(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Black smoke filled the skies, and water mixed with oil rained down on the Iranian capital of Tehran on Sunday, following a US-Israeli strike that blew up oil facilities, marking a new escalation of the bombing campaign.
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The Israeli military said on Saturday that it struck “several...
(Headline USA) A Pennsylvania State Police trooper was shot and killed by a man he had pulled over in a traffic stop Sunday night, authorities said.
Cpl. Tim O’Connor was killed as he approached the car when the driver fired from inside the vehicle, the state's acting police commissioner, Lt....
(Headline USA) Two men who brought explosives to a far-right protest outside New York City's mayoral mansion said they were inspired by the Islamic State extremist group, a court complaint said.
Emir Balat and Ibrahim Kayumi were being held without bail after a court appearance Monday on charges that include...
(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) Recent legislation by GOP lawmakers highlighted a longstanding but little known loophole that allowed Chinese nationals to gain backdoor U.S. citizenship for their children via an Obama-era visa policy.
Reps. Tom Tiffany, R-Wisc., and Chip Roy, R-Texas, introduced the One Nation, One Visa Policy Act in...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Rep. Eric Swalwell has long maintained his primary residence in Washington, D.C., despite representing large portions of California in Congress. Now that he is running for California governor, his apparent on-paper-only California residency is under scrutiny—even from fellow Democrats.
Tom Steyer, a left-wing billionaire donor who is...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Friday defended his wife after social media activity appeared to show her endorsing content tied to the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack against Israel carried out by Hamas.
Speaking to reporters in New York City, Mamdani sought to downplay the likes by...
(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) A recent hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Committee brought renewed attention to a taxpayer-funded initiative to make maps “more gay” by allowing visitors to pin LGPT hookup spots in central Europe and elsewhere.
Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., pressed Sarah B. Rogers, undersecretary of State for...
(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) Democrats in Virginia announced the latest blow in their reign of terror since regaining the governor’s mansion in January: forcing classroom teachers to promote the unsubstantiated claim that the Jan. 6, 2021 uprising at the U.S. Capitol was an “insurrection.”
A proposed bill from Delegate Dan...
(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) With Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., ignoring calls to use a talking filibuster to help pass the SAVE Act, conservatives are speculating about ways to force the hand of the RINO leader.
Pro-MAGA Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., suggested that the legislation to close election-integrity...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Journalist Alan MacLeod argued that a Channel 4 headline reporting on Israel's latest invasion of Lebanon used "carefully constructed language aimed at manufacturing consent for Israeli atrocities," according to his post on X. Israel has ramped up operations against Hezbollah, an ally of Iran, in...
(José Niño, Headline USA) Rep.Thomas Massie, R-Ky., alleged the Trump administration orchestrated what he called a "360-pressure campaign" that included offering his staffers prestigious government positions and lucrative private sector jobs to undermine his push for releasing Jeffrey Epstein documents, The Daily Beast reported.
The apparent goal was to strip...
(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Controversial Texas judge Rosie Speedlin-Gonzalez will formally be out of a job this November after losing her Democratic primary bid while facing an indictment on allegations that she illegally ordered an attorney to be handcuffed in court.
Speedlin-Gonzalez, a Democrat and openly gay judge, is currently suspended without pay from...