POLITICS

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) NBC News reported on Sunday night that eight US Marines were injured two weeks ago when an Iranian missile hit a ship they were operating on in the Strait of Hormuz. The report, which cited unnamed US officials, said the Marines sustained smoke inhalation and potentially traumatic...

(Headline USA)  Andrew Bailey, one of the FBI's two deputy directors, announced Monday that he was leaving the position after just over a year on the job and would be returning to Missouri to spend time with his family. Bailey was named co-deputy director in August 2025 to serve alongside...

(Headline USA) Five young British men arrested on explosives and terror charges near a U.S.-operated air force base in England were released on bail Monday, and counterterror detectives said they were investigating “multiple lines of inquiry,” including whether there is a link to Iran. The men were detained early Sunday...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Rachel Dolezal, the white woman who for years presented herself as a black woman, has competition, this time from another white woman who claimed Palestinian heritage as part of her years-long anti-Israel activism. Hannah Gann, a Philadelphia teacher and leftist activist, took to social media to admit...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) President Donald Trump is facing yet another round of scrutiny from the legacy media over baseless claims that he may declare martial law ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, even as he has shown no indication that he plans to do so. The claims emerged from a...

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill's administration is already facing a major scandal after the lieutenant governor she elevated to the state's second-highest office resigned amid disturbing allegations of misconduct and inappropriate behavior toward women. Lieutenant Gov. Dale Caldwell resigned Friday, a day after Sherrill called for his...

(John Cole, The Center Square) U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, once again, was the only Democrat on Thursday to vote against a resolution which would limit President Donald Trump’s military actions against Iran. Fetterman and U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., were among the 50 who voted to reject the effort, while...

(Headline USA) House Democrats are preparing a vast oversight agenda, with investigations of President Donald Trump, his family and his administration if the party sweeps control of the chamber from Republicans in the November elections. The undertaking is a robust as it is daunting, spanning several House committees. With majority power...

(José Niño, Headline USA)  Former Trump attorney and former administration official Alina Habba is expected to marry Turkish businessman Turhan Mildon on Saturday, according to The Correspondent. The outlet reported that four sources confirmed the planned marriage but did not identify the venue. Habba and Mildon, who is a billionaire,...

(Headline USA) In the latest twist in Anthropic's dispute with the Pentagon, a federal appeals court on Friday rejected the artificial intelligence lab's challenge to the government's labeling of it as a supply chain risk. The decision allows the Pentagon to continue to remove Anthropic’s Claude models from its systems...

(Headline USA) A New Mexico jury on Friday found Facebook liable for deceiving users about privacy protections on the platform in the latest legal setback against the social media giant that has already cost it billions of dollars. The jury found over 43 million violations of state consumer protection law...

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) During an Oval Office meeting with President Donald Trump in Washington on Thursday, Chinese President Xi Jinping conveyed China’s position on Taiwan and told the US president to approach the issue “carefully,” The South China Morning Post reported, citing the Chinese broadcaster CCTV. The report said that...