide who later died after setting herself on fire, a revelation that came on the same day the House Ethics Committee announced it was initiating an investigation into the congressman. Gonzales, appearing...

Congressional Perks: Lawmakers Billed Taxpayers for Limousine Services

(Mark Stricherz, The Center Square)  A number of U.S. representatives like to be driven in style, billing taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars for limo service from their office accounts, an investigation by The Center Square found. Six U.S. representatives charged taxpayers nearly $30,000 to hire chauffeured limousines in the...

Sen. Blumenthal Says He’s ‘Fearful’ Trump Will Put ‘Boots on the Ground’ in Iran

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said on Tuesday that he was “fearful” that the Trump administration would put “boots on the ground” in Iran as the war the US and Israel launched on Saturday continues to escalate. “I just want to say that I am more fearful than...

Hegseth Brags of ‘Death and Destruction’ as US and Israeli Airstrikes Massacre Civilians in Iran

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Wednesday boasted of the “death and destruction” the US military can rain down on Iran, as reports say that US and Israeli airstrikes have killed over 1,000 Iranian civilians in just four days. Hegseth said at a press briefing that the...

White House Expected To Ask Congress for Extra $50 Billion for Iran War

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The White House is expected to ask Congress for an extra $50 billion in military spending to replenish stockpiles of weapons used in the Iran war and other recent Middle East conflicts, Reuters has reported. Sources told Reuters that Deputy Secretary of War Steve Feinberg has been...

Dan Crenshaw, Jasmine Crockett among Biggest Losers in Texas Primary

(Headline USA) MAGA supporters had something to celebrate Tuesday night after race-baiting Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett and warmongering RINO Dan Crenshaw both lost their primary bids. The two will have to leave Congress when their terms in the House are finished in January. State Rep. James Talarico topped Crockett in an expensive and...
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