(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square) Five years into Texas’ border security mission, Operation Lone Star officers have seized a record amount of illicit drugs.
Gov. Greg Abbott first launched OLS on March 4, 2021, in response to an unprecedented number of illegal border crossers and crime within the first year...
(Headline USA) The House Ethics Committee is holding a rare public hearing today at 2 p.m. into alleged ethics violations committed by Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida, pushing into the open a yearslong investigation into how she funded her political rise.
The two-term congresswoman is facing numerous ethics charges, including...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL), chair of the House Armed Services Committee, denounced the US War Department on Wednesday for not providing enough information about the US war against Iran, including plans for potential ground operations.
According to POLITICO, Rogers said that during a briefing, members told Pentagon officials...
(José Niño, Headline USA) The Defense Department has discreetly directed private space imaging firms on approved terminology for Iran conflict coverage, imposing information controls on what Americans can learn.
Defense insiders informed journalist Ken Klippenstein that information restrictions surrounding the Iran campaign remain unprecedented, with virtually no public disclosure regarding...
(Headline USA) Meta and YouTube must pay millions in damages to a 20-year-old woman after a jury decided the social media giant and video streamer designed their platforms to hook young users without concern for their well being.
The California jury's decision Wednesday in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit could influence the...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) A United States Air Force pilot suffered shrapnel wounds when a US F-35 fighter jet was struck while flying over Iran last week, Air and Space Forces Magazine has reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
US Central Command (CENTCOM) hasn’t shared any details about the incident...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US has reportedly sent a 15-point proposal to Iran to end the war that the US and Israel launched on February 28, but there’s still no sign Tehran is interested in negotiations at the moment, despite President Donald Trump’s claims that they’ve been happening.
According to...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Iran’s PressTV reported on Wednesday that Tehran has rejected the Trump administration’s 15-point proposal to end the war the United States and Israel launched on February 28 and laid out its own conditions to end the conflict.
“Iran will end the war when it decides to do...
(José Niño, Headline USA) According to a report by TiffinOhio.net, the chief of staff to an Alaska state senator was arrested Friday in Juneau on federal charges of sex trafficking a 15-year-old girl along with child exploitation, coercion, enticement, and production of child sexual abuse material.
Craig Scott Valdez, 36,...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced widespread mockery after recently sharing a years-old video of a Marine urging troops to be "combat ready" without apparently realizing the Marine had been relieved of duty for entering a subordinate's home without permission, per a report by The Daily...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) California gubernatorial candidates will not get to debate after the lineup was deemed "too white" to proceed.
The candidates, seeking to replace term-limited Gov. Gavin Newsom, were set to debate at the University of Southern California on Tuesday. Backlash over the perceived lack of diversity prompted the...
(Thérèse Boudreaux, The Center Square) Senate Republican leaders appear close to reaching a Department of Homeland Security funding deal with Democrats, but many rank-and-file Republicans view the proposed compromise as inadequate.
With the DHS shutdown entering week six and travel chaos growing at some airports, a tentative off-ramp has emerged,...